Front-End Engineer

An emerging company that is revolutionizing the transportation industry by providing extensive expertise and technology to ensure passengers have a better travel experience, is looking for a Front-End Engineer. The selected candidate will be tasked with building a beautiful consumer website by developing sophisticated algorithms and highly available systems to offer best-in-class services to the customers. The fast-paced startup’s patented algorithm searches the internet's many secret corners for the best travel prices, saving users time and effort. This is a great opportunity for developers to work with a team of experts on exciting new products and challenges.

Job Responsibilities:

• Interact directly with product owners to help turn use cases into solid engineering solutions
• Collaborate with other engineers to identify and solve challenging problems
• Promote sound engineering practices, drive technical excellence and strategy
• Participate in design discussions with key stakeholders at various levels
• Participate in the full development life cycle, including design, coding, testing, and production release
• Be a proactive risk-taker and encourage code craftsmanship across the team
• Build the front-end systems that deliver services, scale those systems for growth, and continuously improve the engineering practice
• Deliver code in an agile team environment
• Drive innovation through rapid prototyping and iterative development
• Participate in code reviews to drive the team to the highest standards for React-based web applications

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 5+ years of relevant experience as a front-end engineer
• Experience with web application development, including React applications utilizing RESTful APIs
• Exceptional coding skills in popular JS frameworks and libraries, including React
• Experience with front-end technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3
• Familiarity with React libraries like Formik, Material UI, Recoil, and Stripe
• Working experience with cross-browser, cross-platform, and design constraints on the web
• Prior experience working with Next.js, Vercel, Node.js, Java, Tailwind, Angular, Microservices, and REST APIs
• Solid understanding of Docker, Nginx, PostgreSQL, and AWS - EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM
• Working knowledge of Figma, Storybook, Shortcut, Slack, Google Workspace, Gitlab, Github, Firebase, Gradle, and Jib
• Familiarity with Linux, Windows, and Mac
• Team-player with the ability to juggle multiple priorities
• Excellent communication skills with experience building strong relationships and even stronger teams
• Detail-oriented and well organized, able to explain complex topics in a clear way