Senior Front-End (Web) Developer

A rapidly-growing company that is set to conquer the newly emerging frontier of freely available scientific information through open, global collaboration and publishing, is looking for a Senior Web Front-End Engineer. The developer must have a keen sense for subtle details and a strong desire to build beautiful user-facing products. The company is leveraging the power of technology to make it easy for scientists to discover, publish, peer review, and collaborate on science at a global scale This will be a long-term, full-time role that requires some overlap with the EST time zone.

Job Responsibilities:

• Contribute to design and develop fluid and intuitive front-ends of applications
• Collaborate with product managers and designing and engineering teams to develop high-quality products
• Interact with clients’ technical leadership to understand the requirements and execute them
• Utilize different systems and technologies for providing end-to-end solutions
• Stay up-to-date with the latest and greatest in the space
• Collaborate and engage with non-engineering stakeholders

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 4+ years of relevant experience as a frontend developer
• Must have at least 4 years of experience working with languages like JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• Knowledge of utilizing resources like Git and React
• Capable of working with technologies like Next.js, GCP, Typescript, and GraphQL
• Thorough knowledge of developing, scaling, and maintaining REST/RESTful APIs
• Strong knowledge of engineering fundamentals, and passion for building high quality and scalable software
• Extensive experience building web applications
• Demonstrable experience with Webpack, Rollup, Grunt, Browserify, and npm
• Solid understanding of CSS processors like PostCSS, Saas, and Less
• In-depth knowledge of modern JavaScript libraries like Next.js, React, Redux, and StencilJS
• Fluency in English to communicate with team members and other stakeholders
• Expertise in distilling complicated topics to a broader audience
• Experience working in a cross-functional Scrum team
• Experience using Git and related tools like GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket is desirable
• Familiarity with server-side development using NodeJS, PHP, or Python is nice to have