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About this role
At Writer, you'll be working closely with the founders and the engineering team to build, manage, and scale a user experience that tens of thousands of people rely on every day.
As a frontend engineer, you’ll build key feature sets for the Writer product, manage our in-house design system, and optimize our frontend code for performance and responsiveness. We’re looking for someone with great UX and UI sensibilities who can make thoughtful, beautiful decisions on things usually decided by PMs and designers.
You’ll need solid knowledge of JavaScript and TypeScript, HTML, and CSS. We’re also looking for strength in MobX, React, and Redux.
You’ll be our resident expert on frontend best practices and be a player/coach with the rest of the frontend team.
Your responsibilities
- Build modular, reusable components and features for Writer’s web app
- Extend our product design system and empower other engineers to build well-designed features efficiently
- Integrate in-house and third-party systems via APIs
- Ensure the web app is fast and responsive
- Work closely with our product team to design and develop new features
- Contribute to our engineering culture and team growth
Is this you?
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience working on modern web ecosystems
- 5+ years of experience with MobX, React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, RESTful APIs, CSS, and other front-end technologies
- Proactive communication skills, both synchronous and asynchronous
- High standards for UX and UI quality, aiming for consumer-grade experiences
- A passion for writing and clarity in code
Preferred Skills
- Experience as a technical lead
- Experience with Atomic design, Storybooks, NX, GitHub Actions, PNPM, Jest, Vite, ESBuild, and Vue.js
Benefits & Perks (US Full-time Employees)
- Generous PTO, holidays, and parental leave
- Comprehensive health coverage for you and your family
- Fertility and family planning support
- Health screenings and wellness stipends
- Learning and development stipends
- Team off-sites and company-wide events
- Competitive compensation, stock options, and 401k
Writer is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other protected status. We also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records under the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
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