Senior Front End Performance Engineer

Summary

Join Float, a leading remote-first software company, as a Senior Front End Performance Engineer. You will play a crucial role in optimizing the performance of our web application, particularly for larger teams. Responsibilities include upgrading to React 19, optimizing the schedule feature, and contributing to a best-in-class front-end performance. You will need expertise in Javascript/Typescript and React, experience optimizing React applications, and a customer-oriented mindset. Float offers a competitive salary of US $167,471 (Level 3) and a supportive, asynchronous remote work environment. This is a unique opportunity to significantly impact our product and the experience of thousands of users.

Requirements

• Expertise in Javascript/Typescript and React
• Experience optimizing React applications
• Ownership or strong contribution to front-end performance on products with large user bases and high data volumes
• Customer-oriented mindset
• Investigative mindset
• High levels of autonomy
• Previous remote experience and are comfortable using tools like Slack, Loom, and Linear to communicate as needed

Responsibilities

• Upgrading to React 19: Upgrading us from React 18 to 19, as well as optimizing for the new React Compiler
• Schedule Optimization: Working on the performance of the Schedule, as well as working on existing performance issues that have been flagged
• Performance Test Suite: Becoming familiar with and work on stabilizing our internal performance test suite
• Front-end performance: You will be contributing to a best-in-class front-end performance of our product
• Tooling and Processes: Defining performance-oriented tooling and implementing best-practices for the larger Interfaces Team, as well as sharing your knowledge
• Roadmap: Own and define the roadmap for performances initiatives and improvements
• Ownership: Of the performance and front-end for web app functions like the Schedule, Live Updates, and Search

Benefits

• Pay for this role is US $167,471 (Level 3)
• Global async remote company with a diverse team of people from all over the world who share a common belief in living our best work life