Senior Frontend Engineer

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Axios

πŸ’΅ $130k-$175k
πŸ“Remote - Worldwide

Summary

Join Axios, a respected media company, as a Senior Frontend Engineer in our Application Development organization. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality, trustworthy content to our users by architecting and developing new and existing codebases. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor junior engineers, and stay updated on industry best practices. This role requires experience building large-scale frontend applications, proficiency in TypeScript/JavaScript and modern frameworks, and a passion for user-focused development. Axios offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a supportive work environment.

Requirements

  • Experience building large, high-traffic frontend applications, with a sharp eye toward responsive and accessible user experiences
  • Fluency in TypeScript or JavaScript with strong foundation with a modern front end library, such as React, and a framework like Next.js
  • Proven ability to ship high quality and testable code using Jest, React Testing Library and Storybook
  • Experience with REST API development and best practices for API design
  • Experience working on cross-functional agile teams where you advocate for technical needs as well as the best solution to the problems at hand
  • Specific passion for user-focused and data-driven decision making
  • Experience working on front end web performance, SEO and accessibility
  • Experience with TDD and up-front tech design planning
  • Experience working with asset management, content management, ad tech, and A/B testing solutions
  • Caching and multi-layered caching strategies (e.g. redis, Varnish, but also Cloudflare)
  • A passion for media and building award-winning brands

Responsibilities

  • Architect and build significant features across the Axios web site, content/media management systems, and feeds
  • Write clean, well-documented, and well-tested code
  • Advocate for best practices, automation over repetition, the best technical approaches, and when to build vs buy
  • Collaborate with Axios’ platform engineers, test engineers, product managers, and product designers to ensure we quickly and safely ship and iterate on high-quality products
  • Mentor and coach members of the team through pair-programming and empathetic code review
  • Share knowledge through presenting at guild meetings and demoing to team members and stakeholders
  • Stay up to date with industry trends and advise the team on best practices

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with using AI to optimize workflows

Benefits

  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
  • Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
  • Dental and vision coverage
  • Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
  • Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
  • One mental health day per quarter
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
  • Tele-mental health services through Headspace
  • OneMedical membership, including tele-health services
  • Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate
  • Inclusive fertility, hormonal health and family forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
  • Access to the Axios β€œFamily Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies
  • Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers
  • Virtual company-sponsored social events
  • A strong and positive work environment
  • A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture
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