Senior Frontend Engineer

Summary

Join Thumbtack's Frontend Infrastructure team and contribute to improving developer productivity and product quality. As a Frontend Engineer, you will own large projects from conception to launch, collaborating with various teams to gather feedback, identify problems, and deliver impactful solutions. You will play a key role in shaping the team's roadmap and your work will directly impact both user and business goals. You will help maintain the design system, explore new frameworks and processes, and mentor junior engineers. The ideal candidate possesses 4+ years of web development experience, familiarity with React, and strong problem-solving skills. Excellent communication skills are essential for collaborating with both technical and non-technical team members.

Requirements

• 4+ years of industry experience in web development
• A familiarity with React and popular libraries within the React ecosystem
• You can break down complex problems and understand the tradeoffs necessary to deliver great, impactful products
• You’re curious, you’re data-driven, you love to ask questions, and you think critically about problems
• You’re comfortable communicating about your work with both technical and non-technical team members, including fellow engineers, product managers, designers, and analysts
• You love delivering value to your users and your teammates through your work

Responsibilities

• Drive frontend infrastructure projects to completion, with a tenacious focus on the business impact of those projects
• Work closely with frontend engineers, the design systems team, and other infrastructure teams to gather feedback, prioritize projects, and deliver solutions
• Help maintain the design system at Thumbtack
• Explore new frameworks and processes while also being able to discuss when (or when not) to use them
• Mentor a growing team of engineers on frontend best-practices and standards
• Participate in a culture that values thoughtful code reviews and frequent deploys