Senior Software Engineer, Front-End

Summary

Join Greenhouse as a Senior Front-End Software Engineer and be the first dedicated senior engineer on the post-hire ecosystem team, shaping the future of user interfaces and front-end architecture. Collaborate with backend engineers, leverage AWS cloud, relational databases, and technologies like Kafka. As an owner, collaborator, mentor, strategist, and advocate, you will design and build robust, scalable, and intuitive user interfaces. Lead the evolution of the front-end architecture, collaborate on API design, evaluate third-party applications, and mentor team members. Greenhouse offers a remote-first work environment with shared office spaces and a performance review program with actionable feedback and bonuses.

Requirements

• At least 5+ years of experience as a Front-end focused Software Engineer
• Proven experience in designing scalable and flexible front-end architectures, managing complexity, and ensuring long-term maintainability
• Proven proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+) and Typescript
• Strong knowledge of React (including Hooks, state management, and common patterns)
• Experience actively participating in discussions about API endpoint design and data contracts, collaborating closely with backend engineers (especially with RESTful APIs)
• The ability to read and comprehend backend code (e.g., Ruby/Rails at the controller level) to effectively understand API contracts and facilitate seamless integration
• Experience evaluating, selecting, and integrating third-party technology solutions and APIs into existing systems
• A solid understanding of HTML5, CSS3/Sass, front-end build tools (e.g., Webpack)
• Experience working with UI component libraries (e.g., Material UI)
• Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada as of the start date chosen by the Company
• We are unable to support sponsorship at this time

Responsibilities

• Design and build robust, scalable, and intuitive user interfaces for our core products, ensuring exceptional user experiences
• Lead the evolution of our front-end architecture, making key decisions on patterns, tools, and best practices to enhance flexibility, maintainability, and performance
• Actively collaborate with backend engineers on API design and data contracts, ensuring seamless and efficient integration between front-end and backend systems
• Evaluate, select, and technically integrate third-party applications and APIs, becoming a go-to expert for external service integrations
• Drive solutions end-to-end, from understanding requirements to deployment, taking strong ownership of your work
• Mentor and elevate the front-end expertise within the broader engineering team, sharing knowledge and advocating for best practices
• Contribute to a highly collaborative team, actively seeking and providing feedback to continuously improve our products and processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with accessibility best practices and how to implement them
• Your own unique talents! Your background has given you a unique perspective and set of transferable skills that aren't always in alignment with a given role - but those are qualities we value at Greenhouse

Benefits

• The national pay range for this role is $143,000 - $214,000 CAD
• Individual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and qualifications
• Certain roles may be eligible for additional compensation, including stock option awards, bonuses, and merit increases
• Additionally, certain roles have the opportunity to receive sales commissions that are based on the terms of the sales commission plan applicable to the role
• We are a remote-first company and have shared office spaces in New York City and Ireland, and optional co-working spaces that give us flexibility to do our best work anywhere
• We take an active role in our growth through a performance review program that’s committed to providing actionable feedback, and a bonus structure that rewards great performance