Writer is hiring a
Software engineer, frontend

Summary

The job is for a Frontend Engineer to build, manage, and scale the user experience of Writer's product. The candidate should have strong knowledge in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, MobX, React, Redux, and at least 7 years of professional software engineering experience. Preferred skills include technical leadership, ATOMIC approach, Storybooks, NX, Github actions, PNPM, conducting Jest/Vite tests, leveraging ESBuild, and experience with Vue.js. Benefits include employer-covered medical plans, dental, vision, life insurance, FSA, competitive parental leave policy, generous PTO, company stock options, 401k plan with employer matching, flexible schedules.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• 7+ years professional Software engineering experience working on modern web ecosystems
• 5+ years professional experience with MobX, React, Typescript, Javascript, HTML, RESTful API, CSS, and other front-end technologies

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
• Make sure every part of the web app is staggeringly fast
• Work closely with our product team to design and develop new features
• Contribute to an early, special team and help us build on our strong engineering culture

Preferred Qualifications

• Proactive communication skills, both sync and async
• Sets the highest possible UX and UI bar for what you ship: it’s consumer-grade or bust
• A love for writing
• Experience as a technical lead
• ATOMIC approach, Storybooks
• NX, Github actions, PNPM
• Conducting Jest/Vite tests and leveraging ESBuild
• Experience with Vue.js

Benefits

• Employer-covered medical plans, dental, vision, and life insurance
• FSA
• Competitive parental leave policy (parents actually work here!)
• Generous PTO
• Company stock options
• 401k plan with employer matching
• Flexible schedules