Braintrust is hiring a
Sr. Software Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Senior Software Engineer in Design Systems at Etsy. The role involves writing frontend components, architecture, and documentation to improve and expand the company's Design System. The position is a freelance, contract role, and the work is remote within the United States.

Requirements

• Expertise in writing JavaScript, CSS, and other frontend code, such as TypeScript, React, Storybook, as well as legacy frameworks
• Experience working on Design Systems, ideally at a comparable company
• Ability to hold an opinionated stance on Frontend Architecture and Design Systems - but always willing to change your mind
• Experience leading, mentoring, and coaching other engineers in a compassionate manner
• Successful track record of planning and leading projects to completion
• A growth mindset with excitement towards receiving feedback and learning opportunities
• A strong sense of ownership towards your work
• Desire to understand the ‘why’ behind what we are doing
• Strength in frequent collaboration and communication, acting in an inclusive, thoughtful and kind manner

Responsibilities

• Serve as an advocate for Design Systems, Frontend, and Accessibility across Etsy
• Create and update reusable components that are used by product teams across all of Etsy
• Contribute to and lead projects - such as introducing Design Tokens, improving our Metrics, or re-writing our Overlay component
• Provide daily support for peers across Etsy (ex. writing documentation, reviewing pull requests, answering Slack questions, auditing new features, hosting office hours and classes)
• Identify and propose tracks of work and tech debt that move our Design System forward

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with Etsy's mature Design System, ‘Collage’

Benefits

Hourly range: Our client is looking to pay $95 – $104 /hr