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Senior Front End Developer
Company | Hypergiant |
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Location | Tacoma, WA, USA |
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Salary | $122200 – $158800 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- At least 8+ years of professional front-end / UI development experience (5+ with a STEM B.S.), including 5+ years of experience with React (other Javascript frameworks are a plus)
- Able to develop organized, accessible, and performant apps using JavaScript, TypeScript, advanced CSS, and HTML
- Solid understanding of application architecture, and concepts like asynchronous programming, closures, types, and ES6
- Familiarity with WebGL-based libraries (e.g., ThreeJS, Deck.gl, Mapbox GL JS)
- Experience with CSS in JS solutions such as Styled Components or Emotion
- Proficient with version control systems (e.g., Git) and effective collaborative development workflows
- Experience managing robust build & test tools and implementing workflow automations (e.g., Jest, Rollup, Webpack, Babel)
- Design-minded attention to detail in user interface and user experience implementation
- Must be a US Citizen and possess an active US DOD Security Clearance
Responsibilities
- Sit with system operators to get feedback on software and ideate on potential solutions.
- Push new requirements to development teams and rapidly prototype modifications to React-based web applications.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of reusable component libraries and shared codebase.
- Write high-quality code, applying best practices, coding standards, and design patterns.
- Participate in the entire software development lifecycle, including requirement gathering, design, development, testing, and deployment, using an agile, iterative process.
- Participate in code reviews and ensure code quality through effective testing strategies.
- Collaborate with developers, designers, testers, project managers, product managers, and project sponsors.
- Communicate tasking estimation and progress regularly to a development lead and product owner through appropriate tools.
- Team with other developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in managing, mentoring & coaching development teams in an Agile environment (e.g., leading scrum and agile project management tools & ceremonies)
- Experience working in a secure facility or directly with mission operators
- Experience auditing third party dependencies in React ecosystem
- A portfolio of past projects with code samples or GitHub links
- Geospatial information system (GIS) experience
- Penchant for learning new technologies, balanced with strong pragmatic thinking
- Experience with state management libraries like Redux or React Context API
- Ability to travel as needed