Front End Engineer

Locations San Francisco (Hybrid), New York (Hybrid), Columbus (Hybrid), or Remote (US) Job Overview We’re hiring a Senior Front End Engineer to own and elevate the interfaces that thousands of developers touch every day—the editor, the docs experience, and the interactive surfaces that make ReadMe feel alive. This role sits at the intersection of design, performance, and developer experience. You’ll shape not just how our product looks, but how it feels to use: fast, intuitive, and genuinely delightful. You won’t just be shipping components—you’ll help define what great frontend craft looks like at ReadMe. What We Do ReadMe helps more than 5,000 leading startups and tech companies build beautiful, personalized, and interactive developer hubs. We provide tools for teams to build a better developer experience and make their products and APIs easier to use. Responsibilities Build amazing user experiences for new features and help re‑imagine how our existing features live in today’s world. As a front‑end engineer you’ll be embedded in a product team and work hand‑and‑hand with design to create a product that feels good to our customers. Qualities You’ll Love Care deeply about customer experience and delivering quality features quickly. Have a strong ownership mindset. Enjoy working on tools used by different customer types everyday; developers, tech writers, product owners, etc. What the Role Is a Great Fit If You Have Experience building and shipping production frontend applications, with deep fluency in React and TypeScript. A track record of owning complex UI: creating functional UIs that work well and not just assembling components from a design spec. Comfort working across the stack, collaborating effectively with backend and infra engineers. A user‑first mindset: caring about how something feels to use and holding a high bar for polish and accessibility. Growth Path Within one month: Ship a UI improvement and learn how we build, review, and deploy. Learn the codebase—our React/TypeScript apps, state management, and how data flows from server to client. Get to know your team and how you can help solve real customer problems. Within a few months: Own meaningful frontend projects end to end, from scoping through to shipping. Make meaningful impact on the product by improving performance, polish, or a core experience. Within your first year: Help define the direction of our front end app tooling at ReadMe. Ship major improvements used by thousands of developers daily. Help shape how modern APIs is designed and consumed. Benefits Unlimited PTO with a three‑week minimum. Fully covered medical, dental, and vision insurance for you, and 100% for your dependents. A One Medical membership. A gym or fitness stipend of up to $150 per month. One‑to‑one donation matching of up to $1,000 per year. Twelve weeks of paid parental leave after the birth or adoption of a child. Work from home. Three offsite retreats per year. See our handbook for more information on benefits. Equal Opportunity Employer We welcome people of all different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and a pleasant and supportive place to work. ReadMe is open to hiring folks fully remote in the US, hybrid, or in‑person at our New York or San Francisco HQ. #J-18808-Ljbffr