Principal Frontend Engineer

Principal Frontend Engineer

Feathr's software marketing platform equips nonprofits with the tools they need to build purposeful connections with their community and grow impact with confidence.

You will work under the direction of the Associate Director of Product Engineering on frontend software development projects. Engineers at Feathr own their code from planning to maintenance to retirement - you will work with internal and external stakeholders to develop requirements and design technical solutions, collaborate with your engineering colleagues to implement those solutions, deploy and monitor your changes in production, and address issues as they are identified.

Your Work:

• Feathr's Marketing SaaS platform is critical to the value we deliver to our clients.
• Principal Engineers help us grow and maintain the technical components that allow us to meet our diverse customer base's advertising, marketing, and web analytics needs.
• A Principal Engineer at Feathr has a demonstrated interest and proficiency in web development.

Your Experience:

• 6+ years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on SaaS products.
• Expertise in designing, building, and maintaining large-scale distributed systems.
• Professional experience owning a process that included shipping a complicated piece of software to real users.

Your Technical Skills:

• Expertise with React and TypeScript.
• Demonstrated focus on developing and maintaining security and compliance with enterprise data concerns.
• Experience in writing automated unit tests for your code.
• Planning and executing an integration with an API layer.
• Knowledge of REST/CRUD API development.
• Ability to maintain and scale containerized applications.
• Ability to optimize data modeling for constantly growing business needs.
• Experience with self-hosted Drone CI/CD.
• Not required but a big plus - experience with Storybook for component development and documentation.

Your Qualities:

• Curiosity and enthusiasm for all aspects of web development.
• Service-oriented team player who is here to achieve success for Feathr as well as themselves.
• Pragmatic and customer-oriented. You are building software to help customers, not for the sake of building software.
• Comfortable adapting to quickly changing conditions. You might be working on one project but need to context switch to another unexpectedly during a critical outage.
• Careful, detail-oriented approach to building software - ask questions first and write code later.
• Comfortable breaking down technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Your code solves immediate problems while building a sustainable system that lasts into the future.
• Understand how to ingest and transform event streams from a variety of sources.

Your Day:

• Assist with the mentoring and training of developers.
• Review and approve code written by colleagues.
• Solve technical problems and document their solutions.
• Plan and iterate over the product development lifecycle.
• Work alongside other Product Team engineers to design and develop features.
• Collaborate closely with designers to implement and refine frontend UI/UX.
• Break down complex technical challenges into manageable work components, ensuring clear deliverables.
• Receive feedback on your code and features and iterate.
• Collaborate with members of other departments to ensure technical solutions meet the company's business interests.
• Ensure the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of Feathr's data and operations.

Compensation:

Starting salary for this position is $145,000 annually depending on experience and credentials, with the potential to earn an additional 12% of base salary.

Location:

This position is remote for candidates located within the United States, with preference given to those who reside in the Eastern or Central time zones. There is also an option to work from our headquarters in Gainesville, FL. If you aren't familiar, Gainesville is a hip, mid-sized city with a highly innovative population and an attainable standard of living.

Interview Process:

• HR Information Screen - The Talent Acquisition Team will invite candidates that move forward to a 20-30 minute virtual interview. This conversation will be focused on relevant work experience, compensation, role overview, and answering any questions the candidate has.
• Hiring Manager Interview - 45 minute virtual meeting with the Director of Engineering to answer role-specific questions and dive deeper into your background and technical experience.
• Work Assignment - Candidates will be given a work assignment prompt to complete a project that is relevant to the work they can expect in the role. You are given ample amount of time to complete this project before turning in.
• Panel Interview - 1 hour interview with two to three key members of the team. This interview will dive deeper into the role, technical knowledge, and requirements of the position. You will also utilize this time to review any questions related to your work assignment.
• Offer - The Talent Acquisition Team will reach out with the details of the offer to discuss with the candidate.

Benefits & Perks for full-time employees:

• Fully remote
• Full vision, dental, and ~99% health insurance for employees
• Sick time off
• Vacation time off
• Extended Wintr Break
• Parental Leave
• Wellness Reimbursement Credit
• Home Office Stipend
• Professional Development Budget
• Team hangouts and events

Culture:

• Practicality: Progress Over Perfection
• Ambition: When Feathr wins, We all win
• Candor: Better communication, Better results
• Trust: Assume the best, Share openly
• Service: We exist to fix

Feathr is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable environment for all employees. So, however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, if you think you'd drive value in this position, please apply.