Staff Front End Engineer

Staff Frontend Engineer

Location: Boston, MA

Reporting Structure: This role reports to the Head of Product & Engineering

Company description

CivilGrid is a venture-backed SaaS construction tech company building the "Google Maps for the Underground." Come help us disrupt a $4.7T US industry segment that desperately needs innovation. This opportunity has tremendous upside as it scales.

CivilGrid aggregates public and proprietary utility, geotechnical, environmental, and jurisdictional data. The consolidated information is sold via our collaborative SaaS mapping platform to engineers and developers who need it to make early-stage decisions on real estate and infrastructure projects. Real time data access reduces labor and project delays, accelerates decision making and reduces project risk. Collaborative features ensure faster information flow and decisioning inside and outside the organization and better project insight retention over time.

Role summary

As a small team, we all wear many hats and enjoy tackling new challenges. When it comes to tech, we're seeking experienced individuals who can efficiently identify problems and devise solutions. You will be a foundational team member with the opportunity to work on all aspects of the application and shape the technical future of CivilGrid. Joining at this stage, you will build core systems that will help us scale quickly, and benefit from tremendous upside as we grow.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with product leadership and design to implement new concepts
• Designing and building user facing features with scalable UI components
• Profiling and tuning performance across the entire stack to ensure efficient and responsive systems

Is this you?

• 6 years of experience working with JavaScript or TypeScript, particularly with React and Node.js (or equivalent frameworks)
• Experience building for non-traditional surfaces - canvas, maps, 3D visualizer etc.
• Familiarity with geospatial frameworks (Mapbox, Leaflet or similar, etc.) is a plus.
• Start up ready - you're autonomous, move fast, and take initiative without being asked
• Experience working on a complex B2B Product
• Conduct code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and offer constructive feedback to help grow the team's technical capabilities
• Strong verbal and written communication, able to articulate ideas clearly and collaborate effectively
• Bonus Qualification: A degree in Computer Science, Civil Engineering, or a related field (B.S. or M.S.)

Benefits and perks

• Interesting and challenging work
• Lots of room for growth
• Competitive salary and equity
• Health insurance
• Flexible and remote-friendly work environment
• FSA (health and dependent care)
• Unlimited PTO