Front End Engineer (Hybrid)

Rewards Network•Chicago, IL

3d•$120,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Rewards Network is hiring a Front End Engineer to build front-end applications for members, internal employees, and restaurant owners. The role focuses on shipping polished, accessible, well-tested products using shared foundations, including a common design system, a shared API client, and a monorepo supporting multiple partner brands. This is a hybrid position based in Chicago, with in-office presence required three days per week, Tuesday through Thursday. The position is full-time and exempt. The base salary range is $120,000–$160,000 annually, depending on level, experience, skills, and other factors. The role is also eligible for a 10% annual bonus target, bringing total target compensation to $132,000–$176,000.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 4 years of experience, with a record of owning features or a product area end to end.
Strong TypeScript and modern React skills, including hooks, composition, state, and data-fetching patterns.
Experience shipping production web applications.
Writes clean, typed, maintainable code and values consistency across a large shared codebase.
Can translate design files into pixel-accurate, responsive, accessible UI.
Can reason about cross-platform differences across iOS, Android, and web, and determine when to branch or share implementations.
Understands how API design, caching, and loading and error states shape user experience.
Communicates clearly in writing and code reviews, and is comfortable giving and receiving feedback.
Works independently on ambiguous problems and raises risks early.

Nice To Haves

React Native and/or Expo experience shipping to the App Store and Google Play, or experience sharing code across native and web with React Native Web.
Experience with a data-fetching library such as TanStack Query and a themeable styling system such as Unistyles.
Experience building admin, back-office, or B2B portals, including tables, forms, filters, permissions, and audit-sensitive workflows.
Familiarity with OIDC/OAuth and identity providers such as Auth0.
Monorepo experience, such as pnpm workspaces or similar, plus experience with Vitest/Jest, React Testing Library, and Storybook.
Background in loyalty, rewards, payments, restaurant, or hospitality products.
Comfort using AI-assisted development tools in a real workflow.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and ship features across the member app, internal operations tools, and merchant portal, from technical approach through production release.
Build reusable components and design-system primitives for consumer, employee, and merchant applications, keeping them aligned with Figma designs.
Implement partner theming and configuration so one codebase supports multiple brands without forking.
Integrate with backend services, including data fetching, caching, error handling, and optimistic updates, and work with API owners on contracts.
Implement front-end authentication and role-based access, such as employee SSO and merchant-user permissions, and design for data-visibility rules.
Write unit, component, and integration tests, and help maintain strong coverage and CI quality gates.
Build for accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) and performance, including startup time, bundle size, and rendering on low-end devices.
Review code and provide actionable feedback; at the senior level, mentor less-experienced engineers.
Break down ambiguous requirements with Product, Design, and QA, and write clear tickets, specifications, or decision records.
Support releases and deployments, troubleshoot production issues, and use logging and monitoring to find root causes.
Improve developer experience by contributing to shared tooling, templates, and documentation.
At the senior level, set technical direction for a feature area, make trade-offs explicit, and raise the quality of the team.

Benefits

Flexible PTO, 11 company holidays, and parental leave.
Generous dining reimbursement when dining with restaurant clients.
401(k) plan with a company match.
Two medical plan options: Standard PPO or High Deductible Health Plan, with an HSA and company match for HDHP participants.
Partnership with Rx n Go offering certain prescriptions for free.
Two dental plan options and a vision plan.
Flexible Spending Accounts and a pre-tax commuter benefit program.
Accident, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity Insurance Plans.
Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
Company-paid life insurance and AD&D insurance, with supplemental employee, spouse, and child life insurance.
Employee Life Assistance Program.
Hybrid working environment in a new downtown office near Metra train stations, with catered lunches on Tuesdays.
Annual bonus target of 10%.