Frontend Engineer

Chariot • New York, NY

13h • Hybrid

About The Position

Chariot’s frontend engineering hire will lead the evolution of our product and technology strategy, along with building a growing team of software engineers. You will work closely with the Chief Product Officer and other Founding Engineers to build out a product that can scale to service all the existing and upcoming contracts in our pipeline. The ideal candidate is both forward-thinking and hands-on, has a strong sense of ownership and drive for delivery, and is a good mentor and co-worker. On our team, you’ll have the unique opportunity to apply creative solutions to architect, design, and implement beautiful user experiences to fulfill our mission of helping nonprofits around the world. Manage and build out the frontend web applications and components that comprise the use-facing Chariot product. Contribute to the architecture of our frontend applications and define best practices. Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies. Improve monitoring and alerting capabilities for us to better understand our user behaviors and iterate on our product. Collaborate closely with CPO on UX/UI and be able to translate Figma mockups into pixel-perfect implementations. Communicate effectively with founders, product managers, and other software developers. Manage and execute against project plans and delivery commitments within an Agile/Scrum environment.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages
• 2+ years of relevant work experience building beautiful applications on the web.
• Bachelor’s Degree, ideally in a technical field, but we understand great engineers come from all sorts of different backgrounds and also consider relevant work experience.
• Be highly proficient working with modern frontend tech stacks including TypeScript, React, Vue.js, TailwindCSS, and Next.js.
• Experience with design tools (Figma).
• Strong sense of responsibility; ability to drive a project from inception to completion.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with fintech, payments, and the nonprofit-sector is a plus.
• Experience using AI tools to accelerate testing, QA, and product evaluation is a plus
• Familiar with Go and Service Oriented Architecture is a plus

Responsibilities

• Manage and build out the frontend web applications and components that comprise the use-facing Chariot product.
• Contribute to the architecture of our frontend applications and define best practices.
• Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies.
• Improve monitoring and alerting capabilities for us to better understand our user behaviors and iterate on our product.
• Collaborate closely with CPO on UX/UI and be able to translate Figma mockups into pixel-perfect implementations.
• Communicate effectively with founders, product managers, and other software developers.
• Manage and execute against project plans and delivery commitments within an Agile/Scrum environment.

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare, including options that are 100% covered by Chariot for you
• 18 days PTO and 13 holidays
• 100% paid parental leave, including 12 weeks for primary caregivers
• Weekly team lunches
• Free dinner every day at office past 8pm
• Monthly team building events
• Employee-friendly equity: 2 year exercise window and double-trigger acceleration
• Company Retreats: To get away - we all convene 2-3x / year company retreats
• Matching Gifts: Matching DAFs and daily charitable giving through GoodToday

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior