Software Engineer - Frontend
Descript
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Posted:
July 7, 2023
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Remote
About the position
We are seeking a frontend software engineer to join our team and contribute to the development of our next-generation web-based audio and video editing tool. As a frontend engineer, you will collaborate with designers, product managers, and other engineers to deliver a high-quality user experience. You will also have the opportunity to work alongside AI researchers and contribute to innovative user experiences. Proficiency in frontend frameworks and a passion for delivering high-quality features are essential for this role.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and other engineers to deliver a high-quality user experience
- Develop and refine front-end architecture and best practices to support a fast-moving product engineering team
- Work alongside AI researchers to build innovative user experiences around the state-of-the-art advancements in AI
- Iterate on our script-and-scene media editing paradigm to keep users in flow state during the editing process
- Push the web browser to its limit, writing high-performance code rivaling native applications
- Deliver high-quality, maintainable, observable, debuggable features
- Take ownership and resourcefulness to find answers and simplify problems
- Build or use creative tools
- Constantly learn and improve
- Strong written and verbal communication
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Industry experience in a frontend software engineering role
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages and frontend frameworks, especially Typescript/Javascript/React
- Pride in delivering high-quality, maintainable, observable, debuggable features
- Desire to take ownership and resourcefulness to find answers and simplify problems
- Experience building or using creative tools (or a passion for learning how to build them!)
- Self-aware of strengths and seeking to constantly learn and improve
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience building creative tools (nice to have)
- Experience building and optimizing single-page web applications (SPAs) (nice to have)
Benefits
- Generous healthcare package
- Catered lunches
- Flexible vacation time
- Remote work options between PT and ET time zones
- Equal opportunity workplace
- Flat organizational structure
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI technology
- Collaborative work environment with designers, product managers, and AI researchers
- Opportunity to work on a revolutionary product
- Opportunity to solve hard and complex problems
- Opportunity to push the web browser to its limit
- Opportunity to work with a diverse team
- Opportunity to have a measurable influence on the direction of the company