Firework is the world's leading immersive "shoppertainment" ecosystem with shoppable video, live streaming commerce, and monetization capabilities powering hundreds of direct-to-consumer brands, retailers and media publishers worldwide. Firework empowers its customers to create and host native, shoppable video content for engaging product discovery, seamless shopping experiences and ultimately, a deeper emotional connection with consumers. Pandemic-accelerated, Firework has experienced massive year-over-year growth, bringing TikTok-like interactive video experiences, all by adding just one line of HTML code to customers’ own websites. We are a global and diverse team of creators, entrepreneurs, storytellers, and data geeks driven by the future of authenticity and connection-first transforming ecommerce. The company has raised over $235M to date, with its latest Series B round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.

Summary

Our engineering team is growing! We’re looking for a seasoned Sr. Front-End Software Developer who takes a customer-oriented approach to building and scaling highly-visible front architecture and design. You love solving complex problems with creativity and find joy building things from scratch via simple, optimized robust code.

What you'll be doing

Assess, define, and develop rich user interface and experience across scalable and distributed sites and systems that integrate with back-end components
Integrate with product managers, designers, and the rest of the engineering team to create elegant, responsive, and scalable user experience across multiple devices
Partner closely with the engineering team to improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes
Review code by your peers and help and provide insights from your experience of building and maintaining a repository of high-quality and reusable front end code
Provide technical leadership and documentation to key technical and business stakeholders, proactively informing of important project details and phases of development

We'll be excited if you have

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field
8+ years of related experience and 5+ years of experience as project lead/core development
Advanced proficiency in building responsive and scalable Web applications in React
Proven experience with AJAX, XML, JSON, and best practice design patterns
Familiarity with UX principles and site performance optimization
Advanced knowledge/ experience with React
Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals, such as data structures and algorithms
Working experience with automated testing and version control systems like Git
Comfortable with pair-programming and moving fast in a flat, highly productive start-up environment
Team-oriented mindset and excellent communication skills; ability to understand different perspectives and contribute to meaningful technical discussions

BIG PLUS if you have

Next.js
AMP
PWA
GraphQL
Docker
Content management system
User Experience design methodologies
NodeJS, Elixir, Python

The role may be hybrid in one of our offices or remote. For remote, we are looking for candidates based in the United States or Canada.

Don’t hold back

We understand some candidates may see the above and not apply because they don’t meet all the qualifications. We encourage you to apply anyway; we often find talented candidates that fit many other opportunities we have and look for potential too, not just what you did in the past. As an equal employment opportunity employer, we are a diverse team that strives for an inclusive environment for all. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

Notice to Third Party Recruitment Agencies

Please note that while Firework and its subsidiaries appreciate agency outreach, we currently do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of an executed Recruitment Services Agreement, there will be no obligation to any referral compensation or recruiter fee.

In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without an agreement, Firework and its subsidiaries reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.

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