Words have power. But only if you understand what someone is saying. So Toucan is on a mission to make the world multilingual. That’s a pretty amazing goal and we need equally amazing people to help us achieve it.

About Toucan

Toucan is a new, immersive way to learn a new language while browsing the internet. No classes, tests or cram sessions. Instead, each time a user visits a website, Toucan automatically translates certain words and phrases on the page into the language they're trying to learn. That way, they can learn words in their new language within the context of a language they're already comfortable with. This approach is scientifically proven to work just as well as traditional language learning exercises like flash cards. In fact, it’s often more effective!

Job Description

We’re looking for a Software Architect, Front End to help take Team Toucan to the next level by guiding our frontend technology. This person will be responsible for developing solutions to frontend platform challenges, advising teams on technical implementations, and proactively identifying and resolving technical debt.

Core Responsibilities

Uphold our core values of Empathy, Wonder and Impact everyday
Be hands-on: While you’ll be advising on projects, you’ll also be working on solutions to frontend platform features
Own frontend developer experience: You’ll craft a developer experience that is simple and conducive to flow for the whole team
Lead with intention: World-class talent demands world-class leadership. You’ll act as a subject matter expert and mentor to the engineering team, continually identifying the highest areas of leverage by leading with questions and communicating with the whole team
Build a strong testing culture: You’re passionate about quality and you invest time in making it easy to write tests and teaching the team how to write tests
Mentor co-workers: You'll lend your experience, advice, training, and time to mentor your teammates through data engineering, machine learning, and data analytics
Foster code quality: You’re thinking long term and take the steps today to foster code quality today to make working in Toucans code better over the long term

Qualifications

7+ years of experience in frontend software development
2+ years of experience in web extension development
You possess immense empathy for people and think deeply about how you can improve their experience with Toucan
Excellent communication skills that allow you to work effectively with the engineering team and cross-functional stakeholders to move projects forward
You embody an ownership attitude towards your work that enables you to create systems that better our entire organization

Our Tech Stack:

Frontend: React, TS, Web Extension, NextJS, Webpack, Jest, Apollo GraphQL
CI/CD: Github Actions
Backend: NodeJS, TS, Apollo GraphQL, MongoDB

Work Requirements

Reliable ability to work remotely in a U.S. state, with no visa sponsorship requirements
Typing and computer usage throughout the day
Standard business hours Monday-Friday

More about Toucan - The Perks:

The good - Benefits that set you up for success

These are the benefits that Toucan offers to make sure all employees feels valued and set up for success.

Salary 💸 We offer competitive salaries with performance-based raises and promotions. Toucan also has yearly, standardized performance reviews so you always know how you’re doing and how to earn more money in the future.
Stock Options 📈 We believe that all employees should feel invested in Toucan’s success, and rewarded for successful company performance. So all employees receive stock options that start vesting after 1 year.
Work Remotely 🌎 Toucan is a remote-first company. At Toucan, it’s your contribution to the team that matters, not your location. So we support people working remotely anywhere in the USA.
Unlimited Time Off ⏰ Work-life balance is important!. We want you to take breaks to refresh your brain and go on trips that inspire you to do your best work.
Insurance 🏥 We offer options for full medical, dental, and vision insurance to all full-time team members, plus their dependents (and we pay for 99% of it).
Technology 🖥 Toucan will deliver a laptop and any necessary tech that empowers you to do your best work.

The better - Benefits that help you better your career

We believe that investing in our people is an absolute must. Because when you thrive, Toucan thrives too.

Home Office 🏡 We all need that place to focus and do our best work. To help with this, we offer reimbursement of up to $1,000 for your home office setup during your first three months. Get that standing desk, noise-canceling headphones, or whatever else keeps you at your best.
Lunch and Learns 🍎 Toucan brings in world-class leaders across technology, education, finance, and leadership to have real, human conversations with the company. Come learn from the best.
Free Books 📚 Learning is important to us and we want to make sure that you have the opportunity to keep learning as you work with us. We offer all employees two free books a month of their choice.
Executive Coaching 🌱 Our goal is to nurture internal talent to become organizational leaders as we scale. This includes access to executive coaches, industry leaders, mentors,
online classes, and additional education. All employees have access to a BetterUp coach.

The best - Benefits that help you live your best life

A healthy work-life balance is important to long-term success. So we offer additional benefits designed to help you find the balance that works best for you.

Toucan’s Thrive Stipend 💖Investing in you and your overall wellness matters. All employees receive a monthly stipend of $450 to cover coffee, gym memberships, access to mental health outlets of your choice (ex. meditation or therapy apps or in-person/ virtual counseling), fast internet or streaming, entertainment, or news sources of your choice!
Parental Leave 🐣 For team members expecting new additions to their flock, we offer a generous parental leave policy.
Out of the Nest Retreats ✈️ As a remote-first company, we organize memorable team trips for everyone to get together and create new memories.
Pet Friends 🐶 Let us know if you have a dog or cat. We’ll give your furry loved one a subscription to BarkBox (or MeowBox).

Need more convincing? We got you.

At Toucan, we know employees are people, not cogs in a machine. We’re building a diverse team of people who bring unique perspectives and backgrounds to the table. After all, diverse teams have been proven to build better products. So it just makes sense to invest in our employees!

Toucan’s culture & values

Wonder: You are consistently amazed by the ideas, people, and technology you work with on a daily basis. You use that admiration to fuel your excitement and growth for yourself as well as for Toucan.

Empathy: You always try to understand where others are coming from and what they’re experiencing. Whether it’s an in-office disagreement, a new product idea or giving someone constructive feedback, you’re here to help and support your teammates.

Impact: You act with intention, speak with intention and build with intention. You always consider the downstream effects of your decisions and how they will affect others, whether that’s your colleagues or Toucan users.

So come join Team Toucan! We’d love to have you.

Disclaimers

The Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

To comply with regulations by the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), the principal duties in job descriptions must be essential to the job. To identify essential functions, focus on the purpose and the result of the duties rather than the manner in which they are performed. The following definition applies: a job function is essential if removal of that function would fundamentally change the job.

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