Senior JavaScript Engineer
ABOUT US:
We build tools for 100+ brands and retailers in the ecommerce space that help them offer free two-day shipping, same-day delivery, and product expansion into new marketplaces -- keeping them several steps ahead of the curve in a rapidly changing industry.
We are a purpose and culture driven organization that prides ourselves on connectivity, equality, diversity and inclusion. We are committed to our people as a service-oriented company as our people are at the heart of everything we do.
We are Headquartered in Chicago, with offices in New York, Conshohocken, PA (Philly area), and Krakow, Poland and we operate as a subsidiary of FedEx Services.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
In our mission to build the best shopping experience for our users, we are constantly adding new features to ShopRunner.com. As a Senior JavaScript Engineer, you will be helping design and develop new and existing features end-to-end. On the frontend we use ReactJS + TypeScript, and on the backend we use SpringBoot + Kotlin. You also will help lead a team to use industry best-practices in modern web application development. ShopRunner is proud to be committed to Twelve-Factor applications by investing in CI/CD, feature flags, and automated testing.
WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING ON:
- Building the best user experiences for members on ShopRunner.com using ReactJS + TypeScript
- Leading the organization to use modern best practices and technologies
- Working closely with designers, product managers, and other engineers
- Giving back to Chicago tech community through conference attendance, meetup presentations, and mentorship
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
- 6+ years’ experience writing production code for web applications. We love Polyglots who know several other languages and like the right tool for the job
- Expertise with modern JavaScript ecosystem, including ES6, React, Webpack and Typescript
- Expertise with frontend development best practices including a11y, browser testing and responsive/mobile first development strategies and CSS/SASS/SCSS
- Experience with React functional components, hooks and context API
- Experience optimizing larger applications to increase speed, scalability, and extensibility.
- Nice to haves but not needed: Experience working in AWS, Docker, Java/Kotlin
We want you to bring your whole human self to work every day. We accept you for who you are and consider everybody on an equal opportunity basis without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.