closed vacancyFrontend Engineer - remote

Carbon Relay
Posted 4 years ago  • Washington, DC

Carbon Relay is a world-class team focused on harnessing the power of machine learning to optimize Kubernetes. Our innovative platform allows organizations to boost application performance while keeping costs down. We recently completed a major fundraising round and are scaling up rapidly to turn our vision into reality. This position is perfect for someone who wants to get in on the ground floor at a startup that moves fast, tackles hard problems, and has fun!

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to spearhead the development of our backend applications. You will create a state-of-the-art backend to bridge the gap between the machine learning and Kubernetes teams. This includes defining and implementing efficient, robust and scalable APIs and services that meet current and emerging best practices. We are looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to build out an all new experience for optimizing software using our advanced machine learning technologies. Your role will be taking the lead on user interface implementation: working with designers, engineers and product managers to enable our users to get the most out of their applications.

Responsibilities

  • Translating UI/UX design wireframes to actual code
  • Developing new user-facing features
  • Optimizing web pages for maximum speed and scalability
  • Bridging the gap between graphic design and technical implementation
  • Collaborating with other team members including designers and backend engineers

Required qualifications

  • You should have a strong background in software engineering with 5+ years of experience
  • You are comfortable developing and deploying production ready applications
  • You believe a beautiful design requires beautiful code
  • You :heart: JavaScript and have experience with React
  • You are comfortable developing and deploying production ready applications

Preferred qualifications

  • You have experience with backend technologies and languages, including Go and Python
  • You are familiar with containers and Kubernetes

Why join Carbon Relay

  • Competitive salary plus equity
  • Health, dental, vision and life insurance
  • 401k with matching
  • Unlimited vacation policy (and we do really take vacations)
  • Ability to work remotely
  • Snacks, lunches and all the typical benefits you would expect from a well-funded, fun startup!