Senior Front End Engineer (React.js) - remote

Unanet, Inc.
Posted 4 years ago  • Sterling, VA

We are seeking a Senior Front End Engineer to help build out our new web app (React.js). We're looking for a dynamic engineer who is no stranger to building well-designed, performant and effective front end web applications that support complex business rules and user flows. You will start by learning from the experiences of our current team and our current offerings and become intimately familiar with our codebase. As you improve in your understanding of our business logic, you will contribute your front end experience by helping add features to our current app.

What You'll Do

  • Contribute to new and existing projects by developing and maintaining and reliable set of edge applications
  • Collaborate with other teams to build shared microservices that can serve many applications and scale independently
  • Enable our product team to tap into our valuable data sources and build incredible features for our customers
  • Actively participate in multiple Unanet development projects and work together to build high-quality solutions
  • Provide constructive feedback on pull requests to increase code quality

Your First 90 Days

First 30 Days

  • You will immerse yourself in our product, our tech stack, and our development culture
  • You will work with our Lead, QA and DevOps team to better understand our new web offering (React.js) 
  • Working with our Lead, you will help implement a front end technical roadmap that takes scalability, testing and performance into account and present a gap analysis of what can be done even better based on our current solution
  • You will be responsible for taking on development items to get your hands in the current Web stack (75-90% of your time)

First 60 Days

  • Along with user stories and product features, you will help work on a backlog of technical infrastructure work that was identified in your first 30 days
  • You will aid in creating an efficient and effective SDLC process and work to better support your Scrum (PO, QA, fellow developers)

First 90 Days

  • You will help instill the discipline of effectively monitoring and creating work items from production issues
  • You will further our tech stack by continuing to help implement the technical roadmap and future deliveries

Who You Are

We need engineers that share our passion for building and scaling cutting-edge Web Apps in a fast-paced startup environment, one that already has the benefit of thousands of customers and millions of dollars in revenue.

  • 5+ years of experience developing single-page web applications
  • 4+ years of React, Angular or other frameworks
  • Ability to flesh out user stories to be consumed by the rest of the team
  • Experience working in an agile environment (e.g., Scrum, Kanban)
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Excellent technical design, problem-solving and debugging skills

Your Differentiators

  • Prior experience with C# or Java
  • Ability to work and collaboration with team members remotely
  • BS in Computer Science or equivalent engineering degree

Our Values

  • We are a Team. Employees, customers, and partners working together.
  • We are Customer-Focused. Customers are the heart of everything we do.
  • We are Driven. Seeking exceptional outcomes.
  • We Own our Success. Every employee has a stake in our company.
  • We do the right thing and have fun in the process.

Unanet is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered for positions without regard to race, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state or local laws.