React UI Software Engineer (U.S. remote OK)

LocusLabs
Posted 4 years ago
We Work Remotely
At LocusLabs, we are on a mission to democratize and distribute venue maps and location data to any screen and make it easy for anyone to discover and navigate any complex building.


Today, we are a leader in the airline and airport industry but we aren’t stopping here. There are millions of large buildings all over the world that can benefit from our mapping products. Our current customers include United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Airlines, JetBlue, Lufthansa, along with over 30 global airport customers.


We are currently looking for a brilliant React UI Software Engineer to join our team. We work in small teams, so this is an opportunity to have a big impact, contribute, and ship products that quickly that are used by millions of people!


What You’ll Do


  • Build high-performance map products for the web. Our core product features include our proprietary indoor / outdoor map data, point of interest data, search, navigation, API integrations and more used by millions of users.
  • Help us “componentize” our user interface elements to work across a variety of web-based products
  • Collaborate with designers, Product Managers, and other engineers to design features and break down high-level goals into tasks and timelines
  • Work with our Design Team to take user interface designs and prototypes and transform them into elegant web user interfaces that work across a variety of desktop and mobile web browsers
  • Communicate and document architectural designs and requirements
  • Provide thoughtful feedback to others on the team
  • Build and ship amazing web application products that get used by millions of user all over the world



Your Qualifications


  • BS or higher in Computer Science or similar field.
  • You have an amazing eye for the details. You have previously worked with professional Design Teams and understand the importance of creating pixel perfect design interfaces and the subtlety that comes with it.
  • 3-5 years of professional JavaScript user interface development experience shipping enterprise-grade software.
  • Ability to overcome obstacles autonomously, self-motivated, “get it done” attitude.
  • You absolutely love crafting elegant products and user experiences.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills. We know everyone says this, but we mean it! We have a distributed team and rely on team members that are well organized and can effectively communicate about their work. 
  • If you are working in a remote capacity, you have experience working with remote teams and understand the communication needs and dynamics of remote team environments.



What We Work With


  • React
  • Style components
  • Maps and geographic coordinate systems, mostly in Mapbox
  • OpenGL / WebGL
  • AWS - Lambda / S3 / DynamoDB
  • REST / HTTP
  • Gitlab, Storybook, and Figma


Compensation includes a competitive salary, bonus, and great benefits - 401k, health, dental, vision and more.


LocusLabs is based in Oakland, California is part of the Acuity Brands (NYSE: AYI) software group so you will be part of a bigger family that is focused on building the next generation of smart building software.



Work in our Oakland Office or Remote!


This is a full-time position at our office in Oakland, California or you may work remotely. If you are working remotely, we are most interested in North American time zone candidates for collaboration purposes.


Our office is conveniently located in Jack London Square with amazing views of the waterfront and we are just a short walk from the Oakland Ferry Building (http://bit.ly/oak-sf-ferry) and 12th Street BART (http://bit.ly/oak-12th-BART) stations.