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This engineer will be a technical leader on our applications and collections team, with responsibility for our outward-facing applications. CivicScience touches tens of millions of consumers each day, as well as dozens of the Fortune 500, and this engineer will help us to build world-class user experiences.
In addition to deep experience on designing and deploying single-page applications, the engineer also will serve as an internal expert on all things JavaScript. This would range from understanding different browser engines to making millisecond-shaving performance tweaks to designing in-page interactions with ad and marketing tags.
This position can be based in New York City or Pittsburgh with periodic in-office work or remote anywhere in the US with quarterly trips for all-company meetings. We also are open to schedule flexibility such as four-day weeks and part-time for candidates seeking non-traditional arrangements.
You will:
Serve as a technical leader with regard to JavaScript and front-end engineering for CivicScience’s application and collection efforts, with shared responsibility for our SaaS platform and polling widgets.
Assist in software requirements analysis, design, development, and testing for software enhancements and new products, collaborating with designers, engineers and product managers.
Practice good technical hygiene regarding work such as clean code and clear documentation, as well as mentor other team members and participate in internal reviews.
Contribute to the overall architecture and technical direction of the broader CivicScience platform.
Identify, evaluate, and deploy external best practices in software engineering and emerging JavaScript and front-end technologies.
Desired skills/experience:
At least 5 years of experience in software engineering within a technology company or agency.
At least 3 years of experience in developing user-centric, responsively designed web applications with JavaScript and modern, component-based JS frameworks such as React, with experience in styling modern JS/HTML/(S)CSS applications.
Experience and patterns for communicating with back-end API services from modern JS including authentication and understanding trade-offs of front-end/back-end.
Familiar with current trends and best practices in front-end architecture, including performance, security, testing, build systems and usability. Deep toolbox of architectural patterns, with thoughtful balance between short-term pragmatism and long-term maintainability.
Keen eye towards performance optimization in terms of user experience and the back-end, including memory and CPU profiling.
Builder mentality – you think in terms of how technology can solve business problems, and have demonstrated success in creating products that make an impact.
Pluses include: Back-end API development in a language such as Python or Node.js; data modeling, mobile development.
Excellent written communication skills.
Positive, people-oriented, and energetic attitude.
Support our culture by being engaged, intellectually curious, and motivated to solve complex problems.
About us:
Every day, CivicScience gathers opinions from millions of consumers on thousands of topics that provide high-velocity insights to leading brands such as Apple, Microsoft, Bank of America, and T-Mobile. If there’s a question critical to the marketing strategy of the Global 2000, it’s likely that CivicScience has the data (examples here).
We’ve just raised a fresh round of capital from prominent investors who are excited about our ability to use ethically sourced data to help brands and publishers accelerate their businesses.
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