React Developer

Citadel; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 56,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning stipends

Flexible Kalamazoo hours

Job summary

Citadel in Kalamazoo, MI is seeking a React Developer to own end-to-end features in a fast-paced setting. The role targets roughly $56,000–$75,000 per year, with opportunities to grow through learning stipends and flexible hours in Kalamazoo.

Ideal candidates have around 1+ years in tech, strong React/JS skills, and comfort presenting to a MI-wide audience. You will work on practical, impact-driven tasks alongside a supportive team.

Qualifications

• About 1+ years of hands-on tech experience.
• Detail-focused with action bias.
• Comfort presenting to a Michigan-wide audience.

Responsibilities

• Own the mission-driven edge cases in Citadel's Work-Life Balance billing nobody else wants to touch
• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and JavaScript libraries
• Re-architect the technology flow so Jest handles ten times Kalamazoo's current load
• Spot the empowering Jest anti-pattern in review before it spreads through Citadel
• Read the Cypress stack traces others skim past, and trace bugs to their root
• Translate high-energy business requirements into technical specifications and tasks
• Turn Citadel's Flask on-call noise into alerts that actually mean something

Skills

1+ years experience

React/JS

Public speaking

Tools

Jest

Cypress

Flask

Job description

If shipping reliable software at scale excites you, our React Developer opening in Kalamazoo, MI is worth a serious look. Few technology roles let you own the whole thing end to end; this junior one in Kalamazoo does, and it pays $56,000 - $75,000.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the mission-driven edge cases in Citadel's Work-Life Balance billing nobody else wants to touch
• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and JavaScript libraries
• Re-architect the technology flow so Jest handles ten times Kalamazoo's current load
• Spot the empowering Jest anti-pattern in review before it spreads through Citadel
• Read the Cypress stack traces others skim past, and trace bugs to their root
• Translate high-energy business requirements into technical specifications and tasks
• Turn Citadel's Flask on-call noise into alerts that actually mean something

What You'll Bring

• A teammate's instinct to unblock others before yourself
• Around 1+ years of hands-on experience in a technology role
• A detail-focused bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait
• Comfort presenting to a MI-wide audience without a script

Built in Kalamazoo and run on caffeine and conviction, Citadel turns messy technology problems into clean, repeatable wins. We pair junior and senior folks on purpose so Cypress knowledge stops hoarding in one head.

At Citadel the paycheck opens at $56,000 - $75,000 and the perks, from learning stipends to flexible Kalamazoo, MI hours, only widen from there.

Live and listening, the hiring team reads new applications as they arrive.