Senior Front-End Engineer — Build Data-Driven Visualizations

Roberts Recruiting, LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A technology recruiting firm in Boston is seeking a software engineer to develop and enhance a platform for measuring software development efforts. You will work with a growing team, focusing on usability and innovative features. Ideal candidates have expertise in web frameworks, strong communication skills, and a passion for learning. This role offers the opportunity to significantly contribute to a dynamic tech environment.

Qualifications

• Expertise in at least one web framework and eagerness to learn new ones.
• Ability to contribute across different levels of the technology stack.
• Strong collaboration and consensus-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with team members and customers to refine platform capabilities.
• Build new ways to visualize data and improve web app usability.
• Prototype experimental features to enhance the platform.

Skills

Building and supporting production web applications

Strong programming skills in web frameworks

Usability testing and optimization

Effective communication skills

Job description

We're creating a platform that will change the way organizations measure their software development efforts and improve strategic decision-making.

As a member of the engineering team, you'll be working closely with other team members and our customers as we expand and refine what our platform can do, while helping to shape way we work together as our team grows. You might be building new ways of visualizing our data, improving the usability of our web app, or prototyping experimental new features.

We're a small team today, growing into a larger team over the coming months and years. There's a lot of work to do, and we'd love your help.

About you:

• • You know how to build and support production web applications
  • You are a strong programmer with expertise at least one web framework, and are open-minded and excited to learn new ones
  • You can contribute in areas of the stack besides the frontend
  • You have familiarity with usability testing and optimization
  • You are great at asking questions, figuring out what needs to be done, building consensus, and executing
  • You consider both the needs of the user and the needs of the business when designing a solution
  • You love learning new things and sharing knowledge with others
  • You have strong communication skills, and enjoy working as part of a team

Bonus points if:

• • You have a visual design sensibility an addition to being a hands-on builder
  • You have experience building applications that ingest, process, and analyze large amounts of data
  • You have pragmatic opinions about React's approach vs. traditional request/response and how to make them work together effectively
  • You have worked at small startup before and loved it
  • You bring experience and opinions about the different ways engineering teams can work and the tools they use