Senior Frontend Engineer

Riverside Insights; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 135,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Frontend Engineer, where your expertise in JavaScript and React will help shape innovative solutions for educational professionals. You will be part of a dynamic team dedicated to delivering high-quality, scalable software that enhances the learning experience for students and educators alike. This role offers the chance to work in an agile environment, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement while making a positive impact on communities nationwide. If you're passionate about technology and eager to drive meaningful change, this is the opportunity for you.

Benefits

Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

Company paid life and disability insurance

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Retirement plan with matching

Tuition Reimbursement Program

Company paid time off (PTO)

Premium subscription to Calm

Flexible work arrangements

Work-from-home expense reimbursement

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in software development with a focus on frontend.
• Strong understanding of modern architecture and UI/UX principles.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of high-quality software solutions for school districts.
• Collaborate with product teams to design and implement features.

Skills

JavaScript

React

Node.JS

Typescript

UI/UX Design

Unit Testing

Integration Testing

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Relevant Certifications

Tools

Firebase

PostgreSQL

Google Cloud Platform

GitHub

Jira

Confluence

Slack

Zoom

Miro

Storybook

Job description

3 weeks ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.

The Senior Frontend Engineer's mission is to develop high-quality, efficient, and scalable software solutions that deliver value to our school district clients. You will lead by example, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning while ensuring our products are not only technically robust but also aligned with our business goals. Your commitment to continual growth and finding creative solutions to complex technical challenges while collaborating with the product team will be instrumental in driving our organization's success.

Tools we use:

• JavaScript, Node.JS, React, Typescript, Firebase, PostgreSQL, and recently started using Storybook
• Google Cloud Platform hosts our Apps
• We collaborate with GitHub, Slack, Zoom, Jira, Confluence, and Miro
• Every engineer is given ample opportunity to learn the Aperture product and codebase, with continual opportunities to demonstrate their abilities
  
  
  

About the role:

• We are looking to hire a passionate Senior Frontend engineer to join our empowered Product and Engineering team. The team today consists of 3 engineers, a QA engineer, a contracted designer, and a Product Owner
• On a typical day, you may collaborate with product, architect a solution, break down an epic, implement a feature, or evolve a coding practice with your fellow colleagues
• You will develop and release software solutions in an agile environment, helping us focus on building teacher focused enhancements and developing a mental health screener which is a new product for us
• You will determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions
• Support our team's continual growth by creating documentation which could be flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code
• You will bring your own experience and ideas to help us continually iterate and help the team stay a high performing team within our process, our code, our standards, and help us reach a full CICD process
• Help make a positive impact on many children, youth and adults nationwide as you continue to support and enhance Aperture's research-developed and strength-focused product
  
  
  

Requirements

About you:

• You are a skilled engineer who has taken the lead of individual stories and epics. You take pride in the code you create and strive to produce high quality, accessible, and performant user experiences
• You have a minimum of four years of experience developing software products or a matching level of skill and strengths
• You are very comfortable writing modern architecture within the frontend codebase, that integrates well to the backend. You consider the task at hand while also recognizing the impact it might have on the larger system as a whole
• You have a deep understand of UI and UX, driving the team to build features that will be smooth and successful for our end users
• You have experience with unit and integration testing. You believe in testing your work and seek to automate your testing whenever possible
• You are empathetic and desire to work on a well-functioning and communicative team. You set a high bar for yourself and engage with and support your team to be the best that they can be
• You understand the importance of collaborating with and helping your fellow engineers, product partners and others to deliver customer value
• You can comfortably work remote. You have the ability to attend regular team ceremonies, department and team meetings, while also being available for team collaboration. We respect Work/Life balance and don't believe that working remotely means you work more. On occasion we will ask you to travel to meet the team in person.
  
  
  

Disclaimer

The above statements describe the general nature and level of the work performed by people assigned to this work. This list does not cover all possible duties, tasks, or responsibilities. Riverside Insights may amend or change responsibilities to meet the needs of the business and organization as necessary.

Physical Requirements:

• Remote
• Up to 5% travel for off-site team meetings
• May require stationary positions (sitting or standing) for extended periods
  
  
  

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Company paid basic life and AD&D insurance
• Company paid short-term and long-term disability
• Supplemental life insurance options
• Company paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Retirement plan with discretionary company matching
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options
• Premium subscription to Calm for employee and dependents
• Company paid time off (PTO)
• 13 named holidays, 2 floating holidays, and 4 early-release half days
• Flexible work arrangements
• Work-from-home expense reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Company orientation and 30/60/90 Day Onboarding
  
  
  

Compensation: A reasonable estimate of the base compensation range for this position is $135,000 - $170,000 USD. This compensation range is specific to the United States and it incorporates many factors including but not limited to an applicant's skills and prior relevant experience and training; licensures, degrees, and certifications; internal pay ranges; and market data/range parameters.

Who is Riverside Insights? Riverside Insights is a growth-focused business on a mission to elevate one billion lives globally by 2030 through research-based assessments and technology for educational professionals, students, clinical and behavioral health clients, and workforce talent.

Why Join Our Team?

At Riverside Insights, achieving real results for students and educators is more than talk - it's what we do. As we grow, so will you, offering the chance to expand your skills on an ambitious, solution-focused team. Join us in making great work possible, where your well-being and dedication to making an impact go hand in hand. If you're ready for an ambitious, collaborative environment, Riverside is the place for you.

Riverside Insights is an Equal-opportunity Employer:

Riverside Insights provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

At Riverside Insights, every employee has the right to a welcoming and inclusive workplace where their diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued and celebrated.

Thank you for considering joining our growing team and our mission to help elevate potential globally! Please check outwww.riversideinsights.comto learn more about our work.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Riverside Insights by 2x

Get notified about new Senior Frontend Developer jobs in Chicago, IL.

Chicago, IL $170,000.00-$190,000.00 2 months ago

Chicago, IL $170,000.00-$190,000.00 2 months ago

Senior React Web Developer - US Remote - Contract to Perm

Chicago, IL $170,000.00-$210,000.00 1 week ago

Senior Software Engineer - North American Sports

Greater Chicago Area $107,000.00-$179,000.00 2 weeks ago

Chicago, IL $90,000.00-$215,000.00 3 days ago

Senior Software Engineer, Backend - Fintech

Senior Software Engineer - Virtual Appraisals

Sr Fullstack Software Engineer (web) - Disruption and Insurance

Oak Brook, IL $106,000.00-$134,000.00 3 weeks ago

Senior Platform Software Engineer-Digital

Chicago, IL $120,000.00-$170,000.00 2 weeks ago

Chicago, IL $110,000.00-$130,000.00 2 weeks ago

Senior Software Engineer, Vendor Experience (remote)

Chicago, IL $200,000.00-$250,000.00 1 week ago

Senior Software Engineer (PowerBI) - Remote

Senior Software Engineer - Digital Workplace

Senior Software Engineer - Angular, PHP, AWS

Chicago, IL $150,000.00-$180,000.00 5 days ago

We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.