Senior Frontend Engineer, Stewardship

ITHAKA; New York (NY); On-site; USD 97,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Employer-paid retirement contribution

Paid parental leave

22 days paid time off

11 paid holidays

Job summary

ITHAKA is seeking a Mid/Senior Software Engineer (Frontend Focus) to join JSTOR Stewardship. You will build modern, user-centered web apps that serve millions of learners, educators, and librarians, leading complex frontend initiatives from design through production.

Expect collaboration across Product, Design, Data Science, and Engineering to ship accessible, data-informed experiences. Senior level adds hands-on technical leadership, mentoring, and shaping architecture for scalability,

Qualifications

• Strong frontend framework experience with React or Vue.
• Proficiency in TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and component-based architecture.
• Experience integrating with REST or GraphQL APIs.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and cloud deployment workflows.
• Experience with Git-based development and code reviews.
• Analytics, experimentation, and observability practices are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, deploy, monitor, and maintain production-grade web applications.
• Develop intuitive, performant user interfaces focused on accessibility.
• Build and integrate APIs and backend services for end-to-end experiences.
• Instrument apps for analytics and experimentation to inform decisions.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Data Science to solve user problems.
• Mentor juniors and contribute to technical decisions and documentation.
• Participate in on-call rotation for production systems.

Skills

React/Vue

TypeScript

REST/GraphQL APIs

CI/CD

Git

Testing

AWS Lambda

Tools

AWS

Node.js

Python

GraphQL

REST

Job description

ITHAKA is seeking a Mid/Senior Software Engineer (Frontend Focus) to join JSTOR Stewardship. You will build modern, user-centered web apps that serve millions of learners, educators, and librarians, leading complex frontend initiatives from design through production.

Expect collaboration across Product, Design, Data Science, and Engineering to ship accessible, data-informed experiences. Senior level adds hands-on technical leadership, mentoring, and shaping architecture for scalability,