React Engineer

iMentor is seeking a senior level React engineer for a six-month engagement to support ongoing enhancements to our proprietary platform. The engineer will join a mission driven team that builds technology to support mentoring relationships nationwide. This role focuses on high quality front end development within a MERN environment and includes close collaboration with our Senior Director of Engineering, Product partners, and other technical contributors.

The successful candidate will bring both technical depth and a thoughtful approach to usability, stability, and long term maintainability.

The iMentor platform is a custom ecosystem that supports mentors, mentees, and staff across the country. It includes a multi step volunteer application, communication tools, learning interactions, and data driven workflows that integrate with key partners and providers. Our architecture relies on React for the front end with Node, Express, and Mongo

DB powering the backend. The platform also connects with services such as Twilio. Working alongside a remote multi-national team, the Senior React Engineer will contribute to a modern, scalable, secure system that aligns with iMentor’s technical roadmap and program needs.

• Build, refine, and extend React based user interfaces with an emphasis on clarity and accessibility
• Partner with backend engineers working in Node, Express, and MongoDB
• Collaborate with Product and Design to translate concepts into reliable and intuitive experiences
• Write clean, testable, maintainable code aligned with iMentor engineering standards
• Identify opportunities to improve performance, reduce complexity, and strengthen component architecture
• Diagnose and resolve issues originating from the front end, API layer, or integrations
• Maintain a future focused mindset that considers long term stability and scalability
• Contribute documentation that supports predictable development and knowledge sharing
• Support the continued reliability of the platform and ensure work aligns with program requirements and data sensitivity considerations
• Collaboration with both domestic and offshore team members

• Five or more years of engineering experience with demonstrated success in production React environments
• Strong proficiency with the MERN stack including React, Node, Express, and MongoDB
• Expertise in JavaScript, Type Script, and modern front end patterns
• Experience working with APIs and handling complex data interactions
• Strong debugging skills across the front end and API layers
• Experience working with PII and comfort operating within a security and compliance driven environment
• Ability to work independently while communicating clearly with cross functional partners
• Comfortable working in a fast paced and mission oriented setting
• Organizes work effectively and can balance multiple priorities with consistency

• Experience building custom web applications with integrated services
• Experience maintaining or refactoring existing codebases
• Familiarity with relational and non relational databases
• Experience implementing or supporting CI and testing frameworks

• React Native
• Mobile development
• Serverless patterns
• Python
• Unix or Linux
• Familiarity with machine learning or artificial intelligence tools

• Pay rate of $70/hour before taxes and other deductions
• Up to 100% employer funded comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Six month full time engagement, with the possibility of becoming permanent
• Remote friendly
• Paid vacation accruing at a rate of 18 days annually, plus 6-7 sick days annually
• 401K match up to 4%
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Dependent care and health care flexible spending plans

At iMentor, we believe in the transformative power of mentorship as a force for good. We partner with schools in communities in which a majority of students will be first-generation college students. iMentor matches every 11th and 12th grade student in our high schools with a committed mentor – offering each mentee, regardless of background or GPA, a champion for their success.

Mentors can provide students with a level of…