Senior Frontend Engineer

We take pride in our position as an innovator in the Human Resources landscape. This wouldn’t be possible without our outstanding team of engineers that apply next-generation thinking to our software - their abilities allow us to continually elevate the user experience and push leading performance-management technology into the global market.

Senior Front-End Software Engineers play a chief role in building our beautiful, clean, and simple applications which embody our Best-Self philosophy. Senior Front-End Software Engineers are daily participants throughout the product life cycle and collaborate with multiple people and teams simultaneously. Senior Front-End Software Engineers have deep technical expertise as well as confidence in guiding balanced decision-making when it comes to the development of various features within the product.

• Write code and design software to solve business problems
• Synthesize multiple solutions to a problem
• Write efficient, easy-to-understand, and flexible code that results in increased customer value
• Make logical decisions keeping in mind various tradeoffs and main stakeholders
• Apply 15
  
  Five standards, guidelines, and practices to writing quality code
• Balance complexity, readability, performance, maintainability, flexibility, and other tradeoffs
• Lead problem-solving initiatives and escalate problems with a wider scope in a timely manner
• Work with Design on interactive mock-ups that demonstrate concepts to product owners
• Assist in team development and actively mentor fellow engineers
• Participate in code reviews, using each opportunity for training and mentoring the wider Engineering team
• Build and maintain engineering processes, standards, guidelines, and best practices
• Adhere to guidelines, making sound decisions on a case-by-case basis and escalating as necessary
• Develop processes to minimize situations that require decisions outside of established rules
• Assist and mentor other engineers in their professional development
• Participate in the hiring process, evaluate and screen candidates, conduct or lead interviews when required

• Job Level Definition - Seen as a subject matter expert in most role areas. Demonstrates ability to lead and solve difficult problems. Able to improve results by leveraging data and technology
• Strategic Scope:
  Primarily tactically focused with some strategic efforts. Exhibits medium-term thinking through issue identification, proposals, and ownership of execution. Recognizes and plans work-arounds for potential obstacles from within the Engineering department.
• Level of Responsibility - Is able to independently serve a role and work on short and medium-term objectives with minimal supervision. Handles issues that arise through the day-to-day execution of the function. Proactively identifies and delivers new ways to contribute to the company and team. Independently finds ways to be productive.
• Cognition & Scalability - Has excellent knowledge of subject areas. Resolves medium-scope problems independently and consistently demonstrates understanding of short and long-term impacts. Has the ability to coach others through problem identification, evaluation, recommendation, and implementation. Guides others in balancing short and long-term solutions to help expand the business. Proactive in identifying issues, root causes and mapping out data needed to solve related problems.
  
  Prioritize problems to solve and is able to delegate appropriately. Thrives as a self-starter in a fast-paced environment and is excited by change and ambiguity. Is intentionally agile - willing and able to change, develop, and adopt new processes. Continuously learns and acts quickly with flexibility.
• Leadership & Accountability - Acts as an informed participant in department-level decisions. Provides mentorship and guidance to junior team members. Contributes to a sense of safety in your work relationships by ensuring your words align with your actions. Acts as a strong mentor/advisor by immediate team members.
• Communication & Influence - Able to negotiate and advocate for a team with cross-functional peers in a productive, professional way. Supports cross-team challenges…