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Staff Software Engineer – UX/Frontend
| Company | Propel |
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| Location | Brooklyn, NY, USA |
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| Salary | $220000 – $240000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 10+ years experience in designing, building, shipping, and maintaining software at scale
- 3+ years experience successfully leading and managing a team
- Expertise in at least frontend language, with a willingness to learn TypeScript and Vue
- Experience working in a startup environment and ability to operate effectively and independently when faced with ambiguity
- Ability to ramp up quickly to our product ecosystem to contribute to large and impactful projects
- Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences and topics, both written and verbal
- Deep expertise working cross-functionally, especially with designers and product managers
- Ability to provide excellent feedback in technical specs, code reviews, and team discussions
- Passion for making a difference in the lives of our users
Responsibilities
- Be a strategic leader in identifying the best technical and product opportunities.
- Up-level and set the bar for engineering.
- Dive deep into the most important, highest complexity product work at the company.
Preferred Qualifications
- A track record of identifying the right problems to solve, advocating for and driving change, and keeping stakeholders in the loop
- Experience with building consumer-facing product(s) for large user bases
- Flexibility in operating as a pure individual contributor or as a manager of a small team
- Knowledge and passion for building products with accessibility in mind
- Curiosity and excitement when confronted with new technologies, stacks, or novel problems
- Experience with building scalable frontend architecture with developer usability in mind
- Excellent judgment when trading off speed of shipping vs. robustness and scalability
- The ability to adapt and communicate smoothly across all levels of seniority
- A focus on impact and ability to prioritize both long-term and short-term needs
- Eagerness to participate at the strategic level when it comes to the technical and product roadmap and prioritization on the organization-level
- Passion and skill for mentoring and up-leveling other engineers
