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Senior Frontend Developer

Own frontend development for the product, building user facing features in React and the component libraries behind them.

Remote

The role

What you would be doing

Responsibilities

  • Own frontend development for our SaaS product
  • Implement new user facing features using React
  • Build reusable components and frontend libraries
  • Optimize components for performance across major browsers
  • Translate user stories, specifications and wireframes into high quality code
  • Work with the support team to diagnose and fix issues reported by customers
  • Peer code review with a high level of attention to detail
  • Work with product management to design features with a focus on user experience

Qualifications

  • Proven experience as a frontend developer or similar
  • Able to work remotely within Pacific to Eastern time zones
  • Excellent JavaScript knowledge across frontend libraries and the React ecosystem
  • Deep experience with UI libraries and design systems
  • Experience with version control such as git
  • Versatility across the JavaScript ecosystem and programming languages generally
  • Excellent communication and teamwork
  • Great attention to detail and organizational skills
  • Strong test driven development background
  • Strong software design skills
  • Familiarity with MySQL is a plus
  • A computer science degree is a plus

Compensation and benefits

What comes with the job

Competitive salary commensurate with experience

Flexible hours

Work remotely

Generous paid time off, starting at three weeks

Health insurance with dental and vision plans

401(k) with company match

Life insurance

Long-term disability

Gym allowance

Paid sick days

Referral program

The company

About Dovetail

Founded in 1996 and based in Austin, Texas, Dovetail Software provides an HR service delivery experience covering HR case management, the employee portal, HR knowledge management and reporting and analytics.

Dovetail is a place where people work hard, have a real impact on everything here, and still have a life. People do not treat this as a stop on the way to a better job. The average tenure at Dovetail is 11 years.

At the heart of our values we believe in teamwork and customer first. We are a high performing team who collaborate on ideas, goals and challenges. Integrity is key to everything we do.

Apply for Senior Frontend Developer

Send your resume to jobs@dovetailsoftware.com. A person reads it. If it is close but not quite, we will tell you that too.