Front-End Platform Engineer

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Requirements:

• An exploratory and tenacious mindset when taking on tasks that might have little to no precedent at the organization - our team is relatively new and much of our work is setting up new standards or delving into areas of code that haven’t been touched in a while
• Some experience working on problems across a front-end ecosystem—we are looking for someone who is curious about how Webpack works or who wants to optimize an application’s bundle size
• A willingness to tackle a diverse range of problems within our front-end ecosystem, and an ability to work autonomously on problems that cross team boundaries and touch multiple codebases
• A natural tendency towards documentation and knowledge sharing over siloing
• Knowledge or curiosity around Javascript library management, especially around internal component libraries
• Fluency moving between and across technical systems and stacks – or at least a willingness to try! We are typically coding in Javascript, but our work brings us into contact with work areas from Docker to design systems
• Excitement for your own and your teammates’ learning and growth - we are a small (but growing) team that works very closely together!
• A track record of effective collaboration with other engineers to develop abstractions and patterns that make it easy to build reliable software.
• An understanding of and a desire to co-create systems that help build psychological safety on the team: sharing learning with others, using peer review as an opportunity to celebrate and build others up, and a willingness to practice the duality of listening and leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Write maintainable code that is adaptable to future design and roadmap decisions to help set the standard for software quality for our team and the organization at large.
• Lead the process of architecting, refactoring, and improving our contribution forms and the myriad user flows that an ActBlue user might interface with.
• Guide the design and execution of technical solutions that prioritize the highest impact opportunities while balancing effort, scope, and other trade-offs.
• Partner with engineering managers to find sponsorship and growth opportunities for your colleagues.
• Demonstrate technical leadership by writing documentation, establishing effective monitoring, and fostering clear and audience-oriented communication.
• Coach and mentor other engineers on your team and create spaces for individuals to be engaged, valued, and heard.