Backbone is looking for a skilled front-end engineer. A front-end engineer is responsible for building features, pages, and new experiences on
Playbackbone.com. You will work with other Web team members, Data Science, Product, Design, Marketing, and many others to turn ideas into reality. You will be critical to delivering on initiatives to provide the best experience to users who want to get the best mobile game controller on the market.You will get to help influence the product roadmap for the web and e-commerce initiatives. Use modern technologies and help drive the technical roadmap to ensure Backbone has an awesome codebase. Enjoy your job from anywhere, as the team is fully remote, or join people at our office in San Francisco.
Responsibilities
Develop, architect, and ship new features, pages, and improvements to our websites
Build elegant and maintainable code, writing automated tests to enable us to move fast and deliver quality
Ensure code quality and maintainability by implementing best practices, performing code reviews, and establishing automated testing frameworks.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical specifications and ensure seamless integration of AI algorithms and data analytics into the platform.
Research new technologies and tooling to help improve our web and e-commerce stack
Qualifications
5+ years of experience in software development, with a strong emphasis on the development of large-scale and responsive Web applications.
Significant experience with TypeScript, frontend frameworks (eg React, Vue)
Experience with testing methods and technology for visual regression, accessibility, and unit tests
Experience working with headless CMS and other e-commerce platforms such as Shopify
Experience with SEO, AB testing, telemetry, and delivery of functional features to support exceptional user-facing experiences.
Strong computer science and software engineering fundamentals
Understanding of modern web paradigms and associated strengths and weaknesses
Experience with modern software development practices, version control systems, and agile methodologies
Excellent attention to detail and an eye for visuals. Design skills are not required but you should be able to critique and modify existing designs
Bonus points
You have shipped multiple products with various e-commerce platforms globally
Compensation:
