Role in brief
Remote is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to lead development on HR and Payroll products. This role involves contributing to product strategy, mentoring peers, and implementing scalable web experiences. Ideal for experienced frontend developers proficient in React and JavaScript who thrive in autonomous, impactful roles within a growing company.
About the role
This Senior Frontend Engineer position at Remote involves leading the development of significant projects within the company's HR and Payroll products. The role requires active participation in the product development cycle, from providing feedback and suggesting solutions to using technical insights to propose product improvements. Success in this role means contributing to a shared codebase and maintaining a strong understanding of both the product and engineering aspects of the team's domain.
The work extends beyond direct feature development to include broader engineering responsibilities. This involves providing constructive feedback during code reviews, debugging technical and business issues, and participating in non-team activities such as support rotations and the hiring process. Candidates should be prepared to investigate, propose, and implement platform improvements, with a focus on performance, accessibility, and API design.
A key aspect of this role is redesigning how engineering work is shipped, with an emphasis on autonomous agents. This includes proposing and operationalizing agentic workflows from specification to verification, and building reusable agentic primitives. The goal is to deliver outcomes faster while ensuring results are correct, secure, reliable, and scalable through verification loops like tests and guardrails.
The salary for this position ranges from $115,000 to $195,500 annually.
Skills that matter here
- Javascript ES6: A solid understanding of Javascript ES6 is foundational for building and maintaining the frontend applications.
- React: Proficiency with React is essential for developing and leading the implementation of large-scale frontend applications.
- Jest: Experience with Jest is required for writing meaningful tests to ensure code quality and reliability.
- React Testing Library: Experience with React Testing Library is necessary for creating robust tests for React components.
- Enzyme: Experience with Enzyme is an alternative to React Testing Library for writing comprehensive tests.
Who this role suits
- Someone who enjoys taking abstract concepts and turning them into working software.
- An individual who is attentive to detail, especially in creating accessible and user-friendly experiences.
- A professional who can work independently and guide their own tasks effectively.
- A curious learner who is keen to develop new skills and knowledge.
From the employer
- Leading the development of major team-scoped projects, participate in cross-team initiatives for Remote's HR and Payroll products.
- Actively participating in product work in the team: providing feedback, suggesting solutions to the problems. Using technical insights and expertise to suggest product improvements.
- Maintaining good understanding of the team’s domain, both from product and engineering sides.
- Providing feedback on code reviews.
- Contributing to the shared codebase.
- Debug and solve technical and business issues.
- Participating in non-team activities, such as support rotations, hiring process, RFC discussions, etc.
- Mentoring and providing guidance to other engineers.
- Investigating, proposing and participating in implementation of improvements to our platform.
- Implementing interfaces with performance, accessibility, and API design in mind.
- Redesigning how engineering work ships with autonomous agents as the default execution layer.
- Proposing and operationalizing agentic workflows end-to-end (spec → plan → execute → verify) to deliver outcomes faster.
- Building reusable agentic workflows and primitives in the codebase so teams can apply them repeatedly across domains.
- Using verification loops (tests, checks, evals, guardrails) to ensure results are correct, secure, reliable, and scalable.
- Previous experience working as Frontend Engineer/Developer
- Solid understanding of Javascript ES6
- Proficiency with React
- Experience with Jest and React Testing Library or Enzyme in writing meaningful tests
- Experience in dealing with ambiguity, taking abstract concepts and turning them into working software
- Interest in building web experiences with scalability, performance, and API design in mind
- Experience of leading the implementation and maintenance of large front-end applications
- Attention to detail to create accessible and delightful experiences
- Strong ability to work independently and self-guided
- Curiosity and willingness to learn and develop
- Fluency in English
- It's not required to have experience working remotely, but considered a plus
- Complex and meaningful challenges
- Opportunity to have a significant impact on the business
- Freedom to organize your work and life
- Competitive salary, stock options, flexible paid time off and a set of perks and benefits
- A supportive and kind work environment
Questions about this role
What is the remote work policy for this role?
This is a fully remote position, and while previous remote experience is a plus, it is not a requirement.
What level of seniority is expected for this position?
This role is for a Senior Frontend Engineer, requiring significant previous experience in frontend development.
What are the core technical skills required?
Candidates need a solid understanding of Javascript ES6, proficiency with React, and experience with testing frameworks like Jest, React Testing Library, or Enzyme.
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