Remote Senior Front-End Engineer (Ember.js)

Description:

• Codelitt is a product-development company focused on creating exceptional digital experiences.
• The company is partnering with a global fintech leader to build a guided, data-seeded demo experience for prospective clients.
• The role involves being the senior front-end engineer on a small, cross-functional squad responsible for shipping the MVP.
• The codebase is a modern Ember.js app connected to a large Java REST back end.
• Responsibilities include owning rich UI flows, injecting realistic demo data, and ensuring the experience mirrors production quality.
• The role requires auditing the existing Ember codebase, identifying modernization opportunities, and breaking work into incremental PRs.
• The engineer will seed the environment with internally consistent fake data for realistic demos.
• The position involves building reusable, documented components that adhere to brand guidelines and WCAG accessibility standards.
• Collaboration with designers to evolve tokens, variants, and interaction patterns is essential.
• The engineer will write robust unit, integration, and visual regression tests to ensure quality and maintainability.
• Best practices in code reviews, linting, performance profiling, and CI/CD will be championed.
• The role includes pairing with client engineers, designers, and PMs to refine scope and demo progress weekly.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5+ years of professional front-end experience with SPAs and 2+ years working extensively in Ember.js or demonstrate a fast ramp-up.
• Hands-on experience in rolling out or evolving a design system, including tokens, theming, and documentation, is required.
• A strong grasp of state management, component architecture, and automated testing is necessary.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1+), performance budgeting, and CI/CD pipelines is expected.
• Bonus qualifications include experience migrating legacy Ember apps to Octane/Glimmer components or TypeScript.
• Candidates should possess excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset are essential.
• The ability to work effectively in a remote, cross-functional team is required.
• Proactivity and adaptability to a fast-paced development environment, especially on a six-month runway, are vital.

Benefits:

• Codelitt offers a small, tight-knit global team environment that moves quickly.
• The company promotes a fun atmosphere while building amazing products and partnering with clients and teammates from around the world.
• Employees can expect to work on meaningful projects that have a real impact.
• The role provides an opportunity to tackle challenges and push the boundaries of technology.