Remote Senior Software Engineer (Frontend: Javascript + React.JS)

Description:

• Acquia is an open source digital experience company that provides technology for brands to innovate and create meaningful customer moments.
• The company has been recognized as one of North America’s fastest growing software companies and is headquartered in Boston.
• The Content Solutions Engineering team is responsible for building and maintaining the Acquia DAM and PIM product line, used by over 800 customers worldwide.
• The Senior Front End Software Engineer will implement modern, user-centric applications in a fast-paced software environment.
• The role involves writing quality, maintainable code using front-end best practices, participating in code reviews, and engaging in the agile development process.
• The engineer will work closely with the User Experience team to ensure technical feasibility and visual consistency, and contribute to a shared component pattern library.
• The technology stack includes React, Typescript, GitHub, Java, Groovy, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Docker, AWS, Slack, and JIRA.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5+ years of relevant software development experience.
• Excellent skills in HTML5 and CSS are required, along with experience in React.JS and a solid understanding of modern JavaScript frameworks and Typescript.
• Proficiency with frontend tooling and the build process, including builds (webpack), linting, deployment, and testing is necessary.
• Experience in architecting modular components for code reuse and writing unit tests, as well as contributing to automated tests using Jest and Playwright is essential.
• Candidates should have experience working with RESTful APIs in a containerized microservice ecosystem and be familiar with Git.
• A strong ability to develop responsive, cross-browser compatible, and performant code is required.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and in a team environment are necessary.
• Candidates should be able to participate in architecture discussions and empathize with users to create accessible, inclusive experiences.

Benefits:

• Acquia offers competitive healthcare coverage and wellness programs to support employees' health.
• Employees enjoy flexible time off policies, including "take it when you need it" time off and parental leave.
• The company has recognition programs in place to acknowledge employee contributions.
• Additional benefits include a supportive work environment that values diversity and inclusion.