Senior Frontend Engineer
Zello is a voice-first communication platform, powered by our industry-leading push-to-talk technology, to improve collaboration and productivity for deskless workers. With over 150 million users, we’re the #1 rated push-to-talk app in the world, delivering 8 billion (yes, with a B) messages a month.
At Zello, our company values are at the heart of what we do everyday. We’re proud to serve the frontline, we’re privileged to connect people in times of crisis across the globe, and we’re honored to support first responders.
And this is where you come in.
We are seeking a conscientious, impact-focused ReactJS engineer to join our frontend development team. You'll work on cutting edge web and desktop web (Electron) applications, solving interesting problems in the realm of live audio communication. These products support thousands of customers and millions of consumers every day. You'll own projects from start to finish and contribute to technical decisions that help shape the direction of the platform. This position reports to the Director of Engineering.
After the first year, you will
- Understand the design and construction of our client web applications sufficiently well to teach the key concepts to others
- Accelerate the velocity of the team by having delivered numerous small to medium-sized projects, developed primarily on your own
- Have improved frontend code quality by implementing tests with your delivered projects
What you'll do
- Design, develop, test and ship new frontend features using React, Redux, SCSS, Material UI, Webpack and more
- Improve unit and functional test coverage of existing applications
- Ramp quickly on new technologies, apply them to critical problems, and share your learnings
- Continuously seek to improve product reliability, experience, and performance
Requirements
- 5+ years experience in Javascript development, preferably ES6
- 5+ years experience in ReactJS on web applications of at least moderate complexity
- 5+ years of experience in HTML5, CSS3, and browser environments
- 5+ years of experience with TypeScript, Electron, and/or Material UI
- Knowledge of WebSockets, HTTP, TCP, UDP, and the Web Audio API is required
- Extensive knowledge of NodeJS and net.Socket is a big plus
- Knowledge of Windows and macOS environments
- Excellent oral and writing communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and self-organizing, working in a collaborative environment
- A positive attitude, and a good sense of humor
- Flexible, not dogmatic - you keep the end in mind and understand there is always more than one way to solve a problem
- Equally comfortable working collaboratively or independently
We hire for potential, passion for our mission, and a knack for solving difficult problems over checking every qualification box. We have competitive pay, equity with significant upside, and intentionally design our benefits to encourage healthy and well-balanced employees, from flexible work schedules to unlimited paid time off. We even offer a sabbatical after every five years of service so you’re able to pursue and enjoy what matters most to you. And of course, we wouldn’t be a technology company in Austin without a ping-pong table and free snacks in our break room. Join us!
