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

Acquia is an open source digital experience company. We provide the world's most ambitious brands with technology that allows them to embrace innovation and create customer moments that matter. At Acquia we believe in the power of community and collaboration - giving our customers the freedom to build tomorrow on their terms.

Headquartered in Boston, we have been named as one of North America’s fastest growing software companies as reported by Deloitte and Inc. Magazine, and have been rated a leader by the analyst community and named one of the Best Places to Work by the Boston Business Journal. We are Acquia. We are building for the future of the web, and we want you to be a part of it.

The Content Solutions Engineering team at Acquia is responsible for building and maintaining the combined Acquia DAM (Digital Asset Management) and PIM (Product Information Management) product line, which is used by over 800 customers worldwide.

Acquia is seeking a Senior Front End Software Engineer to implement modern, user-centric applications, in a fast-paced software environment. We thrive on innovation, collaboration, and an agile mindset and processes. Our current software portfolio consists of SaaS applications that handle graphic and video content, product information, and analytics.

Our competitive market landscape drives us to adopt technologies that allow for high developer involvement and productivity, as well as instant feedback loops. Our technology stack and tools include React, Typescript, GitHub, Java, Groovy, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Docker, AWS, Slack, and JIRA, just to name a few.

 

As a Senior Front End Software Engineer, you will…

• Write quality, maintainable code using front-end best practices
• Give and receive feedback as a collaborative member of your team
• Complete code reviews
• Participate in the agile development process through technical discussions, daily stand-up meetings, code demos, and retrospectives
• Recommend tools, techniques, and processes to continuously improve the front-end platform
• Work with the User Experience (UX) team to ensure technical feasibility and visual consistency
• Contribute to a shared component pattern library
• Work with the front end tooling and build process
  

You’ll enjoy this role if you…

• Have a passion for quickly adopting new technologies
• Are willing to learn from others and teach your peers
• Enjoy improving the developer experience
• Understand that the user experience is just as important as decisions made in the codebase

 

What you’ll need to be successful…

• 5+ years of relevant software development experience
• Excellent HTML5 and CSS skillsExperience with React.JSSolid understanding of modern JavaScript frameworks, Typescript and related technologies
• Proficiency with frontend tooling and the build process: builds (webpack), linting, deployment, testing
• Experience architecting modular components for code reuse (Federated Modules, Component Libraries)
• Experience writing unit tests and contributing to automated tests (Jest, Playwright)Experience working with RESTful APIs in a containerized microservice ecosystem
• Ability to mediate between the UX team's vision, the Sprint Team's project scope, technology performance, and coordinate Frontend requirements with Backend Developers.
• Experience with Git
• Experience with modern, responsive web applications
• Ability to develop well-structured responsive, cross-browser compatible, and performant code
• Track record of picking up new technologies and skills quickly
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Can participate in architecture discussions
• Ability to empathize with your users and help create accessible, inclusive experiences
  

Extra credit for…

• Experience with Playwright
• Experience with GraphQL
• Experience with internationalization
• Experience with Webpack

 

Acquia is proud to provide best-in-class benefits to help our employees and their families maintain a healthy body and mind. Core Benefits include: competitive healthcare coverage, wellness programs, take it when you need it time off, parental leave, recognition programs, and much more!

Individuals seeking employment at Acquia are considered without regard to race, color, religion, caste, creed, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. Whatever you answer will not be considered in the hiring process or thereafter.