Frontend Engineer, Shogun, Remote

Posted October 27, 2020

Description:

Shogun, and we’re on a mission to help people create the best eCommerce experiences in the world.

We’re a graduate of the Winter 2018 batch of Y-Combinator, we just recently raised a Series A round, we have over 14,000 active paying clients, and we’re preparing to launch a new product in 2020 called Shogun Frontend (you can read more about that in TechCrunch).

Our team is fully remote, distributed and global (check out our team page)! We have no office, so we are looking for team members that are comfortable with and motivated by the opportunity to work remotely.

An experienced front-end Software Engineer in the United States, Canada, or the UK who will be working directly on one of our client-facing products, helping people build highly performant pages and PWAs for their eCommerce stores is preferred.

In this role you will:

You’ll be working in an agile team responsible for building UIs and tools for making web apps by utilizing modern technologies and solutions like TypeScript, React, Webpack, GraphQL, etc
You’ll write well designed, testable, readable and scalable code in accordance to clean code principles and team agreement
You’ll work closely with design, product management, and development teams to create elegant, interactive and highly performant interfaces
You’ll take proactive ownership of tasks and see them through to completion, and take responsibility for coding, bug testing, general software deployment, and tracking the product through its lifecycle, along with communicating with other internal teams
You’ll regularly contribute to discussions and brainstorm high quality ideas that result in adoption and improvements
You’ll proactively share knowledge and help your team evolve

Requirements and Qualifications:

Required:

Have worked heavily with TypeScript for at least two years
Excellent knowledge of React and testing (Jest, React-Testing-Library, etc)
2+ years knowledge of Node.js and Next.js
Advanced understanding of web fundamentals (accessibility, security, DOM, SEO, how browsers work, etc)
Deep knowledge about web performance and page speed with React, Google Lighthouse, and more.
Great knowledge of Webpack and how to configure it properly
Love of engineering practices like continuous delivery and automated testing
Good written and verbal communication in English
Real-world TypeScript code we can review

Desirable:

Knowledge of bundlers outside of Webpack (e.g. Rollup or Parcel) and their proper configurations
Knowledge working with GraphQL
Working experience building PWAs

How to Apply:

You can apply here: https://apply.workable.com/getshogun/j/0439BD9517/