Frontend Engineer

Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement responsive, accessible web experiences using ReactJS (hooks, context, state management), TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS/SCSS.
• Build reusable UI components, client side routing, and data driven views that integrate with REST APIs and microservices.
• Develop and maintain design system–aligned components and ensure consistency across applications.
• Leverage Figma artifacts to convert specs into pixel accurate implementations, raising clarifying questions and proposing UX improvements when appropriate.
• Partner with UX Center of Excellence team, Product Managers and UX designers to iterate rapidly on interactive prototypes (Figma) and validate flows with stakeholders; propose alternatives grounded in usability, accessibility (WCAG), and performance.
• Contribute to design reviews and ensure UI solutions meet product acceptance criteria in regulated contexts.
• Write unit/integration tests (e.g., React Testing Library) and support end to end test automation while upholding code quality.
• Optimize performance and reliability (error boundaries, retry strategies, telemetry).
• Follow BMS SDLC, documentation, and validation practices (traceability, reviews, change control) expected in GxP environment.
• Participate in backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily stand ups, demos, and retrospectives while delivering story level commitments reliably.

Qualifications & Experience

• 4.5 to 7 years of professional experience building production UIs.
• ReactJS with TypeScript/JavaScript (hooks, context, component composition, state management).
• Figma proficiency for reading specs, interpreting design tokens, and collaborating on design systems.
• Strong fundamentals in HTML5/CSS, responsive layout, accessibility (WCAG), & cross browser compatibility.
• Testing with Jest/React Testing Library (or similar), bundling/build tooling (Webpack/Vite), and package management (npm/yarn).
• Experience with Angular or NodeJS for front end build tooling, server side rendering, or lightweight back end integration tasks.
• Ability to consume APIs built in Java/Spring Boot and familiarity with request/response contracts, basic SQL to collaborate with PostgreSQL data.
• Practical use of AI assisted development tools (code copilots) to bootstrap components, tests, refactors, and documentation while validating outputs for security, accessibility, and performance.
• Experience in AI prompting and evaluating LLM outputs for UI tasks (e.g., generating unit tests, extracting acceptance criteria) with appropriate guardrails.
• Experience in Agile methodologies and project management tools, such as JIRA.
• Experience in life sciences or other regulated environments (GxP).
• Should have user centric mindset with strong attention to detail and quality.
• Demonstrate clear, proactive communication, be collaborative and open to feedback.
• Possess “growth mindset”, being eager to learn new skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Certifications in AWS, Agile/Scrum, or UI/UX are a plus.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.

On-site Protocol

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

Supporting People with Disabilities

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to [email protected]. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

Candidate Rights

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/

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