Senior Software Engineer, Editor, Front End

Paperless Post is seeking an expert JavaScript developer to help architect and maintain our Front End application with more than five million unique visitors per month. In this role, you’ll work within a dedicated and fully staffed feature team to build and maintain user-facing features and libraries that are essential for cross-functional development teams.  

You will work with React, Redux, and NextJS to build a robust platform and suite of creative tools for helping our users and admins create beautiful event pages, greeting cards, and custom media. You’ll use your experience building performant user-focused web applications to deliver exceptional software across device types and platforms. Your contributions will make a meaningful impact to a complex consumer product and be used by millions of users.

A little bit about us

The Paperless Post Engineering team, a highly collaborative group of developers and technologists, is charged with building and refining a consumer-facing product that millions of people interact with each month. Our individual feature teams each focus on a unique piece of the user experience and are made up of engineers, product managers, quality assurrers, and product designers. We prioritize creativity and continuing education, and our ongoing commitment to quality code shows in our pragmatic but brave approach to technology.

What you’ll do here

• Maintain and implement a web-based editor and suite of creative tools for dynamic webpage construction, used by our users and in-house content team.  
• Contribute to a React (NextJS) and GraphQL codebase that is peer-reviewed and part of our continuous deployment pipeline. 
• Actively participate in developing useful API contracts between Front End and Back End 
• Coordinate between technical leads on best practices and align on implementation strategies.
• Work closely with Product Management and Product Design to communicate new feature designs to other members of the team.
• Work closely with stakeholders on the team to arrive at the priorities and requirements the team will proceed with.

What you bring to the table

• 9+ years of experience in professional software development
• Experience and confidence working with modern Front End development practices.
• Experience working in and shipping features inside an established, complex codebase
• Experience developing creative tools and working with graphics libraries is a plus. 
• Ability to lead projects and feature development from definition through implementation
• Ability to communicate complex concepts with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Proficient in building consensus among collaborators and peers
• Exposure to full-stack development, including familiarity in designing APIs, working with databases, and monitoring application performance.
• Proficient in leveraging AI tools (Coding agents, LLMs, etc.) as part of your workflow
• Experience in Node.js, Ruby on Rails, or Go are all pluses.

Company-wide, we enjoy an amazing ecosystem of an even gender split and a balance of engineers and designers. Because Paperless Post isn't supported by ad revenue, we can focus our efforts on creating and improving on the ideal version of our platform, product, content, and partnerships for our users. 

We are proud that Paperless Post has helped over 175 million people globally connect in the real world since our inception. Paperless Post exists to help all people celebrate all the moments that matter to them. We believe that having a team reflective of the diverse world around us empowers us to create a product that serves everyone. Women, people of color, trans/genderqueer individuals, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are especially encouraged to apply.

The compensation range for this role is $142,000-$190,000 USD. 

At Paperless Post, compensation is based on a number of factors, including geographic location, job-related skills, years of experience, and internal team banding. All full-time offer packages come with a base salary, equity component, and options for fully paid medical, dental, and vision benefits. The range posted here is based on the NYC market and may vary based on candidate location.