Senior Software Engineer (Frontend)
Posit’s mission is to create free and open-source software for data science, scientific research, and technical communication. We do this to enhance the production and consumption of knowledge by everyone, regardless of economic means, and to facilitate collaboration and reproducible research, both of which are critical to the integrity and efficacy of work in science, education, government, and industry. In addition to our open-source products, Posit produces a modular platform of commercial software products that enable teams to adopt R, Python, and other open-source data science software at scale.
As part of this mission, we are building a new SaaS publishing platform called Posit Connect Cloud. Connect Cloud delivers value to individual data scientists and businesses by empowering them to quickly publish and share their work, including custom reports and interactive applications. These artifacts, written in Python, R, Quarto, and more, allow data scientists to tell stories with data and solve real-world problems. Connect Cloud is a cloud-based platform that solves the challenges of putting code into production and securely sharing it without setting up and managing dedicated infrastructure.
About the role:
We are seeking a product-minded front-end developer with expertise in using the React framework to build SaaS applications. In addition to committing code, we are looking for a candidate motivated to engage with our UI/UX designers, product managers, and quality engineers to deliver a thoughtful and highly usable product that delights our users. In this position, you’ll primarily work with TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, React UI framework, and the Redux state management library to build features in Connect Cloud. Our technology stack also includes Python, Go, and Rust; however, knowledge of them is not required.
What you’ll own:
- Developing, testing, reviewing, deploying, and maintaining code in the Connect Cloud web application
- Marshaling specific features from design to implementation to deployment and beyond
- Ensuring continued product quality through thoughtful design, continuous integration, and test automation
What you’ll help with:
- Collaborating iteratively with other engineers, designers, and product managers to understand and revise upcoming features and other improvements during backlog refinement and design sessions
- Suggesting process improvements to enhance the effectiveness of the team
- Mentoring and collaborating with other engineers
- Supporting our users via support tickets and through our community forums
What you’ll teach:
- Building web applications using modern JavaScript/TypScript design patterns and best practices
- Working with modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks
- Writing clean, modular, accessible, and highly testable code
What you’ll learn:
- An appreciation for data science workflows and some of the tools and methodologies used by data scientists.
- The Posit products and how they empower our customers to do effective data science, along with open-source data science tools like R and Python open-source tools Posit builds to empower data scientists.
About you:
- You have 5+ years of professional software development experience working with TypeScript/JavaScript and the React framework.
- You are collaborative, an effective communicator, action-oriented, and invested in learning.
- You are user-focused and driven by our mission to facilitate data science for everyone.
- You share our commitment to building great software by striving for elegant design, clean and well-tested code, and delightful user experiences.
- You excel at breaking down complex problems into bite-size tasks and driving them to completion.
- You love to learn and help others succeed through code review and other forms of mentorship.
- You are humble, pragmatic, deliberate, and have a keen empathy for your co-workers and users.
Within one month, you will…
- Get to know everyone on the team and become familiar with our current development practices
- Follow our onboarding guide and suggest improvements
- Work on your first feature and deploy your changes to production
Within three months, you will…
- Participate in feature planning and design sessions
- Complete code reviews providing meaningful feedback to your peers
- Leave each part of the product that you work on in better shape than how you found it
- Join in supporting customers with another member of the team leading the effort
- Understand our automated test systems and be able to investigate failures
Within twelve months, you will…
- Plan features and drive their development
- Share your expertise and insights with team members, contributing to the collective knowledge and skill set of the team
- Be able to point to parts of the products that you have significantly contributed to
- We welcome all talented colleagues and are committed to a culture that represents diversity in all its forms.
- We prioritize giving ourselves “focus time” to get deep work done. We minimize meetings and attempt to operate asynchronously.
- We are a learning organization and take mentorship and career growth seriously. We hope to learn from you and we anticipate that you will also deepen your skills, influence, and leadership as a result of working at Posit.
- We operate under a unique sustainable business model: We have over 50% of our engineering dedicated to creating free and open source software. We are profitable and we plan to be around decades from now.
- Posit is a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) and a Certified B Corporation®, which means our open-source mission is codified into our charter. As a result, our corporate decisions balance the community's interests, customers, employees, and shareholders. Hear more about why we think this matters here.
Notable:We offer competitive compensation with extensive human-first, people-focused benefits to prioritize your personal and financial well-being.
- 100% of medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums are covered for employees and their families! Fertility and gender-affirming healthcare is included in all of our plans.
- Supplemental mental health and wellness benefits are available via Ginger even if you don’t opt in to our insurance plans, including Ginger for teen family members.
- Posit's gender-neutral paid parental leave policy covers all new parents, including foster and adoptive parents.
- All full-time employees are eligible for 401k enrollment starting on day one.
- After six months of employment, Posit provides a substantial yearly match to employee 401K contributions.
- An annual profit-sharing bonus for employees recognizes our team’s contributions to company performance across the year.
- We are a 100% distributed team. You are also welcome to come into our Boston office.
- We offer a $400 monthly reimbursement for coworking space rental if you prefer to work away from home.
- Our Lifestyle Savings Account offers an initial deposit of $1800 and then an additional quarterly stipend of $375 to cover the costs of professional development, wellness, financial health, charitable giving, and remote work support.
- We provide a flexible environment with a generous vacation policy that encourages a minimum of four weeks PTO per year plus 13 paid company holidays.
Are you excited about this role but not sure if your experience aligns with every qualification in the job description? That’s okay. We know multiple perspectives are essential for a thriving organization and we'd still love to hear from you!
Posit is committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. We encourage applicants of different backgrounds, cultures, genders, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, physical disability, or length of time spent unemployed.
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What We Do
At Posit, our goal is to make data science more open, intuitive, accessible, and collaborative. We provide tools that make it easy for individuals, teams, and enterprises to leverage powerful analytics and gain the insights they need to make a lasting impact.
We create free & open-source tools for R & Python that are freely available to anyone. Our professional software equips individuals and teams to develop and share their work at scale.
Working at Posit:
We've always been a remote-first company and offer competitive compensation with extensive human-first, people-focused benefits to prioritize employees' personal and financial well-being.
- 100% of medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums are covered for employees and their families. Fertility and gender-affirming healthcare is included in all of our plans.
- Supplemental mental health and wellness benefits are available via Ginger even if you don’t opt into our insurance plans, including Ginger for teen family members.
- Posit’s gender-neutral paid parental leave policy covers all new parents, including foster and adoptive parents.
- Our 401k matches up to 50% of the maximum employee contribution after six months.
- An annual profit-sharing bonus for employees recognizes our team’s contributions to company performance across the year.
- We are a 100% distributed team. You are also welcome to come into our Seattle or Boston offices.
- Our remote office allowance includes:
- $1000 home office allowance plus an additional $800 for equipment
- Up to $400 monthly reimbursement for coworking space rental
- We provide a flexible environment with a generous vacation policy that encourages a minimum of four weeks PTO per year plus 13 paid company holidays.
Why Work With Us
Join a team working to make great software that helps people understand data and make better decisions. If you're kind, humble, and curious — you belong here. The best work happens when employees are well-supported. We want you to feel safe bringing your whole self to work.
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