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Senior Software Engineer - Frontend Major at Back Market

Senior Software Engineer - Frontend Major

Back Market · NY, US

5 days ago

Senior Software Engineer - Frontend Major

Back Market · NY, US

5 days ago
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About the Role

Back Market is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a strong frontend focus to join their Appmericans squad. This role involves building high-quality digital experiences for the US market, with ownership of frontend engineering and contributions to backend services for end-to-end feature delivery. The engineer will collaborate with various teams to translate customer needs into scalable product experiences, working in an agile 'build it and run it' environment.

Responsibilities

  • Own frontend features from discovery through production, including technical design, implementation, testing, rollout, monitoring, and iteration.
  • Design and implement responsive, accessible, and reliable web experiences using JavaScript, TypeScript, Vue 3, and Nuxt 3.
  • Build server-side-rendered experiences, considering browser behavior, network performance, caching, hydration, and resilience.
  • Develop reusable interfaces with component libraries and established design patterns.
  • Improve web performance, accessibility, internationalization, and overall frontend quality.
  • Translate customer insights into product experiences that make refurbished technology easier to discover, compare, and purchase.
  • Support experimentation through feature flags, instrumentation, controlled rollouts, and data-informed iteration.
  • Partner with backend engineers to define clear API contracts and integrate services built with Python and Go.
  • Contribute targeted backend changes when needed to deliver complete, end-to-end features.
  • Use product analytics and observability data to understand customer behavior, identify issues, and guide improvements.
  • Write and maintain unit, integration, end-to-end, visual regression, and accessibility tests.
  • Deliver high-quality, non-disruptive releases and take ownership of quality and customer experience improvements.
  • Participate in incident response and an on-call rotation.
  • Write clear, maintainable code and provide thoughtful code reviews.
  • Share knowledge through documentation and technical discussions.
  • Take ownership of technical projects, manage dependencies, and balance product impact with delivery timelines.
  • Facilitate meaningful discussions around complex issues.
  • Suggest or make improvements for existing designs and architecture for quarter-bounded projects or mission-critical areas.
  • Explore technologies with sizable potential impact for the team.
  • Contribute actively to high impact chaos mitigation.
  • Identify and advocate for prioritization of tasks that can optimize delivery.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong experience building production frontend applications.
  • Strong proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript.
  • Professional experience with a modern frontend framework such as Vue, React, or a similar technology.
  • Experience with Vue 3 and Nuxt 3 is strongly preferred, but transferable experience is welcome.
  • Strong understanding of frontend architecture, component design, state management, routing, API integration, and browser fundamentals.
  • Experience building responsive and accessible user interfaces with HTML and CSS.
  • Good understanding of server-side rendering, frontend performance, caching, and web application behavior.
  • Experience delivering production features with attention to accessibility, SEO, internationalization, privacy, and legal requirements.
  • Experience working with component libraries, design systems, or reusable frontend patterns.
  • Experience writing and maintaining frontend tests, including unit, integration, end-to-end, visual regression, or accessibility tests.
  • Solid understanding of APIs and microservices, with the ability to collaborate effectively with backend engineers and reason about service boundaries.
  • Working knowledge of at least one backend language, preferably Python or Go, and the ability to make or review backend changes when needed.
  • Experience with production releases, CI/CD, feature flags, monitoring, and incident management.
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical decisions clearly to product, design, engineering, and business stakeholders.
  • HR screening - (45 min)
  • Coding & Testing module - Frontend (60 min)
  • System design feature (60 min)
  • Tech leadership + Meet your manager (75 min)
  • BM Values (45 min)

Skills

  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • Vue 3
  • Nuxt 3
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • Server-side rendering
  • Frontend performance
  • Caching
  • Web application behavior
  • Accessibility
  • SEO
  • Internationalization
  • Privacy
  • Legal requirements
  • Component libraries
  • Design systems
  • Reusable frontend patterns
  • Unit testing
  • Integration testing
  • End-to-end testing
  • Visual regression testing
  • Accessibility testing
  • APIs
  • Microservices
  • Python
  • Go
  • Production releases
  • CI/CD
  • Feature flags
  • Monitoring
  • Incident management
  • Communication skills

Location

  • NY office

Work Type

  • Hybrid
  • 3 days / week at the office - Monday is mandatory
  • 2 remote days a week
  • 1 remote work week per quarter
  • 3 flex days

Experience Level

  • Senior

Benefits

  • Hands-on career development
  • Impact-driven work
  • Innovative, driven, and fast-paced environment
  • Mission driven work environment where your day to day makes an impact on the planet
  • Hybrid work environment
  • Employee Resource Groups
  • Mentorship programs
  • Comprehensive accessibility policies
  • Cultural competency training

About the Company

  • Back Market is a global marketplace for refurbished devices, aiming to make tech reliable, affordable, and better than new.
  • They focus on reducing environmental impact by providing trustworthy, affordable tech with significantly lower carbon emissions than new devices.
  • Their mission is to do more with what we already have.
  • Back Market is a high-scoring certified B Corp company (93.2).

Equal Opportunity

  • Back Market is committed to hiring and supporting diverse teams of people from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
  • They strive to create a workplace that embodies the world they are trying to change, embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into their DNA.
  • They encourage applications even if candidates do not meet all qualifications.
  • Reasonable accommodations are available for the interview process.