Frontend-Leaning Software Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Frontend-leaning Software Engineer (Viewer team)
• Focus: User-facing features for a high-traffic live-streaming platform
• Stack: React, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python (with backend familiarity such as Django/Flask)

Description

You’ll design, develop, and maintain user-facing features that reach millions of people. The role is frontend-leaning and centers on React and JavaScript/TypeScript, with collaboration across product, design, QA, and engineering. You’ll write clean, maintainable, well-tested code and help improve performance, reliability, and overall user experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain user-facing features using React, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Python
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and QA to build and improve features
• Participate in code reviews, debugging, and troubleshooting
• Contribute to technical discussions and help identify solutions to engineering challenges
• Work with experienced engineers to learn best practices and grow technical skills
• Take ownership of tasks from development through testing and deployment
• Help improve platform performance, reliability, and user experience

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• Foundational experience in web development
• Experience writing production code in JavaScript/TypeScript and/or Python
• Experience working with React in a professional or substantial project setting
• Familiarity with backend frameworks such as Django, Flask, or similar
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams (product, design, QA)
• Ownership mindset and ability to manage tasks through completion with guidance
• Interest in understanding user needs and the impact of your work on the product
• Curiosity and willingness to learn new technologies, including AI-assisted development tools
• Collaborative, adaptable, and open to feedback

Benefits

• Fair and competitive base salary
• Fully remote optional
• Health, Vision, Dental, and Life insurance for you and dependents (premiums covered by the company)
• Long and short term disability insurance
• Unlimited PTO
• Annual year-end company closure
• Optional 401k with 5% matching
• 12 paid holidays
• Paid lunches in-office, or if remote a $125/week stipend via Sharebite
• EAP and employee recognition programs
• Base salary range: $130,000–$165,000 annually (plus additional compensation and benefits)