Senior Frontend Engineer
Description For Senior Frontend Engineer
Axios, a distinguished media company known for delivering trustworthy, award-winning news content, is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to join their Application Development organization. This role is crucial to Axios' mission of providing clean, smart, and trustworthy content to users.
The position offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact by architecting and developing features across Axios' web properties, including their main website and content management systems. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical expertise in frontend development, particularly with TypeScript/JavaScript and React, along with experience building large-scale, high-traffic applications.
Key responsibilities include architecting major features, writing clean and well-tested code, mentoring team members, and advocating for technical best practices. The role requires a collaborative approach, working closely with platform engineers, test engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver high-quality products.
The compensation package is competitive, ranging from $130,000 to $175,000, depending on location and experience. Axios offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) with employer match, generous parental leave, mental health support, and professional development opportunities.
This remote position is perfect for a senior engineer who is passionate about media, user-focused development, and building award-winning digital products. The role combines technical leadership with hands-on development, offering the opportunity to shape the future of digital news delivery while working with cutting-edge technologies in a supportive, inclusive environment.
Responsibilities For Senior Frontend Engineer
- Architect and build significant features across the Axios web site, content/media management systems, and feeds
- Write clean, well-documented, and well-tested code
- Advocate for best practices, automation over repetition, the best technical approaches
- Collaborate with platform engineers, test engineers, product managers, and product designers
- Mentor and coach members of the team through pair-programming and empathetic code review
- Share knowledge through presenting at guild meetings and demoing to team members
- Stay up to date with industry trends and advise the team on best practices
Requirements For Senior Frontend Engineer
- Experience building large, high-traffic frontend applications
- Fluency in TypeScript or JavaScript with strong foundation with React and Next.js
- Proven ability to ship high quality and testable code using Jest, React Testing Library and Storybook
- Experience with REST API development and best practices
- Familiarity with using AI to optimize workflows
- Experience working on cross-functional agile teams
- Experience with TDD and up-front tech design planning
- Experience working with asset management, content management, ad tech, and A/B testing solutions
- Experience with caching and multi-layered caching strategies
Benefits For Senior Frontend Engineer
- 401(k) with employer match
- PPO and High Deductible health insurance options
- Dental and vision coverage
- 12-week paid primary caregiver leave
- Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
- One mental health day per quarter
- Annual learning and development stipend
- $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
- Tele-mental health services through Headspace
- OneMedical membership
- Health advocacy resources
- Inclusive fertility and family forming benefits
- Access to the Axios Family Fund for financial hardship
- Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers
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