At Railroad19, Inc. we develop customized software solutions and provide software development services.

We are currently seeking a talented Sr. Front-End Developer (React focused) with a full stack awareness, to join our world-class team of developers assigned to work on a new project. This role will be responsible for contributing to the development and implementation of the front-end solution for our client. In addition to contributing code and tangible deliverables, the role is expected to work as an adviser to help identify, educate, and foster best-in-class solutions. Creating these relationships requires strong communication skills and some travel to the customer.

At Railroad19, you are part of a company that values your work and gives you the tools you need to succeed. We are headquartered in Saratoga Springs, New York, but we are a distributed team of remote developers across the US. Railroad19 provides competitive compensation with excellent benefits and a great corporate culture.

The role is remote - U.S. located, only full time (NO- contractors, Corp-to-Corp or 1099).
 
Core Responsibilities:

• Foster strong relationships with key stakeholders and provide expertise as well as customer service to meet a wide variety of requirements


• Quickly provide insight and options to front-end challenges


• Collaborate with Product Managers and business teams to create consumer-like, elegant, intuitive experience for enterprise users


• Contribute both technically and in an advisory role to projects


• Develop and manage extensible, stable code bases for a variety of applications


• Provide front-end architecture and aesthetic thought leadership


• Stay current with the fast-changing landscape of React


• Evaluate frameworks, technology, platforms, and tooling solutions


• Support and troubleshoot issues (process & system), identify root cause, and proactively implement sustainable corrective actions

Skills & Experience:

• Strong understanding of the DOM, HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript


• Significant experience with the React eco system (Flux, Flow, Redux, routing, etc)


• Experience front-end tooling workflows: Node.js (NPM), WebPack, Create React App, Flow, Babel, TypeScript, etc


• Strong understanding of debugging for the browser


• Experience testing JavaScript code — Jest preferred, but not required


• Experience with Responsive Web Design (RWD) patterns


• Can-do Ability to work on other technology as needed


• Proven ability to create working prototypes (proof of concepts) at varying degrees of fidelity using React and/or HTML/CSS/JavaScript


• Experience with unidirectional data flow patterns


• Full Stack awareness, but this role is front-end based


• Experience with data integration; understanding/experience with RESTful API design and/or WebSockets


• Working in an Agile environment


• Strong team-building, vendor and customer relations skills


• GIT and GitHub


• Strong communication skills (wireframes, rapid prototypes, PoC’s, white boarding)


• Experience maintaining and extending a style guide for scalability and cross application usage

Nice to Have, but not Required

• React Native


• WebWorkers experience


• ServiceWorkers experience


• Experience using TypeScript 2.x


• Experience with RxJS or other Reactive programming techniques/libraries


• PWA experience

NO AGENCIES***