Senior Software Engineer (Frontend)

$250,000 - $250,000/Yr

Kaizen Labs - New York, NY

Full-time - Senior

Hybrid - New York, NY

About the position

Kaizen Labs is seeking a talented and passionate Senior Frontend Engineer to join their team. This hybrid role involves working in-person in New York City three days a week. The engineer will lead and build initiatives to create beautiful and powerful digital experiences for municipalities, enabling residents to access critical public services through web applications.

Responsibilities

• Own, build, and ship new frontend features using React and Next.js
• Collaborate with designers to implement visually appealing and intuitive user interfaces
• Contribute to our design system and component libraries
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability
• Write high-quality testable code that's functional and long-term maintainable
• Work and interact directly with customers to help find the best short and long term solutions for their needs

Requirements

• Strong CS fundamentals and experience with web technologies (HTML/JS/CSS)
• 5+ years of professional software development experience focused on frontend development
• Deep expertise in JavaScript, React, and Next.js
• Strong understanding of web technologies and best practices
• Keen eye for detail and passion for creating polished user experiences
• Familiarity with design systems and component libraries
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Customer-obsessed - you care about providing a good user experience and ensure you fully understand user needs before diving into engineering solutions
• Exercise sound judgment when making tradeoffs to balance short-term needs with investing in long term foundation
• Self aware of strengths and weaknesses, takes initiative and seeks to constantly learn and improve

Nice-to-haves

• Experience as a Frontend Lead or as a Technical Lead on frontend projects
• Experience with e-commerce or B2C applications preferred

Benefits

• Platinum PPO health care plus premium coverage for dental & vision
• Unlimited PTO
• Competitive equity grants
• Employer-sponsored 401k
• Salary bands range from $100 - 250k