As a Senior Frontend Developer, you'll build products and features that empower schools to communicate better and enhance their brand while supporting school leaders and students effectively.
About Apptegy
Apptegy partners with school districts to simplify communication, elevate their brand, and empower every role in their organization. We put our clients front and center in everything we do because it's our clients who are most passionate about education. We build our products and features to make everyone in a school community better communicators. Ask any of our clients about us, and they will tell you that Apptegy’s people are thoughtful and high-performing. Our fast response time and quality support mean school leaders, teachers, and staff always have a partner ready to help provide a solution. Joining Apptegy is your opportunity to be on a high-performing team and contribute to our growth and your own.
We value thoughtfulness and high performance in everyone. That’s how we’ve grown quickly and won (and kept) thousands of school districts across the U.S. Our team is fast-growing and you’ll have the tools, the mentors, and the resources you need to be successful. We ask you to be someone who is internally motivated to do your best work and that you care about others. Apptegy’s Senior Frontend Developer position is your opportunity to join a high-performing team and contribute to our growth and your own.
Why You’ll Love This Job
As a Senior Frontend Developer, you’ll have the opportunity to build products, platforms, and features that empower schools and school leaders to highlight their strengths and give the best opportunities to their students.
What You’ll Do
- Collaborate with a SCRUM team, including front-end engineers, Ruby on Rails engineers, and Product Owners
- Contribute to the architecture of the front-end stack, ensuring high standards for code quality, performance, security and maintainability
- Design and implement efficient, reusable and scalable front-end components using Vue.js
- Mentor and guide other members of the team through code reviews, technical guidance and best practices
- Evaluate designs, suggest UI/UX improvements, and enhance the overall user experience
- Create clear, comprehensive documentation in collaboration with Product teams
- Partner closely with Product Managers and Engineering leadership, including the CTO and VPs
Who You Are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field preferred; alternatively, 6+ years of experience building successful products and platforms on an engineering team without a technical degree
- A strong academic and professional track record of achievements
- 6–7+ years of experience with JavaScript and ES6+
- Proficiency with front-end frameworks such as Vue.js, React, or Angular
- Experience with raw CSS and CSS frameworks
- Hands-on experience writing tests to ensure code quality and reliability
- Proven experience working collaboratively on an engineering team
Apptegy will not consider remote candidates from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington for this opening.
Why You'll Love Working With Us
We take our responsibility as a company seriously and aim to make this the best job that you’ve had (and one that sets you up for future success). We want your day at work and your time at home to be a joyful experience that’s why we provide:
--Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage
--Retirement 401(k) with employer match
--Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
--Mental Health Reimbursement
--Unlimited paid time off including seasonal (December) company-wide time off
--Paid parental and medical leave
We value thoughtfulness and high performance in all candidates as we progress through the interview stages. If the challenge of building a rapidly growing company excites you as much as it does us, we hope you’ll consider joining us.
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Apptegy is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
Top Skills
CSS
HTML
JavaScript
React
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