Engineer

Company

Rubicon Carbon is a next-generation carbon solutions provider. Led by a world-class management team, Rubicon is an innovative platform that channels capital to unlock at-scale decarbonization projects and delivers trusted, enterprise-grade solutions for carbon credit purchases. Rubicon strives to deliver greater scale, confidence, and innovation across all facets of the carbon market and meet the growing demand for end-to-end, high-integrity emissions reduction solutions.

Position Overview:

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Frontend Engineer to join our engineering team. In this role, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining our user interfaces, and ensuring an exceptional user experience for our customers. You will collaborate closely with our cross-functional teams, including designers and backend engineers, to create performant and visually attractive web applications.

If you are passionate about building elegant and responsive user interfaces, have a deep understanding of web technologies, and enjoy working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, this role is a perfect fit. Join us in shaping the future of our products and delivering outstanding user experiences to our customers.

 -This is a remote/hybrid position but candidates must be based within one hour of New York City, Los Angeles, or San Francisco -

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain responsive, user-friendly web applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, while adhering to best practices and design principles.
• Partner closely across Technology and Product teams to deliver a high-quality product to our customers
• Create and maintain reusable UI components and libraries to streamline development and ensure consistency across our applications.
• Optimize application performance and user experience by identifying and resolving frontend bottlenecks and issues.
• Constantly look for better ways of solving technical problems and designing solutions, not afraid to challenge the status quo
• Use modern tools and techniques to contribute to the full lifecycle of software architecture, development, and testing ​
• Communicate with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, identify tasks, and provide estimates ​
• Share information and ideas to improve project execution and outcomes; be receptive to constructive feedback ​
• Keep appropriate stakeholders informed of any problems or issues ​
• Conduct business and complete tasks proficiently; meet commitments and deadlines
• ​Seek professional and personal growth opportunities and attend trainings that enhance professional behavior ​
• Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, and adherence to coding standards.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues reported by users or discovered during testing, and provide timely solutions.

Qualifications and Requirements

• BA or BS, preferably in computer science, engineering or science / technology-based disciplines (or equivalent experience)
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Proven experience in frontend web development, including a strong portfolio of past projects.  Experience on the development side of B2B marketplaces or trading platforms is a major plus.
• Experience in React and Next.js. Understanding of other frontend frameworks and libraries (e.g., Vue.js, Angular) is a plus.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and package managers (e.g., npm or yarn).
• Solid understanding of web performance optimization techniques and tools.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Experience with responsive web design and cross-browser compatibility.
• Solid understanding of RESTful APIs and asynchronous programming concepts.
• Knowledge of UI/UX design principles is a plus.
• A passion around climate change and sustainability 

Compensation

The approximate annual base compensation range for this position is $160,000 to $210,000. The actual offer, reflecting the total cash compensation package, long-term incentives, and excellent benefits, will be determined by a number of factors including the applicant's experience, job-related knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity among our team, among other factors.