Lead Frontend Engineer

🧠 About Cortex

Cortex is the internal developer portal that cuts noise for developers with paved paths to production. Companies like Sofi, Xero, and Docker use Cortex to catalog, score, and assign action to improve service quality and velocity, so devs can get back to work that drives the business forward. 

📍Location

We’re fully remote and welcome candidates from anywhere in the US! We have all-company offsites a few times a year where we fly the whole team out to meet in person, build stronger relationships, kick off important projects, and have fun!

🤝 The Team

We are a mighty group of ~100 passionate individuals excited about building a product that developers love. We recently raised $60M in Series C Funding this year led by Scale Ventures (with participation from Sequoia, IVP, and others) to build the future of developer experience. You can read more about it here.

💼 Job Summary

We are seeking a Lead Frontend Engineer to join our team. As a Lead Frontend Engineer, you will be responsible for the delivery of complex projects from end to end, designing and building high-performing, complex front-end components as well as improving our codebase. You’ll have the opportunity to flex beyond the typical scope of a Frontend Engineer by improving our engineering processes, partnering closely with product and our support engineering teams to improve the platform for our customers, and providing leadership and mentorship to your pod.

⚙️ Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and improve the user interface for our developer portal
• Lead projects end-to-end from speccing to post-production support
• Collaborate with product, design, and other engineers to build new features and enhance existing ones
• Ensure our product is up to date with the latest frontend technologies
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code that adheres to best practices
• Continually improve existing planning, development, and deployment processes
• Identify and advocate for opportunities for process and technical improvements to the frontend codebase
• Exhibit ownership over frontend codebases and pod-owned functionality

✔️Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 7+ years of professional experience in frontend engineering, with a focus on building modern and intuitive user interfaces
• Strong proficiency in modern frontend frameworks such as React, and experience with complex single-page applications
• Understanding of fundamental design principles around responsive and user-friendly applications
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to mentor and coach junior engineers

🌴 Perks & Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• National medical, dental & vision insurance (we cover 100%!)
• Fully covered life insurance
• $400 monthly perks stipend 
• $1000 yearly Learning & Development stipend
• 401k plan
• Pet Insurance
• Unlimited PTO
• Remote & flexible working hours
• Gender-neutral parental leave 
• All-Company Retreats (previously San Diego, Miami, Austin)

✏️ Noteworthy

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The base pay for this role starts between $185,000 and $250,000. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role is eligible for equity and benefits.

Cortex is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Cortex is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please email [email protected]

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