Senior Frontend Developer

Upgrade, Inc. · Remote

Company

Upgrade, Inc.

Location

Remote

Type

Full Time

Job Description

Upgrade is a fintech unicorn founded in 2017. We are the fastest-growing company in the Americas (Financial Times). In the last five years, over 15 million people have applied for an Upgrade card or loan, and we have delivered over $10 billion in affordable and responsible credit. Our innovative Upgrade Card is the fastest growing credit card in America (Nilson Report). Combining the flexibility of a credit card with the low cost of an installment loan helps us redefine banking.
 
Upgrade has been named a “Best Place to Work in the Bay Area” three years in a row, one of the “Top Companies to work for in Arizona”, and we have received awards for being a best company for Diversity, Women, Culture, and Veterans.
 
We are looking for new team members who get excited about designing and delivering new and better products to join a team of 1300 talented and passionate professionals. Come join us if you like to tackle big problems and make a meaningful difference in people's lives.

About the Role:

As a Frontend Developer, you will work closely with multiple stakeholders on a suite of internal tools and customer facing products to deliver new features and maintain existing ones.


What You’ll Do: 

  • Developing complex application software using modern continuous integration tools like JIRA/Git/Jenkins
  • Maintaining best practices for code hygiene and health, including test coverage and deployment
  • Supporting a robust test framework and architecture, including integration with third parties
  • Contributing to documentation of the system
  • Helping with trouble-shooting and problem-solving

What We Look For:

  • Extensive experience with Javascript and building complex applications with React, Redux and Apollo 
  • Expertise in responsive web design strategies and optimizing for page performance
  • Extensive experience and proficiency with cross-browser and cross-platform development
  • Expertise in front end testing strategies, technologies, & implementations including continuous integration options
  • Expertise in web security and cross-site scripting (XSS), and comfortable with authentication and authorization (basic/OAuth/SAML)
  • Track record of building efficient, well-designed web applications
  • Strong sense of personal accountability; contribute beyond job role and responsibilities
  • Excellent problem-solving skills
  • Meticulous and methodical mindset with strong attention to detail
  • Full lifecycle development experience on large projects, creating distributed and scalable business systems

Nice to have:

  • GraphQL experience
  • Familiarity with J2EE based MVC frameworks (Spring MVC preferred) 

What We Offer You: 

  • Competitive salary and stock option plan
  • 100% paid coverage of medical, dental and vision insurance 
  • Unlimited vacation 
  • Learning stipend for personal growth and development 
  • Paid parental leave
  • Health & wellness initiatives

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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Date Posted

10/13/2022

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