Senior Software Engineer (Frontend)

Knoetic (rhymes with “poetic”!) has built the world’s #1 social network of Chief People Officers, which includes the CPOs of Lyft, Dropbox, and Bumble and 1,000 more. And we’ve built a people analytics platform used by most of the hypergrowth tech companies of our generation, including:

But what’s really exciting is what’s to come - delivering the grand vision of a people “decision engine” that helps (a) companies use data to make better decisions on compensation, diversity, retention, and (b) employees make better decisions about their career.

You have to see it for yourself :)

We’re a Series A stage company backed with $20MM from legendary investors like Accel, NYT bestselling author Adam Grant, and 100+ founders + executives from companies like Mozilla, Heap, Google, Pinterest, and more. You can read more about Knoetic here.

We’re looking for an ambitious Senior Frontend Engineer who loves to build intuitive and delightful products that solve high-impact problems for customers.  You will help define and execute our visionary product roadmap. You will balance individual contribution, collaboration, and mentorship as you help fuel the growth of our incredible team and product. We hope this will be a transformational, career-defining opportunity for you (and for us)!

• Within the first week you will… deploy your first pull request to production – speed and continuous improvement are two of our core values!
• Within the first month you will… participate in a customer call and develop a fix for a pain point they have – we value staying connected to our customers and the problems they’re trying to solve.
• Within the first three months you will… collaborate with product managers, designers and fellow engineers to deliver a “big rock” project from start to finish.

• You’ve built and maintained complex, data-rich front-ends for at least 3+ years. You’ve also led at least one significant project or technology initiative.
• You’re motivated by delivering high-impact solutions to real customer problems.
• You’re proficient in one of the modern front-end frameworks (we use React).
• You’ve worked on a high-velocity product team. You understand how to build systems that enable fast iteration while watching out for one-way doors. You’re comfortable weighing trade-offs between functionality, quality, and technical debt.
• You love developing efficient and reusable UI components that enhance the customer experience and accelerate developer productivity.
• You are a leader with a track record of providing mentorship and feedback to other engineers on your team.

• You like to win. You don’t want a trophy for effort, you want it for first place.
• You’re high IQ, intellectually curious, and intellectually humble. You’re not afraid to say, “I don’t know - but I’ll figure it out, fast.”
• You never say, “that’s not my job” - you take full ownership and responsibility over outcomes. You’re a force of nature that gets the job done no matter what it takes.
• You make everyone else on the team better. Your presence, positivity, and drive inspires others to step up their game. You put the company above your own wants.
• You’re known for your work ethic. You pride yourself on being one of the hardest-working person most people know.
• You’re constantly improving. You know there’s no such thing as perfection, and you’re always pushing yourself (and our company) to be better than you were yesterday.
• You’re just good: You’re honest, principled, smart, open to giving/receiving feedback, and focused on doing right for the company and doing right for the customer.

• You want to join an incredibly ambitious team to build the #1 company in this space, without exception.
• You’re looking for an exciting opportunity at a rapidly scaling startup.
• Benefits (full medical/dental/vision insurance, learning budget, WFH stipend, 401k, etc.)
• We’re remote-friendly with a global team!
• Check out our careers page for the full rundown.

Written by our founder in 2020.

Intellectual curiosity: I want to surround myself with people who are endlessly curious, who are always asking questions, who are fascinated with understanding others and the world around them. We’re the kids who grew up always asking “Why?”.

Intellectual humility: I want to work with people who embrace the scientific method, who go into conversations with an open mind and ear, who are looking for ways to sharpen their thinking, who are delighted to find out when they’re wrong rather than invested in defending why they’re right.

Relentless resourcefulness: Our company should be full of people who will run through walls to get to their goals, who will bring more solutions than problems to others, who will figure out a way to succeed no matter what.

Winning: We are ambitious, and we want to win. We don’t want a trophy for effort or for “good enough” - we want it for first place.

Positive impact on others: There are people, who by the very virtue of their presence, make everyone else around them a better person. It could be because they have unwaveringly high standards. Or are incredible givers that inspire generosity. Or are teachers of their peers. However they do it, they push others upwards. They are culture accretive; their very presence makes everyone else step up their game.

Speed: We’re a team with a bias for action (paired with good judgment), a desire to get more done faster, because we know it’s the only way we’ll win.

Positivity: You know it when you see it - can-do, optimistic. That doesn’t mean everyone doesn’t have down moments - it just means on balance, you walk away from your interactions with them energized and charged up to do more with your life.

Continuous improvement: We’re always making ourselves better. Stasis is the enemy… if you’re not going forwards, you’re going backwards. Everything is a work-in-progress in perpetuity - yourself included.

In compliance with New York City Pay Transparency Law, the base salary range for this role is between $130k-$180k in New York City. This range is not inclusive of our discretionary bonus or equity package. When determining a candidate’s compensation, we consider a number of factors including skillset, experience, job scope, location, and current market data.

Note - even if you don’t check every box in the job description, we still encourage you to apply!

Knoetic is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace, and does not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, or any legally protected status. If you’re missing a few qualifications or don’t have the exact experience listed above, you may still be the next right candidate for this role or another role we have open at Knoetic!

We look forward to hopefully meeting you soon!