Frontend Developer

Why Gravitate?At Gravitate, were on a mission to put everyday supply and logistics decisions in motion, powered by innovative problem-solving from industry experts.A lot of companies say it. We mean it: Gravitate is different. Rooted in the spirit of collaboration, we thrive on the smarts of our people and the dynamic weve cultivated.Tell Me About My Job:If you are considering this role, you are someone who is passionate about the front-end user experience and has a proven track record of delivering elegant, intuitive web-based UIs for enterprise applications. You enjoy coaching and guiding new and junior teammates to become thoughtful, self-starting contributors who have a growing impact on the organization.Specifically, you will help us evolve and maintain our product using React and TypeScript along with other front-end technologies. In this role, you will be a member of an agile product team tasked with optimizing the gas station supply chain, powered by AI and industry-shaking UX.Our developers and designers are the driving force behind our products success and are very influential in decision-making. We hire creative people and give them the autonomy to do great work. Were strongly against artificial separations of responsibility and throwing work over the wall; instead, we constantly optimize around the highest and best use of our resources.Youre an Ideal Candidate If:You have 5+ years of front-end development experience, with a significant portion using React.js.You are comfortable working in and contributing to a TypeScript codebase and are proficient with advanced TypeScript concepts like generics, type inference, and type guards.You have deep knowledge of JavaScript (ES6), ReactJS (Hooks), and React Design Patterns.You understand the power and challenges in the React ecosystem, including state management, component reuse, and performance.You have strong experience integrating REST APIs with UI.You are experienced with CSS and Less/SASS in modern JS frameworks.You have experience organizing and managing a reusable component library for a codebase.You are comfortable managing pull requests, utilizing code reviews as teaching opportunities, and handling git management and versioning.Duties/Responsibilities:Implementing complex and data-intensive interfaces in a performant and maintainable way through React Hooks, Contexts, and modern libraries.Driving forward our TypeScript initiative and moving us towards 100% type coverage.Curating and maintaining a Storybook (component documentation) for the component library.Creating extensible and reusable components that provide significant value across all our products.Exercising creativity and challenging the status quo to enhance our front-end applications.Iterating with product owners and scrum masters to continuously improve the developer experience.Investing in and growing our frontend and software knowledge base, including technical documentation, setup guides, and architecture diagrams.Leveraging automation where it delivers value and reduces churn.Nice to Have Experience:Experience with UI component libraries like Material UI or antd.Familiarity with AG Grid.Knowledge of @tanstack/react-query.FE DevOps skills, including Docker and GitHub Actions.Experience building and maintaining large-scale, enterprise SPAs.Experience owning and maintaining npm packages and dealing with the challenges of using them across multiple applications.Experience with modern testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Cypress, Mocha, Chai).Experience with data visualization libraries (Google Maps, D3, Highcharts, or Nivo).An advocate for building beautiful, usable products, with a strong emphasis on design and user experience throughout the software lifecycle.About the Gravitate team:To understand who our people are, you should first understand what theyre not: replaceable. Each member of the team is chosen carefully and with intention. We believe that finding the right fit is more important than a laundry list of credentials and that people are people first, and titles second.Because we hire the Gravitate way, our team is certainly one of a kind. Weve brought together incredible talent that regularly collaborates to create clean, fresh solutions. That effort has led to remarkable opportunities, including work with many Fortune 500 clients. Weve found that the winning combination of exciting achievements, trust in one another and open communication lays the groundwork for long-lasting, successful careers. That, and the fact that we clap for each other at every opportunity.Problem solvers, go-getters and charge-takers - we (really) want to hear from you.