Software Engineer, Frontend
Do you want to empower organizations to fairly and equitably hire, promote, retain and compensate their employees? Syndio is a Series-C technology company committed to fairness in the workplace. Fueled by investments of $83M from Bessemer Ventures, Voyager Capital and social change organization Emerson Collective, Syndio is investing in growing our team and products.
This is a critical moment when organizations are looking for ways to take tangible action to fight gender and racial bias, and we believe creating diverse and inclusive workplaces for all starts with fair pay.
About the role
We are looking for a Frontend Engineer who’s excited to solve technical challenges in a fast-paced startup environment. You will join Syndio at a critical moment, as we invest in our engineering and product teams to evolve the platform to meet increasingly complex user needs and expand our portfolio of products. You will deliver scalable engineering solutions and transform thoughtful, consistent designs into world-class applications and user experiences that ensure customers meet their pay equity and fairness goals.
Core responsibilities
- Contribute to the design and development of new features and services delivered to Syndio end users.
- Implement pragmatic approaches to building enterprise software on a flexible and modern UI framework to deliver a high-quality experience to our enterprise customers.
- Contribute to a framework that grows with the needs of the team, product, and its users.
- Work closely with cross-functional (backend, frontend, product, site reliability) teams to propose, evolve, and develop a user experience that makes lasting pay equity possible for customers.
- Work with the frontend and backend engineering teams to define requirements, collaborate on APIs, and develop a high-quality frontend application and user experience.
- Design, propose, and implement consistent approaches, reusable and maintainable code libraries, and application design geared towards quality, maintainability, and user experience.
- Work with the design team to ensure designs are sensible and maintainable, and implement design systems and pattern libraries to support a growing team and platform.
- Contribute to the engineering organization’s best practices.
About you
- You have 3+ years of experience, with an emphasis on subscription web platforms
- You are proficient with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, and software engineering methodology with a focus on testing discipline.
- You have strong working knowledge of current testing methodologies including unit testing and end-to-end testing. (We use Cypress for e2e etc.)
- You thrive working in a collaborative environment, with a team that communicates well and ensures they’re delivering on each other’s needs.
- Your application development and critical thinking skills enable you to focus on pragmatic platform requirements, while striving for a world-class user interface.
- You have a strong command of relevant technologies, programming languages, and cloud-based environments, with an emphasis on user-centric experiences.
- You have excellent communication skills that enable you to interface with both technical and non-technical teams.
- You bring fresh ideas and new approaches to ensure thoughtful development and implementation.
- You are a team player, able to work towards a common goal, while also speaking up to challenge assumptions and investigate better ways to solve customers’ root problems.
- You are passionate about our mission to close pay gaps and create fairness in the workplace.
- You’re excited to own and drive initiatives within Syndio that leverage and build your skills and interests.
- Bonus: Strong knowledge of API approaches and experience in consuming APIs
- Bonus: Experience with frontend testing frameworks and test-driven development
- Bonus: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related technical discipline
Impact
- Within 1 month, you’ll be fully ramped, engaging with the code base, fixing bugs, and shadowing the Syndio frontend engineering team.
- Within 3 months, you’ll work on and ship a minor feature.
- Within 6 months, you’ll collaborate with the broader team to ship a major feature.
At Syndio, we're building a diverse team that values candor, curiosity, and community. If you share these values and are interested in joining us, we'd love to talk with you even if you don't 100% meet the "about you" listed here. We don't expect anyone to have all the answers, as long as you're willing to learn and grow with us.
Employees joining the Syndio team at this early stage of growth will impact this critical social issue and support a growing customer base (including Nordstrom, General Mills, Match Group, and others) to take tangible action on workplace fairness.
As part of our commitment to fair pay, we’ll never ask your salary history. We’ll share the salary range for this position with you during our first conversation. Syndio offers a competitive salary, bonuses, equity, health care (Medical, Dental and Vision), a 401(K) plan and many more benefits! We have a flexible PTO policy and encourage all employees to take time off - we all need it!
Syndio is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are building an inclusive and collaborative workplace as we grow, and we welcome team members regardless of gender/identity, sexual orientation, race or cultural background, religion, physical disability and age.