Principal Software Engineer, Front End

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

Tomo is a digital mortgage company on a mission to eliminate the greed and complexity in lending, helping homebuyers save thousands of dollars. Our AI-driven customer experience makes the lending process faster, less frustrating, and more affordable. By passing these savings directly to homebuyers, we eliminate excessive fees and inflated rates that cost Americans billions each year. Backed by top-tier venture investors, including Ribbit, DST, and NFX, Tomo is poised to become one of the most valuable fintech startups of our generation. The joy of owning a home should never be overshadowed by the hassle of buying one.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience delivering meaningful software projects to production – from conception through design, delivery, and iteration.
• Deep understanding of front-end technology stacks and how to use them to produce performant, satisfying, well-crafted user experiences.
• Understanding of modern software engineering practices, including logging, monitoring, continuous deployment, and automated testing.
• Expertise with React and/or Next.js
• Empathy for users and enjoys building customer-facing products that improve the home buying journey— discovering, touring, buying and owning!
• Willingness to collaborate with others to determine what needs to be done to drive a project forward.
• Ability to accept the ambiguity of startups and contribute wherever they can provide the most value, even if it’s not their area of expertise.
• Eagerly mentors and collaborates with other members of the team.

Responsibilities

• Building high performance customer experiences using a combination of React, Next.js, Tailwind, Typescript, Storybook and a mix of client- and server-side rendered pages.
• Lead scoping and definition for team project work.
• Supporting deployed systems in production as part of an on-call rotation.
• Driving healthy software engineering practices – including code review, automated testing (95% code coverage), and continuous delivery.
• Working closely with user experience designers in promoting accessibility best practices, design languages and brand recognition efforts.
• Partnering with other engineers to define API contracts and the structure of the backend, server, and client components.

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• Expertise with SEO, site performance, and tools like PageSpeed Insights and Lighthouse.
• Experience with AWS and cloud-based deployment and operational context.
• A desire to learn new technologies and hone their craft as a software engineer.

Company Information

Tomo is a digital mortgage company focused on disrupting the lending industry. They are backed by significant venture capital and are looking for talented individuals to join their team. The team is geographically distributed (US).