Frontend Engineer, Frontend Infrastructure

Position Overview

Thumbtack is seeking a Frontend Engineer to join the Frontend Infrastructure team. This role is crucial for improving developer productivity and product quality at Thumbtack. The team collaborates with frontend engineers and the design systems team to build tools and frameworks that enable the creation of accessible, performant, and secure web user experiences.

The Challenge

As a Frontend Engineer on the Frontend Infrastructure team, you will own significant projects from conception through launch. You will collaborate with various teams to gather feedback, identify problems, propose solutions, and measure success. This role involves contributing to the team's roadmap and directly impacting user and business goals.

Responsibilities

• Drive frontend infrastructure projects to completion, with a strong focus on their business impact.
• Collaborate closely with frontend engineers, the design systems team, and other infrastructure teams to gather feedback, prioritize projects, and deliver solutions.
• Assist in maintaining the design system at Thumbtack.
• Explore and evaluate new frameworks and processes, providing insights on their applicability.
• Mentor junior engineers on frontend best practices and standards.
• Participate in a culture that values thoughtful code reviews and frequent deployments.

Requirements

• 4+ years of industry experience in web development.
• Familiarity with React and popular libraries within the React ecosystem.
• Proven ability to break down complex problems and understand the tradeoffs necessary to deliver impactful products.
• Curiosity, a data-driven approach, a love for asking questions, and critical thinking skills.
• Comfort in communicating work with both technical and non-technical team members, including engineers, product managers, designers, and analysts.
• A passion for delivering value to users and teammates through your work.

Company Information

Thumbtack helps millions of people confidently care for their homes. Thumbtack is the one app you need to take care of and improve your home — from personalized guidance to AI tools and a best-in-class hiring experience. Every day in every county of the U.S., people turn to Thumbtack to complete urgent repairs, seasonal maintenance and bigger improvements. We help homeowners know which projects to do, when to do them and who to hire from our growing community of 300,000 local service businesses. If making an impact inspires you, join us. Imagine what we’ll build together.

Diversity & Inclusion

Thumbtack embraces diversity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, state, or local law. We also will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable law.

Accessibility

Thumbtack is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation for a medical condition or disability during any part of the application process, please contact: recruitingops@thumbtack.com.

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