The Front End Engineer Role
Are you interested in building a different vision of data analytics? Do you like problem solving and thinking outside the box? We’re looking for an experienced mid-level Front End Engineer who’s passionate about building mobile and web products to join the Knotch team! Our engineers relentlessly seek new ways to understand how people interact with content. Our goal is to make all of these insights easily understandable through seamless and elegant design. As Knotch’s Front End Engineer, you will be trusted to architect efficient, scalable, beautiful design systems for our web applications. In doing so, you’ll grow and collaborate every day with a fast-paced team to deliver premium enterprise user-facing products. You will work closely with and report directly to our Lead Front End Engineer, Mike Kerslake.
In Your First 30 Days…
You’ll build rapport with your team members, become familiar with our codebase, deployment processes, and component libraries, as well as become fully versed in our tooling and the concept of content intelligence.
In Your First 60 Days…
You will gain a proficient understanding of our various applications and systems in order to be generally self-sufficient in completing sprint tickets. You’ll start taking on your first tickets and even code pairing with your team members.
In Your First 90 Days…
You will be confident in the value you bring in your role; you will have successfully ‘owned’ a new feature build that ships into production! And probably have received a few digital high-fives by then too.
How you’ll add value at Knotch
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Build beautifully interactive UI components with React in our various applications
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Build trusted & scalable integrations to dynamically inject our product in client websites
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Meet regularly with various teams such as BE and API engineers or designers to hash out UI and system solutions to complex problems
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Find opportunities to improve current systems or patterns through auditing or benchmarking
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‘Own’ and take lead in newly developed features for current or next generation platforms
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Maintain our front end test coverage by running your own tests and working with our QA team on automated testing
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Lend a hand to help other engineers through pair programming, mentoring, and supporting your teammates
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Most of all… enjoy collaborating with engineers every day to build world-class products!
You’ll be successful here if you
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Have four (4) or more years of industry experience writing, deploying, and operating high quality, well-tested, functional code with some experience across the entire technology stack
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You have deep expertise building complex web applications using JavaScript and front end libraries or frameworks, specifically with React. Bonus points for fluency with Redux and Styled Components
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Comprehensively understand Web Application fundamentals and the libraries/tool chains used to deliver them such as Webpack, Babel, testing with Mocha/Chai or Jest, git and other CI tools
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Have in-depth knowledge of browsers, cross-browser compatibility issues, and how the DOM works
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Bring experience in the day-to-day practices of continuous delivery, automated testing, and agile development
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Are fueled by curiosity! Characterized by an always-learning mindset: investigating, tinkering, and reiterating
We also appreciate (but don’t require)
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A love of writing documentation and tests to keep your code maintainable for years to come
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Deep interest in UI/UX in regards to building scalable design systems
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Experience in performance benchmarking
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Experience with GraphQL, Storybook, Styled Components
About Knotch
Hear from our leaders themselves about why a career at Knotch means so much to any of our employees.
From our Co-Founders
"Our ambition for Knotch careers is to build a completely flexible culture that accepts and values people’s differences. We get to show up every day and feel that we belong. We’re fueled by curiosity, and we aren’t afraid to fail. We’re inclusive, we’re transparent, and we’re relentless. Our emphasis on positive reinforcement motivates all of us to work harder. Companies don’t fail, people give up. We’re in this together, and we’re never giving up."
—Founders, Anda & Aron
The Engineering Team at Knotch
"It’s an exciting time to join the Knotch Engineering team. Since we’re a growing organization, anyone that joins would progress in their career along with us! Having such growth allows us to work on complex problems in product development and scale our platform for current and future growth. Our engineering landscape is a wide scope, from front-end, APIs, dev-ops, data integrations, data science/engineering, all hosted on AWS cloud and AWS products. When you join our engineering team, you’ll be working with a group of passionate, collaborative, open-minded, and hardworking individuals. We trust each other and hold one another accountable to deliver high quality products as one team. If you’re looking to make a real impact and work on trending technologies, then the Knotch Engineering team is the place to be."
– Sekhar Vajjhala, VP of Engineering
About Knotch
Knotch is the Content Intelligence Platform that enables communications and marketing teams to measure, understand, and optimize content ROI across their digital efforts. Some of the world's largest brands such as JP Morgan Chase, Salesforce, AT&T, and Deloitte trust us to help them own their voice online, and we allow their customers to own theirs as well. This transparency and empowerment helps these communications become truly worthwhile for both creators and audiences. For more on Knotch's products, visit our website.
Our Stellar Team#616 of 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America: Inc. (2020)
Best Places To Work: Built In NYC (2020, 2019, 2018)
Best Small Companies to Work For: Built In NYC (2020, 2019, 2018)
Best Places to Work: Inc. (2019, 2018)Hiring During COVID-19
As we navigate this global health crisis, employers and job seekers have both faced a difficult hiring market. As COVID-19 continues to affect the global economy, we still believe that Knotch is in a strong position, and we are committed to continue hiring essential positions. If you’d like to speak with our recruiting team about the future of Knotch, feel free to connect with us on LinkedIn. Here’s what else we’re doing in this time:As a product, we continue to monitor brands’ COVID-19 and crisis communications for free.
As a brand, we continue to share our market content and compile public industry reports.
As a company, we adjusted our benefits to be inclusive of our employees.Our Commitment to Diversity
Our Co-Founder and CEO, Anda Gansca, often refers to Knotch as a “band of misfits.” Throughout history, it's misfits that have ignited change, turned conversation into action, and dismantled accepted concepts of "fitting in." Whether it was Elizabeth Cady Staton leading the Suffrage Movement; Oliver Brown fighting the US government to allow his daughter, Linda Carol Brown, to go to integrated school; or Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P. Johnson rioting police brutality against the LGBTQ+ community and throwing the first bricks at Stonewall — those bold enough to challenge systemic norms are the ones that create a better, more inclusive future for all of us.
At Knotch, we aim to celebrate diverse voices and foster belonging and inclusion across all teams and functions. We acknowledge that we have more work to do when it comes to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. The tech space is an arena ready for change, and it can start with us. We are committed to hiring more Black talent, fostering belonging amongst our represented communities through ERGs and committees, and frequently educating and training our staff on anti-bias, anti-harassment, and anti-racism. Like the misfits before us, we are committed to turning conversation into action and redefining what it means to “fit in.”
We at Knotch are breaking the mold, by empowering brands and consumers to own their voice online. Internally, we are empowering employees to own their voice in the workplace. Diverse perspectives and experiences are necessary if we aim to fully realize our core value of Inclusiveness. We are committed to putting in the work to make that core value more of a reality every day.
Knotch Engineering Team
Knotch’s vision is to allow brands and consumers to own their voice online. Transparency through data is our ethos and something every member of our company takes seriously. Our Engineering Team loves to experiment, finds a deep joy in product iteration and achieves stability with thoughtful architecture and testing all while monitoring our performance and progress at every step.
We receive millions of web requests a day, process insights in real-time, and store gigabytes worth of information in our cloud-based architecture. These well-designed architectures, simple yet effective software implementations, and iterative executions have been the keys to our success thus far.
