Senior Web Software Engineer, Content Platform

<p>Picsart is looking for a Senior JavaScript Engineer (React.js) to join the Content Platform team, which has the mission to enhance and inspire the creative process of Picsart users by building best in class Search and Discovery products </p> <p>Our cross functional team at Picsart manages the main content and search touchpoints and includes web, backend, AI, and mobile engineers. We focus on centralizing and unifying search and discovery infrastructure, covering content ingestion, analysis, and retrieval. Additionally, we research and develop algorithms for content understanding, search, and recommendations, which are exposed via APIs.<strong>You will have the opportunity to work with technologies like e.g. JavaScript, React.js, Next.js, JSS, SASS, PostCSS, JSX, Lighthouse, PageSpeed, Chrome Performance, Redux, Restful web services, Webpack.</strong></p> <h2><strong><span>By joining us, you will benefit from</span></strong></h2> <ul> <li><span><span>An honest, open culture that emphasises feedback and promotes professional and personal development.</span></span></li> <li><span>Hybrid working model— our team is distributed worldwide, from Armenia to US, UK, Germany, Spain and Romania</span></li> <li><span>Wellbeing benefits (including a monthly wellbeing fund)</span></li> <li><span>Growing opportunities — based on your preference you can grow in the company as a people manager or as an individual contributor. </span></li> <li><span>An environment that fosters innovation and creativity, a culture with the ability to pilot new trends</span></li> </ul> <h2><strong><span>You Will</span></strong></h2> <ul> <li>Develop efficient, high-performing, and scalable web applications using React.</li> <li>Enhance the speed and efficiency of the website, utilizing tools like Lighthouse to improve performance scores.</li> <li>Design and build a robust and scalable structural framework for the website.</li> <li>Conduct performance testing and implement optimizations.</li> <li>Oversee Kubernetes environments and continuous integration/deployment pipelines to streamline updates and deployments.</li> <li>Provide mentorship and training to junior and mid-level team members, promoting best practices and high-quality coding standards.</li> <li>Collaborate with SEO specialists to ensure the website is search engine friendly and ranks well.</li> <li>Maintain clear communication within the team and across departments to align with company objectives and customer needs.</li> <li>Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs and analyze product design complexity to plan workloads and communicate risks.</li> <li>Uphold industry standards and company policies to ensure website safety, compliance, and integrity.</li> </ul> <h2><strong><span>About You</span></strong></h2> <ul> <li>BS/MA degree in a highly quantitative field or equivalent</li> <li>At least 4 years of experience as a JavaScript Engineer</li> <li>Experience with JavaScript, TypeScript and related technologies</li> <li>Experience with ReactJS is a must</li> <li>Experience with JSS, SASS, PostCSS, JSX</li> <li>Experience with Responsive/Adaptive Web Design and Single Page Applications</li> <li>Experience with PageSpeed, Lighthouse, Chrome Performance tools</li> <li>Experience with JS and CSS performance optimisations is a big plus</li> <li>Experience with Redux is a plus</li> <li>Experience with RESTful web services is a plus</li> <li>Experience with build tools, such as Webpack is a plus</li> <li>Self–motivated, work well independently or as part of a team</li> <li>Advanced written and verbal English communication skills.</li> </ul> <p> </p><h5>What we seek and value most in our candidates </h5> <h5>Professionalism in both soft and hard skills; motivation to grow, learn and share, positive attitude, flexibility, transparency, ownership and the most important - passion and commitment.  </h5> <h5>Picsart is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law. </h5> <h5><em>Picsart, Inc. is an E-Verify Employer in the US. Please click here for the E-Verify Poster in </em><a href="https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster.pdf"><em>English</em></a><em> or </em><a href="https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf"><em>Spanish</em></a><em>. For information regarding your Right To Work, please click here for </em><a href="https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Verification/E-Verify/E-Verify_Native_Documents/OSC_Right_to_Work_Poster.pdf"><em>English</em></a><em> or </em><a href="https: