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Senior React - Full Stack Engineer

United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 30 Jan 2024

About the role

Overview

Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation. For more information about Draper, visit www.draper.com.

Our work is very important to us, but so is our life outside of work. Draper supports many programs to improve work-life balance including workplace flexibility, employee clubs ranging from photography to yoga, health and finance workshops, off site social events and discounts to local museums and cultural activities. If this specific job opportunity and the chance to work at a nationally renowned R&D innovation company appeals to you, apply now www.draper.com/careers.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Draper is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We understand the value of diversity and its impact on a high-performance culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

Draper is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, please contact hr@draper.com.

Responsibilities

About the work

In this role, you will:

Tackle unique, complex problems tied to specific customer needs based on mission success criteria that change from project to project
Research, identify, and use cutting edge web technologies to develop custom solutions
Push the limits on what a browser is capable of in terms of capabilities and performance
Build one-of-a-kind user interfaces in React using Typescript
Use the Nx build system to create and manage packages
Write CSS to enhance and animate UIs focused on an excellent user experience
Develop and work with first- and third-party APIs to pull in wide varieties of data sets
Design data storage solutions in-browser and in external databases
Build, customize, and optimize CI/CD pipelines that deliver better products more quickly and efficiently
Contribute and learn alongside fellow React developers
Work with UX/UI engineers to design delightful, intuitive user interfaces
Have the opportunity to participate in Draper's internal research and development program

This position requires travel for customer meetings, conferences, and test events, as well as a current US security clearance or the ability to obtain one.

Qualifications

About you

As a developer, you have done the following in a professional setting:

Built multiple medium-size or bigger web apps with Typescript and React
Written CSS with a preprocesor (e.g. Sass) or in JS (e.g. Lineria)
Set up and integrated a JavaScript state management library (e.g. Redux, Mobx)
Set up customized bundlers (e.g. webpack) to add application capabilities
Written tests and automated testing via a CI/CD pipeline
Designed and built databases enabling quick data discovery and retrieval
Controlled code using git in a team, using branches and performing pull requests and merge reviews
Used Agile methodologies to drive towards quicker iteration and ready-to-ship deliverables

It would be great if you have...

Worked with containers (e.g. Docker) and container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes)
Configured and deployed to cloud services (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
Delivered code that meets W3C Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 3.0

Your education...