If you’re a mid-to-senior level software engineer who specializes on the front end, keep reading! 

Named to Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list in 2017, Digiday's Most Innovative Publisher in 2018, and one of Comparably’s Best Companies for Company Culture in 2019, Who What Wear is hiring a Senior Software Engineer. 

As a Senior Software Engineer you’ll be responsible for maintaining and improving our core websites, improving our content management system and will help design our upcoming initiatives. Our ideal candidate is someone who has an eye for design and detail, well versed in software engineering for the web, and someone who is comfortable with large codebases. Above all, we’re looking for a team player, with experience (or interest) in the publishing industry. 

We’re not your average engineering team. We’re a small, tight-knit group and work cross functionally to directly improve our business as we reach millions of real users and support hundreds of staff. We have a tidy, modern technical stack with few legacy applications and have a mature, pragmatic engineering and product team with experienced technical leaders. For you, this means real-world hands-on experience with a popular website, in an environment where your career can flourish.

This is a remote-based role that can be based in either California or Oregon and reports to the Director of Engineering. 

Responsibilities: 

• Maintain and improve our core websites
• Maintain and improve our internal content management system
• Design and build upcoming initiatives
• Plan site and front end technology upgrades
• Mentor other team members and regularly share what you're learning

More About Our Team

• Our department gets to work closely with many other stakeholders. We keep systems running well, support our staff in various ways, and drive meaningful improvements to products and systems
• We like our vacations! Documentation, comments, clean/well tested code, and overall great communication is essential
• We love experimenting and tinkering with technology, but are very careful before putting new things into production
• Our stack is roughly Go, Unix/Linux, Google Cloud, MySQL, ES6+/React/Redux

Requirements:

• 4+ years of professional experience with expertise in front-end work: JavaScript (React/Redux or similar)/HTML/CSS 
• Solid computer science foundation and history of building complex systems including automated testing and version control 
• Understanding of back end and database systems with preference for the front end
• Collaborative, proactive, and creative problem solving abilities
• Preferred: extensive knowledge of web systems including large scale/ high availability, CDNs, static asset versioning and delivery, etc
• Preferred: Deep understanding of website optimization: Lighthouse, Google search console, etc. 

Benefits & Perks: 

• Work/Life Balance: Unlimited time off, paid holidays, summer Fridays, paid winter break, and flexible work schedules.
• Wellness: 85%–100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees in addition to short- and long-term disability coverage and life insurance.
• Financial Well-being: Sponsored 401k plan with unlimited access to financial advisors and planning tools. Bonus eligibility for all employees.
• Opportunity to Do Good: We’re proud to match 100% of employee donations made to organizations that combat racism and/or support recovery from racist acts of violence. 
• We’re Serious About Growth: Employee learning & development is a top priority for the company, with corporate objectives and budgets to prove it

Our Commitment: 

Who What Wear provides an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Who What Wear believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as an international company, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

More about Who What Wear: 

Who What Wear is an international fashion company known for its content sites—whowhatwear.com and whowhatwear.co.uk—and its affordable, size-inclusive, and trend-forward line of clothing and accessories. The brand was founded in 2006 by Hillary Kerr and Katherine Power and includes the chart-topping career podcast, Second Life, which is hosted by Kerr. Most recently, Who What Wear launched a sister company, Versed, which is a clean skincare line with products at affordable prices. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Who What Wear also has offices in New York City and London, with Amazon, Greycroft Partners, BDMI, WndrCo, and others as key investors.