Senior Front-end Engineer

We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

As a Senior Front-end Engineer, you will drive the design, development, and maintenance of our internal user, and external customer-facing web applications. You’ll work closely with product, UX, and back-end teams to translate complex energy-domain requirements into intuitive, high-performance React interfaces.

This is an onsite position located in Santa Monica, CA.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement responsive, accessible, and performant web UIs using React (hooks, context) and TypeScript

• Collaborate with UX/design teams to translate wireframes and prototypes (Figma, Miro, Sketch) into production-quality code

• Integrate with RESTful APIs, managing application state via Redux, Redux-toolkit and RTK-query/

• Write and maintain e2e tests (Playwright) and participate in peer code reviews

• Implement CI/CD pipelines for front-end builds and deployments (CircleCI)

• Mentor junior developers and help define front-end best practices and style guides

• Troubleshoot and resolve cross-browser and device compatibility issue

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience

• 5+ years of professional front-end development, with at least 3 years in React/TypeScript

• Strong command of HTML5, CSS3 (Flexbox/Grid), and modern JavaScript (ES6+) and Typescript.

• Experience consuming and testing against RESTful services.

• Proficiency with Git and collaborative branching workflows

• Solid understanding of responsive design, web accessibility (WCAG), and performance optimization

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in the energy or hardware-integrated software space (IoT dashboards, BESS)

• Knowledge of AWS services (Cognito, S3, Route 53) or Docker for front-end deployments

• Proficiency with Material-UI (MUI) component library and Storybook.

• Agile/Scrum development experience using JIRA for task management

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (CircleCI)

• Experience with developing backend services using Java, Spring boot, MVC framework.

• Familiarity with GraphQL (Apollo, Relay) and real-time data flows (WebSockets)

• Familiarity with Next.js or other SSR/SSG frameworks

• Solid understanding of relational and non-relational databases.

• Authentication & Authorization: Experience integrating OAuth2/OpenID Connect and implementing role-based access controls in SPAs. Familiarity with Auth0 for authentication and authorization processes.

• GDPR & Privacy Compliance: Hands-on experience implementing GDPR requirements in web applications (consent management, data subject access requests, data minimization)

Generac is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role based in Santa Monica, CA is $99,500.00 - $149,200.00.  This compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled.  Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, skills, certifications and geographic location.  This role is eligible for variable compensation including short term and long-term incentives.

This position includes a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental and vision plans; life, long-term disability, flexible spending and health savings accounts, accrued paid time off, 8 paid Holidays and 401(k) retirement benefits.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk.  On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

“We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.”