Job Details

Overview

Join GoFundMe as a Senior Design Engineer to shape and improve our Design System. You'll collaborate with designers and engineers to build reusable components, set best practices, and ensure accessibility and responsiveness for millions of users. You'll lead front-end development, mentor teammates, and drive innovation on a product that empowers people to help each other every day. Candidates considered for this role will be located in the San Francisco Bay Area with an in-office requirement of 3x per week.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with product designers and engineers to implement deliverable features, additions, and improvements to all areas of the product.
• Own front-end development from start to finish.
• Build new, reusable components and improve the existing components within our Design System.
• Create guidance for the entire team by writing and maintaining documentation.
• Participate in code reviews regularly to share your work and grow your understanding of the code base.
• Provide mentorship to other developers through chat, pair programming, and regular meetings with the entire front-end team.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience as a front-end engineer with practice building and managing a Design System.
• Expert knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React (or a similar JS framework).
• Able to take initiative, prioritize, manage workloads and meet project deadlines.
• An excellent communicator and collaborator who can clearly articulate ideas and vision.
• Self-driven and comfortable working in highly collaborative, cross functional teams.
• Experience publishing shared libraries to NPM or similar.
• Experience building and testing accessible (WCAG AA) user interfaces.
• Experience working with Responsive Design and mobile-first principles.
• Experience writing and maintaining unit tests.
• Experience working with Git-based version control.
• A proven track record of navigating and interpreting support charts from providers like MDN and CanIUse.
• Experience working with tools like Figma, Storybook, and TypeScript.

Why you'll love it here

• Make an Impact: Be part of a mission-driven organization making a positive difference in millions of lives every year.
• Innovative Environment: Work with a diverse, passionate, and talented team in a fast-paced, forward-thinking atmosphere.
• Collaborative Team: Join a fun and collaborative team that works hard and celebrates success together.
• Competitive Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay and comprehensive healthcare benefits.
• Holistic Support: Enjoy financial assistance for things like hybrid work, family planning, along with generous parental leave, flexible time-off policies, and mental health and wellness resources to support your overall well-being.
• Growth Opportunities: Participate in learning, development, and recognition programs to help you thrive and grow.
• Commitment to DEI: Contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion through ongoing initiatives and employee resource groups.
• Community Engagement: Make a difference through our volunteering and Gives Back programs.

We live by our core values: impatient to be great, find a way, earn trust every day, fueled by purpose. GoFundMe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that actively pursues candidates of diverse backgrounds and experiences. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, nationality or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, age, medical condition, mental or physical disability, or military or veteran status.

The total annual salary for this full-time position is $145,000 - $218,000 + equity + benefits. The salary range was determined by role, level, and possible location across the US. Individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range based on your location during the hiring process.

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Learn More About GoFundMe
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