Senior Frontend Developer

About the Company:  Based in Virginia Beach, Leesa is an innovative, fast-growing e-commerce mattress brand named one of the Top 20 Startups to Watch in 2015 by Forbes. Leesa is challenging the traditional players in the mattress industry with their premium mattress designs that are ordered online and ships compressed in a box to your door. As a proud certified B-Corporation, Leesa measures its success as much by its bottom line as by its impact on the world.

Overview:

Are you interested in building mobile and desktop experiences that help people live better through a great night’s sleep? Do you like shipping code at a rapid pace? Leesa is looking for a passionate Senior Frontend Developer with an understanding of UI design. You’ll be part of a team focused on the continual improvement and optimization of our mobile and desktop web applications. Using a scientific and measured approach to development, you will be iterating changes at a quick pace that will have a very real impact to the business. We’re looking for somebody who is a confident problem solver and who proactively challenges traditional solutions.

This is a full-time position based in Virginia Beach, VA. Working remotely is not an option. Some relocation assistance provided. 

Responsibilities:

• Architect efficient and reusable frontend systems that drive complex web applications
• Collaborate with Product Designers, Product Managers, and Software Developers to deliver compelling user facing products
• Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues
• Develop detailed technical analysis and design specifications based on functional requirements
• Develop complete front-end stack of projects using HTML/CSS/SASS, JavaScript on React Frameworks, WordPress
• Help write new design patterns, improve and adapt existing design component integration
• Set and follow coding standards
• Debug cross-browser compatibility issues

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of JavaScript experience, including concepts like asynchronous programming, closures, types, and ES6
• Production experience with React.js
• 2+ years working in a backend language such as Ruby, Java, Python or PHP
• Motivate and advise technical solutions across multiple cross functional teams