Senior Frontend Developer

Top 3 reasons to join us

• 13th Salary; Performance bonus
• Premium health care for you and your family
• Opportunity to be on site in the USA

Job description

YOU 

You want to be a key member of a strong team of creators who take pride in their work and support one another. As a Front-end Developer, you will be responsible for collaborating with the team to build a variety of Simpson Strong-Tie digital products, leveraging your valuable skills and competence, and contributing to the growth of the organization. You’ll focus on delivering intuitive, efficient, and innovative solutions that address business needs, helping drive progress forward. Your impact will be recognized, and if career growth is important to you, we not only know how to support your development—we're passionate about it:  

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING 

Front-end Development 

• Develop, test, and maintain highly performant and scalable code using modern front-end frameworks. 
• Build reusable and modular components and libraries for future use. 
• Ensure that the web applications are responsive, fast, and optimized for various devices and browsers. 
• Write and maintain high-quality, clean, and well-documented code that follows best practices in JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS/SASS. 

Architecture & Design 

• Lead the design and development of complex front-end applications, ensuring scalability and performance. 
• Collaborate with backend engineers to ensure seamless integration between the front-end and backend systems via REST APIs or WebSockets. 
• Influence the architecture and design decisions of the product, including component structure, state management, and data flow. 

Performance Optimization 

• Optimize application performance by leveraging techniques such as lazy loading, code splitting, and asset optimization. 
• Use tools like Lighthouse and Chrome DevTools to monitor and improve front-end performance metrics like render time, and load time. 

Cross-Functional Collaboration 

• Collaborate with multiple product teams to implement design artifacts held in Figma and similar tools into finished static resources for incorporation into Simpson Strong-Tie’s digital products.  
• Collaborate with product managers to define and implement product features and improvements. 
• Lead technical discussions with backend engineers, designers, and other stakeholders to build cohesive and efficient systems. 
• Partner with other teams across the organization to weigh in on project priorities, project estimation, and risk identification for roadmap projects. 
• Contribute to multiple releases across Simpson Strong-Tie’s digital product portfolio.  

Mentorship & Code Reviews 

• Mentor Interns, Engineer and Associate Senior Engineer, and providing guidance on best practices, architectural decisions, and professional growth. 
• Perform regular code reviews to ensure high-quality code and provide constructive feedback. 
• Lead efforts to establish and enforce coding standards and best practices across the team. 

Testing & Quality Assurance 

• Ensure high code quality through the implementation of unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end (E2E) testing using frameworks. 
• Participate in bug triaging and resolve technical issues quickly and efficiently. 

Continuous Improvement 

• Drive continuous improvement in front-end development processes, tools, and frameworks. 
• Stay up to date with emerging trends and best practices in front-end development and bring innovative ideas to the team. 
• Work with the DevOps team to integrate front-end applications into CI/CD pipelines and ensure seamless deployment. 

Your skills and experience

If you can do everything listed above, you’ve got what it takes. Perhaps some of the following would be helpful too: 

• At least 5 years of overall software development experience, with an emphasis on web applications and front-end technologies 
• Strong proficiency in a modern front-end framework such as React, Angular, Next, or Lightning Web Components 
• Strong proficiency in HTML, SCSS/SASS/CSS, Javascript/Typescript 
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, and real-time web technologies (e.g., WebSockets) 
• Experience with front-end build tools (e.g., Webpack, Vite, Babel, ESLint, Prettier) 
• Proficient with version control systems such as GIT  
• Proficient with JIRA and Confluence  
• Excellent organizational and communication skills  
• Fluent English communication skills (both verbal and non-verbal) 
• Understand and design for non-functional concerns such as performance, cost optimization, maintainability, developer experience, and responsive design  
• Comfortable working across multiple product areas, building relationships, and connecting different workstreams into a unified system for all 
• Familiarity with state management patterns and libraries 
• Familiarity with cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them 
• Familiarity with web security principles and experience with front-end security vulnerabilities (e.g., XSS, CSRF). 
• Familiarity with Figma, design systems, knowledge of frameworks/tooling such as atomic design principles, design tokens, and semantic naming 
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology 
• Helpful if some experience with a form of SVG framework: D3, Highcharts, ReactCharts  
• Helpful if some experience with web rendering engines like BabylonJS 
• Exposure to cloud-based architecture like Azure 

Why you'll love working here

• Attractive salary with 100% salary during probation
• 13th-month salary, Performance bonus, Salary review annually
• Premium health care program for employees + one of your beloved ones, Annual medical check-up
• 14 vacation days, Christmas Day per year
• Opportunity to be on-site in the USA
• Chance to collaborate and work with global stakeholders
• Provide training to develop our employee‘s knowledge and skills (Internal training: Udemy, Pluralsight, and another online training course, TechTalk sharing within Software Development Division; External training: Management, English, Soft Skills, ….)
• Benefits for special holidays (Birthday, Marriage, Women’s Day, Tet Holidays, Mid-Autumn, Newborn babies, International Children‘s Day…)
• Company trip and Year-End party every year
• Social, sports and several team building activities
• Young, friendly and international working environment
• Modern working conditions and entertainment facilities at the office
• Snacks, tea and coffee all the time
• Compliance fully to Vietnam Labor code