Software Engineer, Frontend – Platform Full Time

Websites and our CMS is the core of Squarespace. The mission of the Platform team is to modernize and evolve Squarespace's primary product offering, our Website builder and CMS. You'll help develop systems and frameworks that empower both our teams and external customers to build features on top of the Website builder in a secure and self-service manner. We are looking for a focus on frontend technologies to create scalable, maintainable code and solve challenges in UI performance, component design, and user experience, all while contributing to the overall architecture and reducing technical debt.
This is a hybrid role working from our Dublin office 3 days per week. You will report to the Engineering Team Manager of the Platform Team.
 

You'll Get To…

• Design: Build features that enhance the Squarespace interface, focusing on intuitive, customer-centered experiences.


• Develop: Collaborate with designers and engineers to create solutions that prioritize user needs.


• Refine: Keep our products at the forefront by integrating the latest frontend technologies, such as React and ES2015+.


• Maintain: Uphold standards of software engineering, emphasizing automated testing, code reviews, and writing clean, pragmatic code


• .Contribute: Support and refine team and company-wide standards, ensuring quality across all projects.

Who We're Looking For

• Have 3+ years of experience developing web-based production systems, with a focus on building user-facing products and platforms using JavaScript (including React and TypeScript).


• Keep a user-first mindset when developing products.


• Have experience contributing to modular UI components that help other teams to easily integrate new features.


• Be eager to continue expanding your technical knowledge and influence across teams as a hands-on individual contributor.


• Be excited about solving technical challenges while growing your career in web development.

Benefits & Perks

• Health insurance with 100% covered premiums for you and your dependent children


• Fertility and adoption benefits


• Headspace mindfulness app subscription


• Retirement benefits with employer match


• Flexible paid time off


• Up to 20 weeks of paid family leave


• Equity plan for all employees


• Commuter benefit in the form of reduced tax


• Education reimbursement


• Employee donation match to community organizations


• 6 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)


• Free lunch and snacks


• Close proximity to cultural landmarks such as Dublin Castle and St. Patrick's Cathedral

About Squarespace

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,500 is headquartered in bustling New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, Aveiro, Portugal, and coworking spaces in the UK, Netherlands, and Australia. For more information about our company culture, visit www.squarespace.com/about/careers.

Our Commitment

Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customers, but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
 
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