Software Engineer - Frontend Development

Front End Developer

Role Summary:

As a Frontend Developer, you will be responsible for building the 'client-side' of our web applications. You should be able to translate our company and customer needs into functional and appealing interactive applications. We expect you to be a tech-savvy professional curious about new digital technologies and aspire to combine usability with visual design.

You will:

• Develop new user-facing features and enhance the user experience using React JS
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Assure all user input is validated before submitting to the back end.
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders.
• Test the interface under different browsers and screen sizes to ensure cross-browser compatibility and responsiveness.
• Provide high-quality graphics and visual elements.
• Get feedback from and build solutions for users and stakeholders.
• Help back-end developers with coding and troubleshooting with respect to frontend development.
• Stay up to date on emerging technologies.
  
  

Must-have Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering, or a related field.
• 6+ years of work experience as a Web Frontend Developer.
• Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5 and CSS.
• Strong knowledge of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks like React (preferred), Angular, or Vue.js.
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX.
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Experience working in an agile-based methodology
  
  

Nice-to-have Qualifications:

• Experience with side-effect management libraries like redux, RTK and React state management.
• Experience in using UI libraries/frameworks like shadcn, tremor, tailwindcss and tanstack.
• Experience with Docker / Kubernetes
• Experience collaborating with remote teams across time zones.
  
  
  
  

Salary & Benefits:

Your base salary range and title will be determined based on the location, experience, qualification, skills, knowledge, level, and pay of employees in similar positions.

About Picarro:

We are the world's leader in timely, trusted, and actionable data using enhanced optical spectroscopy. Our solutions are used in a wide variety of applications, including natural gas leak detection, ethylene oxide emissions monitoring, semiconductor fabrication, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, atmospheric science, air quality, greenhouse gas measurements, food safety, hydrology, ecology, and more. Our software and hardware are designed and manufactured in Santa Clara, California, and are used in over 90 countries worldwide based on over 65 patents related to cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS) technology and are unparalleled in their precision, ease of use, and reliability.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, protected veteran status, gender identity, social orientation, nor on the basis of disability. Posted positions are not open to third-party recruiters/agencies and unsolicited resume submissions will be considered free referrals.

If you are an individual with a disability and require reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact Picarro, Inc. at disabilityassistance@picarro.com for assistance.