Senior JavaScript Engineer: React

The Senior Javascript Engineer: React will be working with Site Kit, Google’s official WordPress plugin designed to make it easy for site owners to integrate with Google’s most popular services and be more successful on the web. Originally launched in October 2019, Site Kit continues to be actively developed and supported by a cross-organizational team of engineers, UX, QA, and support specialists.

Today, with 1M+ active installations and growing, Site Kit is one of the most popular plugins in the WordPress ecosystem. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a well-supported open-source project with a substantial lasting impact. Together with Google, we work as part of a tight-knit team to deliver the highest quality product we can. Site Kit has a very bright future ahead of it with big plans over the months and years to come.

This role is fully remote and is open to applicants located anywhere around the globe.

Responsibilities

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Collaborating with the larger team to develop features, enhancements, and bug fixes for the Site Kit plugin.
Writing modular, extensible, and performant modern JavaScript.
Converting acceptance criteria for tasks into written proposals for implementation.
Addressing code review feedback and defending/explaining technical decisions made in code changes.
Proactively opening new issues on GitHub as needed.
Supporting QA for tasks of a primarily technical nature.
Supporting testing of releases.

Requirements

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At least two years experience building scalable web-based JavaScript applications that work with and consume data asynchronously.
Experience developing web-based applications using ES6/ES2015+ and React.
Experience writing automated tests.
Understanding of the core architectural concepts behind modern React, such as: state and data management, JSX, functional components, and hooks.
Being collaborative, self-motivated, and an “always-learning” person, with a passion to create great web experiences.
Experience using git and GitHub.
Comfortable writing and speaking English.

Nice to have

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Experience in product development (particularly distributed software)
Experience with Redux or similar state management libraries.Bonus points for experience with @wordpress/data
Experience with Jest and React Testing Library.
Experience with Storybook.
Experience with Material design.
Experience developing WordPress plugins or themes. Bonus points for experience creating custom Gutenberg blocks.
Experience in the understanding of HTML and CSS including cross-browser compatibility, performance and WCAG accessibility compliance.
Experience working remotely.
Experience with agile methodologies and concepts.
Experience working in the context of an open source project.
Code-based portfolio (bonus points for open source repositories). Link us to your GitHub profile, upload a .zip, or both.

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