Frontend Engineer (React)- remote
Project Detail
About the Role
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You’ll work closely with designers, product managers, and backend engineers in small, agile teams within an engineering group of about 50 people.
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You’ll maintain high standards while contributing to Help Scout’s JavaScript and CSS best practices, leaving codebases better than you found them.
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You’ll focus on UI/UX Excellence by implementing designs from Figma and Storybook with precision, ensuring every interaction is polished and intuitive.
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You’ll prioritize performance, security, and usability to ensure a magical customer experience.
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You’ll occasionally work with backend technologies, especially REST APIs, to power frontend features. While PHP experience is a plus, it is not mandatory.
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You’ll embrace remote work, participating in two-week iterations and communicating mostly via Slack. Autonomy and trust are key—we believe in getting work done where and when you are most productive.
About You
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You’re an exceptional frontend engineer with a passion for crafting beautiful and functional user interfaces.
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You have a keen eye for design details and enjoy bringing a designer's vision to life, ensuring every pixel and interaction is perfect.
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You’re friendly, collaborative, and humble, unafraid to ask for help, ready for complex challenges, and confident in your abilities.
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You emphasize personal growth and constructive feedback, believing in improving both yourself and the team.
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You communicate empathetically and collaboratively with both engineering and non-engineering stakeholders, recognizing the importance of clear communication in a remote culture.
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Your code is clean, maintainable, and a pleasure for teammates to read. You take pride in leaving codebases better than you found them.
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You are aligned with or excited about the idea of remote teams, having experience or adaptability to remote-friendly work.
Nice to Have:
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Experience with PHP and REST APIs is a plus. You're comfortable occasionally venturing into backend code to support frontend features.