Senior Frontend Engineer

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Upgrade is a fintech company that provides affordable and responsible credit, mobile banking, and payment products to everyday consumers. We were the fastest growing company in the Americas last year according to the Financial Times and Upgrade Card was the fastest growing credit card in America. We have delivered over $21 billion in affordable and responsible credit over the last 5 years. The company is backed by some of the most prominent technology investors and was recently valued at $6.3B.

We have built an energizing, collaborative and inclusive culture where team members help each other, learn and innovate to move the company and its customers in the right direction, and own the outcome of their efforts.

Upgrade has been named a “Best Place to Work in the Bay Area” three years in a row, “Top Companies to work for in Arizona” and one of the "Best Engineering Department" awarded annually by Comparably. We've also received recognition for being a best company for Diversity, Women, Culture, and Veterans.

We are looking for new team members who get excited about designing and delivering new and better products to join a team of 1300 talented and dedicated professionals. Come join us if you like to tackle big problems and make a meaningful difference in people's lives.

About the Role:
As a Frontend Developer, you will work closely with multiple stakeholders on a suite of internal tools and customer facing products to deliver new features and maintain existing ones.

What You’ll Do: 

• Developing complex application software using modern continuous integration tools like JIRA/Git/Jenkins

• Maintaining best practices for code hygiene and health, including test coverage and deployment

• Supporting a robust test framework and architecture, including integration with third parties

• Contributing to documentation of the system

• Helping with trouble-shooting and problem-solving

What We Look For:

• Extensive experience with Javascript and building complex applications with React, Redux and Apollo 

• Expertise in responsive web design strategies and optimizing for page performance

• Extensive experience and proficiency with cross-browser and cross-platform development

• Expertise in front end testing strategies, technologies, & implementations including continuous integration options

• Expertise in web security and cross-site scripting (XSS), and comfortable with authentication and authorization (basic/OAuth/SAML)

• Track record of building efficient, well-designed web applications

• Strong sense of personal accountability; contribute beyond job role and responsibilities

• Excellent problem-solving skills

• Meticulous and methodical mindset with strong attention to detail

• Full lifecycle development experience on large projects, creating distributed and scalable business systems

Nice to have:

• GraphQL experience

• Familiarity with J2EE based MVC frameworks (Spring MVC preferred) 

What We Offer You: 

• Competitive salary and stock option plan

• 100% paid coverage of medical, dental and vision insurance 

• Flexible PTO

• Learning stipend for personal growth and development 

• Paid parental leave

• Health & wellness initiatives

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We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.