Frontend Engineer - Full Stack

About Purple Carrot
Purple Carrot started with just a seed of an idea in 2014. Our vision is a world where plant-based eating is at the core of living well. Every day, on this mission, we’re breaking boundaries with plant-based eating. We value learning from customers, an ownership mindset, integrity, winning together, and being bold. We need your expertise on our team to make things happen!
Purple Carrot’s irresistible, globally-inspired meal-kit recipes and prepared meals using fresh ingredients are available in the U.S. and Japan. We are a team of collaborative individuals who drive for results, strive for doing better, make good choices quickly, and embrace a growth mindset to win or learn. Here’s what you’re up for!
Location
Purple Carrot HQ is in Needham, MA and prefers local candidates to work in a hybrid model.
On the Plate
Deliver frontend code and features for both web and mobile applications
Produce performant, extensible, and secure code to support new features
Refactor existing code to improve performance, security, or adaptability
Participate in agile requirement/design processes, estimation, refinement and other team duties
Produce design documentation, participate in code reviews, author unit tests, and leverage QA process to ensure bug free code
Collaborate with all levels of Engineers and Product Managers in the course of development
Develop full understanding of Purple Carrot’s business model and customer facing systems to deliver quality code in a timely manner
Main Ingredients for the Role
BS or MS in Computer Science or related field/bootcamp and equivalent experience
Experience in a variety of web frontend technologies and libraries, including 3-5 years professional experience with React, Javascript, CSS, and HTML.
Experience with mobile development, particularly using React Native, highly desirable
Work experience leveraging API’s using REST/GraphQL to power frontend experience
Ability to work the full stack, experience with Data Stores, Web Application Libraries/Frameworks, API, and CI/CD tooling
Experience with frontend specific tool integration, SEO, and optimization
Ability to estimate work required for delivery of assigned tickets;
effectively collaborateand communicate with team members and stakeholders as needed
Able to work in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced and dynamic environment
Extra Special Sauce
Experience integrating/using frontend services/tools (CMS, Web Analytics, A/B testing, etc)
Experience with AWS services, CI/CD tooling, and cloud infrastructure
Experience with delivering full-stack features, backend code
Experience with QA process, unit testing, and build automation
Experience with mobile release management, tools, and best practices
Garnish
We love our staff, and show it with benefits (including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, FSA, and life insurance), matching retirement plan, unlimited paid time off, Purple Carrot box allowance, professional development, and the opportunity to work in collaboration with teammates who are passionate about food!
Final Touches
Purple Carrot’s top priority is protecting the health and wellbeing of our team and candidates. The majority of our interviews and assessments occur virtually. If there is a need to interview onsite, we follow COVID-19 guidance from the CDC, WHO, and any state guidelines .
We are committed to a safe and inclusive work environment, free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetics, national origin, ancestry, age, medical condition, mental or physical disability, handicap, veteran status, or marital status.