Front-End Engineer

Harper is a high-performance distributed application platform. It combines a database, in-memory cache, and real-time message broker to allow users to create enterprise-grade solutions with fewer moving parts, fewer lines of code, and a superior developer experience.

Job Description:

We’re seeking a Front-end Engineer to design, build, and maintain our customer-facing tooling and management systems. You’ll leverage your experience solving hard problems to make it easy for our customers to solve theirs. You will be part of our team building our web-based management system, Harper Studio, to provide a seamless and sublime interface for managing Harper databases and applications. Your efforts will play a key role in delivering on our core promise: Simplicity Without Sacrifice. 

You will also assist in any front-end development for customer projects and Harper components that involve some level of UI design and development.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include designing and building new features, resolving user experience issues, and generally ensuring that our highly-technical platform is a joy to use.

About HarperDB Studio:

Harper Studio is the web-based management suite for Harper, allowing for the administration, navigation, and monitoring of Harper instances. Users can manage both cloud and privately hosted Harper instances via the Studio, which can also be run offline/locally from within Harper itself. It performs all database interactions through Harper’s Operations API, ensuring secure and efficient management of your instances.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, design, build, and deploy the Studio’s front end, both online and as part of the core product.
• Monitor, manage, and respond to customer experience challenges across your product portfolio.
• Identify, scope, and develop new features and templates based on feedback from customers, performance metrics, marketing initiatives, or your own vision of how to deliver an awesome developer experience. 
• Enhance the performance, scalability, and usability of HarperDB Studio.
• Implement new authentication strategies, admin interfaces, and back-end tooling to ensure your product portfolio remains aligned with updates to HarperDB core.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience as a front-end engineer or similar role focused on user interface development and back-end web services
• Expert Front-end: React, State Management, TanStack, Canvas, CSS/Bootstrap
• Back-end experience: Node.js, AWS Lambda, Stripe, OAuth
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and communicate complex technical concepts clearly.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.

Bonus Qualifications:

• Knowledge of Harper
• Experience with UI/UX design principles and tools.
• Experience building/managing an enterprise-grade SaaS management platform

Salary Range:  $150,000 - $175,000

Interview Process: 

1. Recruiter Screen - 30 minute Zoom call to discuss the role and experience
2. Hiring Manager Call - 30 minute Zoom call to get into the details of the role and experience 
3. Take Home Assignment - Front End take home Code Challenge 
4. Panel Interview - 60 minute Zoom call to discuss the Code Challenge with a panel of employees
5. Team Interview - 60 minute Zoom call to meet with more members of the team
6. Founder Interview - 30 minute Zoom call with our founders as a final round 

Why Join Us:

• Opportunity to be part of a high-growth startup with a collaborative and supportive team culture.
• Flexible work environment with remote work options and a focus on work-life balance.
• Competitive compensation package including base salary, commission, and benefits.
• Room for career advancement and professional development opportunities.

If you are a motivated self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and shares our values of transparency, authenticity, and empowerment, we want to hear from you!