Senior Engineer, Web

HOMER has a newly created opportunity for a Senior Web Engineer to join our growing team! This role can be remote based in select US locations or Toronto, Canada*.

HOMER, a BEGiN brand, is the early learning program that gives kids the best start to their learning journey by offering fun, personalized, and proven learning products for kids ages 2-8. We are a venture-backed, high-growth business that offers competitive compensation including equity and full benefits in a creative, flexible environment that invests in professional development.

Reporting to our Engineering Manager, Web Growth, the Senior Web Engineer will help us refine and rework our marketing website and funnel. This role will be responsible for creating reliable, scalable, and high-performance web pages utilizing Next, Express, React and other Node-based SSR solutions..

You will:

• Make direct technical contributions (writing, debugging, reviewing and deploying code).
• Collaborate with other developers and team leads to create quality code across our pre-purchase web experience.
• Offer mentorship and code review to less experienced team members.
• Aid in defining application architecture and lead independent development projects.
• Participate in meetings with non-technical colleagues to explain technical constraints and objectives.
• Build automated tests and help maintain existing pages.
• Take business requests and turn them into technical solutions, specifically around marketing and onboarding.

Must Haves:

• Demonstrable working experience with Node-based frameworks and libraries.
• Proficiency in Javascript and knowledge of the toolchain involved with deploying web solutions.
• Experience developing web applications, preferably with a deployed corporate website.
• A firm grasp of HTML/CSS fundamentals.
• Experience with React and Next Frameworks
• Experience consuming data from web services.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• 4+ years of relevant work experience

Nice-to-Haves:

• Sound Computer Science fundamentals
• Familiarity or experience working with GraphQL APIs.
• Experience with making products based on data and A/B testing.
• Experience working with offshore teams.
• Prior experience leading company projects
• CI/CD knowledge

We like people who:

• Collaborate effectively with stakeholders and other team members (product managers, UI/UX designers, engineers, animators, illustrators, data scientists and others) to define and refine requirements and then execute on them.
• Ability and willingness to switch programming languages as necessary.
• Have an entrepreneurial mindset and know how to balance speed to market and elegance in technical design.
• Are passionate about and thrive in a culture of learning and teaching. You love challenging yourself to constantly improve, and sharing your knowledge to empower others.
• Care about solving big, systemic problems. You look beyond the surface to understand root causes so that you can build a complete and long-term solution for the whole ecosystem.
• Want to be part of an organization with a transparent and agile environment where you can communicate freely and openly.

What you'll get:

• HOMER offers competitive compensation including equity and full benefits.
• Smart, passionate, and engaged co-workers.
• Excellent top-tier Medical/Dental/Vision benefits.
• The chance to have a big impact, quickly.
• Help bring a love of reading and learning to children globally!

*Remote Locations: AL, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, MA, MD, MI, MO, NC, NE, NY, OR, PA, TN, TX, WA, WY.

Colorado Only: In compliance with Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the salary range for this role is $120,000 to $130,000 + equity + benefits. HOMER considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role responsibilities, work experience, education/training, knowledge, skill, and ability. Other locations will commensurate with similar factors and geographic location.

HOMER is a proud equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

At HOMER, we are committed to building a diverse team of talented people who are passionate about creating educational content kids love. We believe in fostering a culture where productivity can flourish, one that is empathetic, respectful, and inclusive. At HOMER, we know that diversity, equity, and inclusion aren't just an idea, a one-time initiative, or phrases to throw into a job post: they're a daily practice and an ongoing conversation. We survey our team about inclusivity, run trainings on DEI topics, and have a committee to ensure we are all continuing to learn and grow.