Software Engineer All Levels, Front-end (Commercial Growth) at Rivian Automotive in Palo Alto, CA

Rivian’s Digital Technology Team is responsible for the end-to-end implementation of the digital experience outside the vehicle (e.g. vehicle configurator, payment gateway, vehicle delivery management, service scheduling) across web, mobile app and in-store. To that end, we are developing a world-class commerce platform that will make learning about and purchasing electric adventure vehicles intuitive, seamless and fun.

As we build and grow, we are seeking Front End Software Engineer(s) at all levels who will be developing large scale client-side applications using the latest JavaScript features, frameworks and tooling. She/He will be building from the ground up with an obsession towards making these experiences memorable for the customers. This is an exciting opportunity to join a high performing team early on and help lay the technical foundation for our digital commerce platform.

This is what you’ll do:

• Create client-side applications along the customer journey that range from buying merch from store, configuring their vehicles to scheduling their service
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers and product designers to build user-friendly, immersive, reactive applications
• Develop state of the art code with a keen eye on profiling, browser memory usage, load time of the apps
• Consistently write useful tests for all code developed, ensuring a high-quality bar is maintained

This is what you’ll need:

• 3 to 15+ years of relevant industry experience, with experience building large scale enterprise grade systems
• Experience building distributed systems at scale which can handle millions of transactions/second
• Excellent JavaScript/ES6, React or other JS framework experience
• Excellent HTML5, SASS/LESS, Restful APIs, JSON, HTTP experience
• Experience working with AWS or GCP, and CDNs
• Understanding of SEO & Web accessibility principles
• Understanding of caching, security and privacy principles
• Good understanding of CI/CD principles
• Excellent understanding of cross-browser cross-platform compatibility issues as well as the ability to debug
• Experience with Node, Webpack, GraphQL as well as Serverless Architectures is a plus
• Meticulous around visibility of the systems you build – metrics, centralized logging, tracing
• Dedicated to unit, integration testing and coverage – comfortable using tools of the trade on profiling, source control
• Ability to clearly communicate thoughts and ideas by rapid prototyping
• Data driven mindset with strong attention to detail, and ability to A/B test scenarios
• Experience with Agile Development, SCRUM or a similar software development life cycle process
• Comfortable navigating trade-offs to bring the right data structure and algorithms to the problem
• Strong technical background in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technology field preferred.