Sr Frontend Developer

Are you ready to build the future of our company?

About Mercury® Financial

Mercury® Financial is an innovative and growing financial services company with locations in both Austin, TX and Wilmington, DE. Our mission is to help customers build and maintain their financial future by offering them credit cards they can afford and understand. After only a few years, we’ve had great success building a significant credit card program, but we are aiming higher, which means we have lots of challenging problems for you to help us solve. Come onboard, work with some of the most talented individuals who thrive on collaboration and teamwork, and help us continue to build something special.

Role

Rapidly prototype and implement scalable, reliable, and maintainable web applications.

Location (Austin, TX)

Mercury® Financial is headquartered in the progressive and entrepreneurial tech hub of Austin, Texas. Our physical location is situated in a beautiful park like setting called the Domain. The Domain's ideal location and exceptional amenities, amazing restaurant selection, convenient parking are all perfect for after work happy hours!

What it’s like to work here:

We foster a collaborative and innovative culture where you will be empowered to do your best work. All of our employees bring everything they have to their job and are part of a larger team working towards a greater goal. We do right by our employees, our partners, and our customers.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Must have a strong sense of product ownership and thrives in a fast-paced, iterative environment
• Continuously explore new trends and incorporate emerging technology stacks
• Transform business and functional requirements into technical solutions
• Self-starter who can take initiative to troubleshoot and solve complex engineering problems
• independently.
• Participate in code and design reviews to give constructive feedback and, seek it as well
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and encourage a culture of intellectual curiosity by being approachable
• Troubleshoot and provide scalable solutions for complex engineering problems
• Implement solutions serving high volume production applications

You’re perfect for this role if you have:

• Experience with modern frontend technologies, including build systems, module loaders, CSS pre/post-processors and dependency management
• Strong programming skills in JavaScript - async programming, promises, closures, es6
• Experience with AngularJs, Angular, Bootstrap, CSS, HTML5, build layouts, cross browser compatibility, accessibility, and responsive designs
• Familiar with using github, jenkins, asset-pipelines, and ci/cd tools
• Good knowledge of enterprise architecture and design patterns
• Practical knowledge of web page optimization techniques and guidelines for fast page load times
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience writing JavaScript
• Experience with content management systems (CMS) like Netlify and web analytics tools like GA/Adobe is a big plus

Why you’ll like working here:

This isn’t a place where you will fill a seat and keep your head down. This is a place where everybody is expected to help build something. This is a place where you can be involved and lead in your areas of expertise. So, how much do you believe in yourself? If you believe in your skills, in your drive and determination, we’ll give you the resources and room to show the world what you can do. Here are just a few of the benefits we offer:

• Employer insurance coverage for employee & dependents
• Life insurance
• 401K with generous employer match
• Transportation reimbursements
• Wellness program
• Flexible work hours

Mercury® Financial is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.