Senior Front-end Engineer

Who We Are
We are Sandstone, a Los Angeles-based venture studio. We operate at the intersection of entrepreneurship, design, and engineering, and our mission is to bring innovative product concepts to life. Our diverse team of experienced designers and engineers brings expertise from industry leaders like Microsoft, BuzzFeed, Hulu, Disney, and Google. Our clients range from tech giants to early-stage startups in industries as far-reaching as film, music, sports, finance, and fashion. We focus on the big picture in making products successful, so in addition to beautiful design and robust engineering, we wear a lot of hats -- product management, UI/UX, full-stack development, user testing, and marketing.

What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking an experienced and team-oriented front-end engineer looking to take a step forward in their career by mentoring junior engineers and taking on more ownership of projects. We work with a large variety of clients ranging from early-stage e-commerce startups to tech giants like Google, so this is a great opportunity to broaden your portfolio and work alongside expert entrepreneurs and tech veterans. Responsibilities will include overseeing projects and directly interacting with clients, code reviews and mentoring for junior team members, and planning and implementing features.

We’ll look for a variety of technical and interpersonal skills, but we’re most interested in your creative problem solving and ability to work in a team. Mastery of Javascript and good product / UX instincts are essential. Some of the tools we use most frequently include: Javascript (Next, React, Redux, Angular, jQuery, etc), Node.js, Shopify / Liquid, CSS/SASS, and MongoDB. We use git for source control and try to keep task management overhead to a minimum. We expect that you’re actively keeping up with industry trends and best practices and you’ll be architecting features from scratch and breaking complex projects down into thoughtfully estimated stages.

What You Have

• Expert command of JavaScript -- we use it extensively both on the front-end (Next, React, Angular, jQuery, etc.) and the server (Node.js)
• Expertise in all aspects of web development -- HTML, CSS / SASS, modern single page application architecture, web performance, security, accessibility, and analytics.
• Interest in mentoring and supporting less experienced engineers.
• Comfort working remotely -- we’re based in LA, but we typically work from home offices and our clients are distributed across the country
• Strong communication skills and a desire to influence and improve what you’re building rather than just follow instructions.

What We’d Love To See

• Experience in relevant projects, especially any in the online media or e-commerce spaces, and bonus points for any with high traffic volume.
• Thoughtful preferences (not dogma) for how to organize your code and workflow processes
• Enthusiasm for pair-programming and collaborative problem solving / code review
• Experience with full-stack or back-end development
• CS degree not required, but we love to see a strong foundation in CS fundamentals.
• Design experience, or at least experience working directly and positively with designers

To stand out when you apply, drop us a quick note about an engineer who mentored YOU and what you most valued about that experience. We’ll be in touch with next steps!