Frontend Engineer

Parker (Headquarters: New York City)

Frontend TypeScript JavaScript React Vue Angular HTML CSS Fintech E-commerce YC W19 UI/UX Web Development Hybrid Virtual Cards Analytics Front End Engineer

Company: Parker's mission is to increase the number of financially independent people by building powerful tools to help independent business owners scale their businesses profitably. Their first product is a virtual credit card system combined with software tooling focused on e-commerce merchants. Parker offers banking services, analytics, and bill pay to help businesses grow. We've grown to 10s of millions in card volume and have a significant waitlist of eager customers. Backed by notable investors like Solomon Hykes (Docker), Paul Buchheit (Gmail), Paul Graham (Y Combinator), Robert Leshner (Compound Finance) and are YC W19.

Role: Parker is seeking a Frontend Engineer to join their team in New York City (Hybrid). You will play a key role in building and enhancing the user interfaces for Parker's financial products, including the virtual card system, analytics dashboards, and banking platform, helping businesses scale profitably.

Responsibilities:
- Develop, test, and maintain high-quality user-facing features for Parker's web applications.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to translate requirements and mockups into functional and intuitive user experiences for financial tools.
- Optimize applications for performance, scalability, and responsiveness.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code using modern frontend technologies.
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving frontend development practices within the team.

Requirements:
- Proven experience as a Frontend Engineer building complex, data-intensive web applications.
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
- Experience with modern frontend frameworks/libraries (e.g., React, Vue, Angular).
- Understanding of state management patterns and libraries.
- Familiarity with RESTful APIs and asynchronous request handling.
- Knowledge of web performance optimization techniques and browser compatibility issues.
- Experience with frontend build tools (e.g., Webpack, Vite) and version control systems (e.g., Git).
- Strong problem-solving skills and meticulous attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.

Ideal Candidate:
- Passionate about building excellent user experiences, particularly in the fintech or e-commerce domain.
- Eager to work in a dynamic, fast-paced startup environment (YC W19).
- Proactive, self-motivated, and capable of taking ownership of frontend features.
- Based in or willing to relocate/commute to New York City for a hybrid work arrangement (combining remote and in-office work).