Frontend Software Engineer (Contractor)

**About Rocket Lawyer** We believe everyone deserves access to affordable and simple legal services. Founded in 2008, Rocket Lawyer is the largest and most widely used online legal service platform in the world. With offices in North America, South America, and Europe, Rocket Lawyer has helped over 30 million people create over 50 million legal documents, and get their legal questions answered. We are in a unique position to enhance and expand the Rocket Lawyer platform to a scale never seen before in the company’s history, to capture audiences worldwide. We are expanding our team to take on this challenge! **About The Role** Rocket Lawyer is seeking an experienced, passionate Frontend Engineer for a **6\-month contract position with the potential for contract to hire** **,** who wants to work in a fast\-paced, dynamic environment with a talented agile team. As part of a cross\-functional team consisting of a product manager, designer, and 4\-6 software engineers and QA analysts, you will be an active partner in the design, coding, unit testing, and release of new features and enhancements for our growing customer base. We value a fun, collaborative, team\-oriented work environment, where we celebrate our accomplishments. **Responsibilities** * Participate in UI design, technical design, and code reviews * Groom and provide technical scope for stories and epics in 2\-week sprints * Write high\-quality, performant, reusable frontend code for the UX in Rocket Lawyer’s products * Write unit and integration tests that demonstrate that the code meets the acceptance criteria * Collaborate with other team members to incrementally deliver value to customers **Requirements** * Strong knowledge of modern JavaScript technologies such as Angular, React, and Typescript * Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS/LESS/SASS * Experience developing responsive interfaces for web and mobile * Experience with performance debugging, benchmarking, and best practices * 3\+ years of experience building web applications * BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field **Highly Desired** * Experience with NextJS or another React framework * Strong interest in building delightful, intuitive user experiences * Experience with testing frameworks such as Jest and JUnit * Working knowledge of backend technologies like Java Spring Boot, Node, and REST\-based API development * Knowledge of web architecture and the HTTP protocol * Understanding of microservices architecture * Experience with MVC development * Knowledge of caching strategies * Knowledge of cloud development * Familiarity with Jenkins and CI/CD environments * Experience developing internationalized software * Experience integrating and configuring CMS, CDP, tag managers, marketing analytics, and other MarTech technologies By applying for this position, your data will be processed as per Rocket Lawyer Privacy Policy.