About Rheaply
Founded in 2016, Rheaply, Inc. is a Chicago-based technology company with a mission to build transformative technology so that every resource finds its next use. Rheaply has developed and launched a resource exchange platform for colleagues and communities to exchange resources and materials (e.g. furniture, fixtures, equipment, and other building products), tracking cost savings and waste reduction in the process. Recently, Rheaply has been featured in Forbes, Inc Magazine, The New York Times, Nature, VERGE, and Greenbiz, among others, and has won several awards within the climate tech and social innovation space.
Rheaply has also been awarded the 1871 Disrupter Award, Most Innovative Reuse Company, 2021 Social Innovator Award from Chicago Innovation, and 2022 Environmental Stewardship Award from the Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility among other notable awards and recognitions.
Opportunity
As we continue to expand our business, we are seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to join our current product team. As a Senior Frontend Engineer you will be a key member on a talented team that delivers Product at Rheaply. Currently our main offering is a Progressive Web App (PWA) and is developed for both desktop and mobile. You’ll work shoulder-to-shoulder across functional areas of the company and your feedback and perspective will help contribute to a product our customers truly love.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Build features, bash bugs, and contribute to an ever evolving suite of engineering tools, methodologies, and systems.
- Collaborate with the entire product team (backend engineering, quality assurance, and ux design) to scope, manage, and deliver product
- Be a master of the frontend, but curious and willing to contribute across our entire stack (NodeJS, AWS, Postgres, ElasticSearch)
Minimum Qualifications
- Proven track record building high quality web applications using various frameworks
- 5+ years of relevant experience, or demonstrated success in a senior level position
- Strong understanding of modern and progressive frontend stack (JS, TypeScript, Web Components, PWAs, state management, e2e testing)
- Strong understanding of fundamental technologies of the web and browser
- Comfort owning and delivering features in a fast-paced, dynamic and loosely-structured environment
- Ability to effectively communicate status updates and complex technical problems in a remote world
- Ability to mentor and develop junior developers through code reviews and 1:1 mentorship
Preferred Qualifications
- 6+ years of relevant industry experience
- Experience using a user centered design process and iterative prototyping
- Experience creating and maintaining UI and design systems
- Strong project management skills
- Ability to mentor and develop junior developers through code reviews and 1:1 mentorship
- Willing to embrace challenges and changes with a positive attitude
- A demonstrated interest in sustainability or circular economy (e.g., coursework, work or internship experience, involvement in student groups)
What We’d Like to See from You
- You are a scrappy, motivated team player who understands the various needs of a growing company
- You believe in Rheaply’s Core Values and shall conduct your work in accordance with our values
More About Rheaply
At Rheaply, we envision a world where all assets and resources are highly visible, searchable, and reusable. Join us today to help us achieve our mission.
Rheaply, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of our activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, interns, volunteers, subcontractors.
Rheaply’s Core Values
We strive to provide the most seamless experience for our users, enabling our client organizations to achieve full utilization of their assets, thereby reducing procurement, storage, as well as environmental costs by keeping valuable resources in circulation. As a team, we pledge to execute our work in accordance with our seven Core Values
- We Listen To and Delight Our Users -- Our users are our most important stakeholders. We strive to provide the most seamless user experience and value to our users across client organizations. We do our best to have empathy for their problems and challenges. We listen to users’ feedback and provide timely responses to questions and needs.
- We Encourage Individual Team Member Growth, Innovation, And Happiness -- Our people are our most valuable assets. Rheaply’s success is dependent upon the collective drive, intelligence, curiosities and contributions of all of our team members. We care for the wellbeing of each team member and ensure that they have the support and mentorship they need to succeed at Rheaply and beyond.
- We Value Transparency, Humility, and Open Communication -- The key determinant to our successful market execution is our ability to communicate and share successes, learnings, insights, struggles, and solutions across our teams. At Rheaply, we strive to cultivate a culture of intelligence with humility. We care about hearing each member’s voice and understanding their unique perspective.
- We Care About Our Communities And The Environment -- Rheaply is driven by the mission to reduce our environmental footprint and accelerate our transition to a circular economy. We strive to live by our mission of promoting environmental awareness and waste reduction in our decisions and actions at Rheaply and beyond.
- We Promote A Collaborative Culture of Learning and Problem-Solving -- Rheaply is committed to finding straightforward solutions to complex problems. We are constantly learning from each other, from our clients, and from our competitors. We strive to understand problems at the microscopic level and become industry experts in building, deploying, and iterating sustainable, circular solutions.
- We Are Tenacious and We Own Our Work -- At Rheaply, we are dedicated to enabling the transition to a more circular world. We are relentless about our mission and vision. We hold ourselves accountable for our words and actions, both internally and in the market.
- We Strive To Be Helpful -- We view all the work we do at Rheaply as daily, non-stop efforts to help and support each other, our clients, our users, our partners, and our shared environment.
Rheaply, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of our activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, interns, volunteers, subcontractors.