Job Description
Senior Front-End Developer (React) — Higher Logic Vanilla
Company Description
At Higher Logic, engagement happens here. As the industry-leading, human-focused engagement platform, we deliver powerful online communities and communication tools to organizations looking to build, retain, and grow their member or customer base. We’re obsessed with engagement—and with 13+ years of experience in the industry, we’ve got it down to a science. We are a global company with offices throughout the US, Canada, and Australia. We serve more than 3,000 customers, representing over 350,000 online communities with over 200 million users across 42 countries worldwide.
Our team is a thriving community of authentic people with diverse experiences and perspectives. We are honest and genuine and believe that sharing ideas and feedback openly helps us to be successful. We believe that diversity and empathy bring us #AllTogether to make us stronger. We learn from failure and successes because both help us to grow and learn. We strive to understand the why behind our actions and bring our best selves to work every day.
Role Summary
Higher Logic Vanilla is looking for a Senior Front-End Developer (React) who thrives at the intersection of product craftsmanship, performance, and modern developer workflows—including AI-assisted development. You’ll build and evolve rich, scalable user experiences used by millions of community members worldwide. While this role is primarily front-end focused, you’ll occasionally partner across the stack to deliver end-to-end features.
This is a great fit for someone who can own complex UI work, raise engineering standards, and uses AI tools (like Cursor) responsibly to accelerate delivery without compromising quality.
What You’ll Do
Build, maintain, and ship high-quality product features in a multidisciplinary Agile team.
Translate designs, wireframes, and product requirements into accessible, performant React experiences.
Own UI architecture decisions: component design, state management approaches, data fetching patterns, and maintainable abstractions.
Write reliable, well-tested code; participate in code review; mentor teammates through thoughtful feedback and shared patterns.
Triage, debug, and resolve issues across browsers/devices; collaborate with QA/support/product to close the loop quickly.
Optimize for real-world performance at scale (rendering efficiency, Core Web Vitals, bundle size, caching strategies).
Contribute to guild practices: propose improvements to coding standards, tooling, documentation, and architectural approaches.
AI-Forward Development Responsibilities
Use AI-powered IDEs and assistants (e.g., Cursor, Copilot-style tools) to speed up implementation, refactoring, and test generation—while ensuring correctness, security, and maintainability.
Apply AI thoughtfully: create strong prompts, verify outputs, and incorporate guardrails (linting, type checks, unit/integration tests, code review).
Partner on AI-enabled product initiatives where relevant—such as AI-assisted content workflows, smarter search/discovery, moderation tooling, summarization, or admin productivity experiences—integrating front-end UX with backend services/APIs.
Help define best practices for AI-assisted engineering (what to automate, what must be human-reviewed, and how to evaluate quality).
What We’re Looking For (Required)
Strong understanding of Agile values and principles.
Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript (ES6+), DOM fundamentals, and the JavaScript object model.
Deep knowledge of React and its core principles (composition, hooks, rendering lifecycle, performance patterns).
Solid grasp of asynchronous UI state and data flows (promises, async/await, request lifecycles, optimistic UI).
Experience integrating with RESTful APIs.
Familiarity with modern authorization mechanisms (e.g., JWT-based flows).
Experience with common front-end tooling (Vite/Webpack, Babel, npm/yarn/pnpm).
Comfort with Git-based workflows (branching, PRs, reviews, CI checks).
Practical experience using AI coding tools (Cursor or equivalent) in day-to-day development, including validating generated code and avoiding insecure patterns.
Desired Qualifications
4+ years building production web applications with React (or another major JS framework/library).
1+ years of TypeScript experience (or strong interest and demonstrated ability to adopt it quickly).
Experience working in modular / pluggable architectures (themes, extensions, plugins, component systems).
Strong HTML/CSS/SCSS fundamentals and experience implementing responsive UI.
Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG/ARIA) and building inclusive interfaces.
Experience with testing practices and tools (unit/integration/E2E) and building confidence through automation.
Strong product instincts: you sweat details, communicate tradeoffs, and care about user outcomes.
What You’ll Earn
Competitive compensation.
Comprehensive health benefits package.
401(k) plan with employer match.
Healthcare and dependent-care flexible spending account.
Company short-term and long-term disability insurance.
Company culture that recognizes its employees.
Room for growth and development and management that cares about your professional growth and will help you achieve your goals.
Significant advancement opportunities for outstanding performers.
EEO Disclosure
Higher Logic is committed to equal opportunity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Higher Logic is committed to ensuring that its application process provides an equal employment opportunity to all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an application, please contact us by emailing [email protected]
