Fast Facts

Apptegy is seeking a Staff Frontend Engineer to design and develop user-friendly web applications, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. This role will focus on building scalable Vue-based components and evolving the design system while driving high-quality interfaces and performance optimization.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include developing reusable front-end components, refining the design system, leading design-to-development improvements, and maintaining code quality through reviews and testing.

Skills: Candidates should have 8+ years of front-end engineering experience with modern frameworks, particularly Vue, and demonstrated skills in UI development, accessibility standards, and problem-solving.

Qualifications: A strong visual design sense, experience with component libraries, and previous work in agile startup environments are preferred, along with technical leadership experience.

Location: The position is based in the United States; however, remote candidates from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington are not considered.

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between 130,000 - 170,000.

About Apptegy

Apptegy partners with school districts to simplify communication, elevate their brand, and empower every role in their organization. We put our clients front and center in everything we do because it's our clients who are most passionate about education. We build our products and features to make everyone in a school community better communicators. Ask any of our clients about us, and they will tell you that Apptegy’s people are thoughtful and high-performing. Our fast response time and quality support mean school leaders, teachers, and staff always have a partner ready to help provide a solution. Joining Apptegy is your opportunity to be on a high-performing team and contribute to our growth and your own.

We value thoughtfulness and high performance in everyone. That’s how we’ve grown quickly and won (and kept) thousands of school districts across the U.S. Our team is fast-growing and you’ll have the tools, the mentors, and the resources you need to be successful. We ask you to be someone who is internally motivated to do your best work, and that you care about others. Apptegy’s Staff Frontend Engineer position is your opportunity to join a high-performing team and contribute to our growth and your own. 

Why You’ll Love This Job

As a Staff Frontend Engineer at Apptegy, you’ll have the opportunity to build seamless, user-friendly web applications, collaborate with designers, product managers, and fellow engineers to create high-quality, reusable Vue-based components that scale effortlessly. You'll play a key role in shaping and evolving our design system, ensuring consistency across our platform while driving innovation in UI/UX development. If you enjoy solving complex challenges, refining design-to-development workflows, and working in a collaborative, high-impact environment, this is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference while honing your craft.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and other engineers on a Vue-based frontend that is scalable and user-friendly.
• Develop high-quality, reusable front-end components consistent with the design system, ensuring seamless integration across the web application.
• Contribute to the evolution of our design system by creating and refining components, maintaining detailed documentation, and ensuring alignment with design standards.
• Lead the development of tools and processes to improve the design-to-development handoff and drive adoption of the design system.
• Ensure a high level of code quality through code reviews, automated testing, and CI/CD best practices.
• Build intuitive, visually consistent UIs while considering performance, accessibility, and scalability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve front-end issues, providing timely fixes to maintain the integrity of the design system.
• Become an expert in our design system, advocating for design consistency and collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement it.

Who You Are

• 8+ years of front-end engineering experience working with modern front end frameworks to develop user-facing features or scalable platforms, with at least 2 years in a technical leadership role.
• Experience building and maintaining component libraries that support theming, localization, and customizability.
• A strong visual sense and ability to deliver pixel-perfect user interfaces that align with design specifications.
• Experience collaborating with designers to translate design mockups from design tools like Figma into reusable front-end components.
• Experience working in agile teams in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Experience implementing accessibility standards within large codebases to ensure inclusive, user-friendly interfaces that comply with WCAG guidelines.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with an ability to identify, break down, and solve complex challenges that have no known solution.
• Experience optimizing front-end performance, including lazy loading, code splitting, and efficient state management.
• Ability to influence design and engineering decisions across teams, driving alignment around the design system vision.

What Helps You Stand Out

• Deep experience with VueJS and Nuxt.
• Experience in the enterprise K-12 space.
• Ability to say “I don’t know, but will find out” with the confidence in your abilities to deliver that unknown answer.

Apptegy will not consider remote candidates from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington for this opening.

Why You'll Love Working With Us

We take our responsibility as a company seriously and aim to make this the best job that you’ve had (and one that sets you up for future success). We want your day at work and your time at home to be a joyful experience that’s why we provide:

--Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage

--Retirement 401(k) with employer match

--Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

--Mental Health Reimbursement

--Unlimited paid time off including seasonal (December) company-wide time off

--Paid parental and medical leave

We value thoughtfulness and high performance in all candidates as we progress through the interview stages. If the challenge of building a rapidly growing company excites you as much as it does us, we hope you’ll consider joining us.

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Apptegy is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.