Front-End Software Engineer (Remote)

Founded in 2013, Tidepool is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to making diabetes data more accessible, actionable, and meaningful for people with diabetes, their care teams, and researchers. The 510(k)-exempt Tidepool Data Platform allows people with diabetes to see all of their data in one place. Tidepool+ adds enterprise population health features for healthcare providers. Tidepool Loop is an FDA-cleared automated insulin delivery app, intended to work with commercially available interoperable insulin pumps and CGMs. (Tidepool Loop is not currently available for use.)

Are you interested in building web applications that improve the lives of people with diabetes? As a Front-End Software Engineer, you will work on new features and functionality used by people with diabetes and their care teams, including clinics, hospitals, and healthcare organizations. This position is entirely remote and reports to Tapani Otala, Tidepool's VP of Engineering. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the product management team to understand, analyze, and refine product requirements of Tidepool Web and Tidepool Uploader
• Collaborate with the product design team to design user experience to meet the needs of a diverse customer base.
• Collaborate with other software engineers and QA to design, build, and test the new features and functionality, and debug and triage issues reported by users.

 Required:

• 2+ years of experience in developing web application software
• Experience with React framework
• Experience with designing and using REST APIs
• Experience with using unit test frameworks to automate testing

Preferred:

• Experience with deploying web apps to cloud service providers (AWS preferred)
• Experience with Storybook, familiarity with Figma
• Experience with React Testing Library, Jest, Mocha, Chai, or similar testing frameworks
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools
• Experience with visualizing medical or healthcare data

Compensation: The annual compensation range for this role is $120,000-$170,538. To learn more about Tidepool's compensation philosophy please see Tidepool's Employee Handbook.

Time Zones and Locations: You can work from anywhere. Occasional early mornings and evenings may be requested due to the need for overlapping business hours. 

Our Benefits package for full-time employees includes: 

• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision health insurance
• Health and Dependent Care FSA with a dollar-for-dollar match up to the IRS limit for Health FSA
• Flexible PTO with a recommended minimum of at least three weeks per year
• Eight weeks of paid new parent leave  
• A flexible work schedule 
• Wellness and Productivity Stipend
• Continuing Education Reimbursement that encourages team members to spend time on professional development

While Tidepool can't always provide every benefit we offer full-time US-based team members, for our Outside-of-US team members, Tidepool provides: 

• A monthly health stipend dependent on evidence of health care costs 
• A flexible schedule 
• Eight weeks of paid new parent leave 
• Wellness and Productivity Stipend
• Continuing Education Reimbursement that encourages team members to spend time on professional development

Other Information

At Tidepool, personal experience with diabetes is valued and not required. We seek team members who are empathetic towards chronic conditions and eager to learn about the diabetes experience. For more insights into our work culture, including our commitment to inclusion and diversity, please refer to this blog post about working at Tidepool.

Tidepool is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company supports diversity and inclusion in its core values and does not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual preference, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by U.S. federal or state law or local ordinance. When necessary, the company will reasonably accommodate employees and applicants with disabilities if the person is otherwise qualified to safely perform all of the essential functions of the position.