Senior Web Developer
TextNow, Inc.4 months ago
Waterloo, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain high-quality web applications for voice and messaging features.
- Build maintainable and testable JavaScript applications using modern programming techniques and frameworks.
- Collaborate with developers, product managers, and UX/UI designers to define, design, and ship features.
- Work with WebRTC, SIP, and related real-time messaging and voice technologies.
- Optimize voice and messaging performance, including audio quality, latency, and bandwidth usage.
- Troubleshoot and debug performance issues, crashes, bugs, and network-related problems.
- Own solutions end-to-end from ideation through deployment.
- Use experimentation and data-driven decision-making to improve customer outcomes.
- Deploy features serving millions of users.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional web application development experience.
- Strong experience with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and web frameworks such as React and Marionette.
- Experience with modern web development tools, Instruments, and debugging processes.
- Knowledge of desktop notifications and managing network connections for real-time updates.
- Understanding of UX principles and the ability to design simple solutions for complex problems.
- Experience with automated unit, UI, and integration testing frameworks.
- Experience with WebRTC, SIP, or similar real-time communication technologies is preferred.
Benefits
- Free phone service, flexible work arrangements including work-from-home, remote, or office access, and a strong work-life blend.
- Employee stock options, unlimited vacation, 12 paid holidays, and competitive pay.
- Health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and long-term disability benefits.
- $750 annual wellness benefit or healthcare spending account.
- RRSP matching in Canada and 401(k) in the USA.
- Parental leave for eligible employees and learning and development opportunities.
- Travel for team events and company-wide off-sites a few times per year.
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About TextNow, Inc.
TextNow builds a free, app-based wireless phone service that provides calling, texting, and basic data on iOS and Android. Its freemium model combines an ad-supported tier with optional paid plans, and it operates much of its own network infrastructure to keep costs low. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario, the privately held company serves millions of users across North America.