Websites and our CMS is the core of Squarespace. The mission of the Platform team is to modernize and evolve Squarespace's primary product offering, our Website builder and CMS. As a frontend engineer, you'll help develop systems and frameworks that empower both internal teams and external customers to build features on top of the Website builder in a secure and self-service manner. This role requires a strong focus on frontend technologies to create scalable, maintainable code and tackle challenges in UI performance, component design, and user experience, all while contributing to the overall architecture and reducing technical debt.
This is a hybrid role based in our Dublin office. You'll report to the Engineering Team Manager for the Websites Experience team and work alongside a collaborative, high-performing team.
You'll Get To…- Design: Create and build features that enhance the Squarespace interface, focusing on intuitive, customer-centered experiences.
- Develop: Collaborate closely with designers and engineers to deliver innovative solutions that prioritize user needs.
- Innovate: Keep our products at the forefront by integrating the latest frontend technologies, such as React and ES2015+.
- Maintain: Uphold high standards of software engineering, emphasizing automated testing, code reviews, and writing clean, pragmatic code.
- Contribute: Actively support and refine team and company-wide standards, ensuring consistent quality across projects.
- Have 3-5 years of experience developing web-based production systems, with a focus on building user-facing products and platforms using JavaScript (including React and TypeScript).
- Keep a user-first mindset when developing products.
- Have experience contributing to modular UI components that enable other teams to easily integrate new features.
- Be eager to continue expanding your technical knowledge and influence across teams as a hands-on individual contributor.
- Be excited about solving technical challenges while growing your career in web development.
- Health insurance with 100% covered premiums for you, your spouse or partner and your dependent children including medical, dental, and vision
- Life and Income Protection
- Fertility and adoption benefits
- Headspace mindfulness app subscription
- Global Employee Assistance Program
- Pension benefits with employer match
- Flexible paid time off
- 26 weeks paid maternity leave & 12 weeks paid paternity leave
- 2 weeks paid family care leave
- Education reimbursement
- Employee donation match to community organizations
- 8 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- Free lunch and snacks
- Close proximity to cultural landmarks such as Dublin Castle and St. Patrick's Cathedral
Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, and marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1,500 is headquartered in bustling New York City, with offices in Dublin, Ireland, Aveiro, Portugal, and coworking spaces in the UK, Netherlands, and Australia. For more information about our company culture, visit https://www.squarespace.com/about/careers.
Our CommitmentToday, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customers, but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
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Squarespace Dublin, Dublin, IRL Office
The Squarespace Dublin office was founded in 2013. The 24,589-square-foot office space, Squarespace House, is located in the bustling heart of Dublin city centre, a stone's throw from St. Stephen’s Green and George’s Street. Squarespace occupies four floors with a dedicated entrance, lobby, and roof
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Founded and run by an engineer, Squarespace is dedicated to fostering an environment where the most talented engineers can do their best work. Our engineering teams create solutions that enable our customers to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. We invest in modern tools, are not afraid to launch bold new products and adapt the way we work to accommodate our scale. Here, you’ll help grow a large-scale architecture that services millions while operating in an environment that maintains the attitude of a startup. The Squarespace Dublin office was founded in 2013. The 24,589-square-foot office space, Squarespace House, is located in the bustling heart of Dublin city centre, a stone's throw from St. Stephen’s Green and George’s Street.
