Frontend Engineer

Frontend Engineer, VoteShield Protect Democracy seeks a highly motivated Frontend Engineer to join the VoteShield team. Protect Democracy was formed in late 2016 with an urgent and explicit mission: to prevent American democracy from declining into a more authoritarian form of government. We are a cross-partisan team that defend our institutions and work to make real the full promise of our democracy by using the courts, legislatures, media, and every other tool available at the state and federal level. As part of that mission, VoteShield is focused on analyzing voter data as a way to monitor the entire election cycle - not just what happens on election day - to ensure free and fair elections. We believe complete and accurate data are a crucial component of well-run elections. Well-run, transparent elections build voter confidence, and voter confidence is critical to a strong democracy. In this role, you will be responsible for the web-based interface of VoteShield as part of a small, collaborative engineering team. You will lead with best practices in creating maintainable codebases, drive the implementation of new features, and iterate and experiment with optimal solutions for VoteShield and Protect Democracy at large. The ideal candidate is detail oriented, has excellent communication skills, and is dedicated to documentation; as well as possessing a flexible, growth-oriented and collaborative mindset, a commitment to excellence, and enthusiasm for our mission. We strongly encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds and from across the political and ideological spectrum to apply. You can work remotely from any location in the United States. Compensation The starting salary range is $110,077 - $129,502, commensurate with the candidate's relevant experience, capabilities and skills and in alignment with internal equity. About Protect Democracy Flexible location. You can work remotely from any location in the United States. The only requirement is that your location be one that allows you to complete the demands of the position and mission. We currently have staff in Washington, DC, New York, Massachusetts, California, Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia, Washington, and elsewhere ar