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Swiftly, Inc. · 3 months ago

Senior Software Engineer - Front End

Swiftly, Inc. is on a mission to help cities move more efficiently through their leading transit data platform. They are seeking Senior Software Engineers with Front End experience to contribute to their web applications and API systems, focusing on solving real customer problems and enhancing product experiences.

AnalyticsBig DataInternetPublic TransportationReal TimeSmart CitiesSoftwareTransportation
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Responsibilities

Design, build, deliver, maintain, and extend features and functionality that solve real customer problems
Contribute technically to Swiftly’s SaaS web frontend applications and API systems as applicable
Partner with product management, design, and engineers to discover the right solution to customer problems. This may include building quick prototypes to assess the right technical design and to accurately estimate the level of effort
Deliver functionality that helps your team make progress on our product vision, especially by anticipating dependencies, breaking down work into smaller batches, and demonstrating incremental work in progress
Seek feedback on system designs by identifying technical tradeoffs, presenting proposed solutions in a clear way, and documenting decisions
Leverage modern software engineering principles and deliver robust, maintainable, extensible code, including by using and contributing to Swiftly’s Design System
Elevate those on your team and on other teams through mentoring, code reviews, pairing, and ultimately by embodying and proliferating excellent teamwork
Engage with our JavaScript Functional Group - a cross-functional space for both backend and frontend JavaScript engineers to share knowledge and work collectively towards improving our JS repos
Take ownership of your product and code, and reflect on how you and your team can improve by engaging in team retrospectives and embracing a continuous improvement mindset

Qualification

JavaScriptVue.jsNode.jsWebRTCD3.jsHTMLCSSTeam playerContinuous learning

Required

5+ years of software engineering experience
Knowledge of web technologies (e.g., JavaScript, HTML, CSS, HTTP, etc.)
Experience with client-side MV* framework(s) (Vue, React, etc.)
Experience building backend APIs (Node.js, Express, Hapi, etc.)
Experience with any of the following domains: Real-time voice communications (e.g. WebRTC), Map-based experiences (e.g. MapLibre GL, Mapbox GL), Data analysis and visualization (e.g. d3.js), Web app infrastructure and platform tooling (Webpack, Vite, Microfrontends, Github Actions, etc.)
Excited to be part of a mission-driven company
Love applying technology to solve real problems for customers and users
Embrace a mindset of continuous learning – helping both yourself and those around you adapt as technology constantly evolves
Dynamic team player and seek to make valuable contributions wherever it is most needed at any given time to support your team's goals
Open to receiving feedback, approach technical debates with humility, and participate in blameless postmortems when things go wrong

Benefits

Competitive salary
Equity compensation (company ownership) for every employee
Medical, Dental and Vision
Retirement with Employer Match
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Home office setup reimbursement
Monthly cell/internet reimbursement
Monthly "Be Well" stipend
Flexible PTO with a recommended minimum
Flexible work environment
16 paid holidays - including months without US national holidays
8 fully paid weeks of leave for child birth/adoption

Company

Swiftly, Inc.

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Swiftly is the leading transit data platform for agencies to share real-time passenger information, manage day-to-day operations, and improve service performance.

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$27.25M
Key Investors
JMI EquityVia ID
2025-05-29Private Equity
2020-12-09Private Equity
2020-07-09Series A· $22.8M

Leadership Team

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Jonny Simkin
Co-founder and CEO
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Mike Smith
Chief Innovation Officer, Technical Co-Founder
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