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The Museum of Modern Art · 3 hours ago

Senior Front-End Developer

New York, New York, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$140K/yr - $160K/yr

5+ years exp

The Museum of Modern Art is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Front-End Developer to join our engineering team. This critical role is responsible for owning the technical front-end design system, architecture, and implementation, ensuring a consistent, high-quality, and performant user experience across all digital products.

ArtEducationEventsFinance

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Serves as the technical owner of the front-end codebase, architecture, and deployment strategy for various internal and public-facing applications

Designs, develops, and maintains a robust, reusable component library and front-end design system, enforcing standards for accessibility (WCAG), performance, and responsive design across all devices

Drives the adoption and proficiency of our core front-end stack: Tailwind CSS, Stimulus, and Ruby on Rails. This includes selecting appropriate libraries and patterns for complex user interfaces without relying on heavier frameworks

Delivers well-tested, optimized, and high-performance code, focusing on minimal JavaScript payloads and efficient CSS rendering

Works closely with Product and Design to translate visual concepts into highly accurate, functional, and maintainable code

Acts as a front-end Subject Matter Expert (SME), conducting peer code reviews, setting coding standards, and mentoring other developers on best practices in modern, lightweight front-end development

Troubleshoots and resolves complex performance, rendering, and architectural issues in production environments

Maintains and improves existing front-end systems and integrations

Works with external vendors as needed to integrate or build out new front-end functionality

Performs any other duties reasonably related to the functions described above

Qualification

JavaScript (ES6+)HTML5CSS3Ruby on RailsTailwind CSSStimulusResponsive designPerformance optimizationWeb accessibility (WCAG)Agile developmentTest-driven development (TDD)Version control (Git)Communication skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Minimum of five years of professional software development experience, with at least three years focused on Senior Front-End development and architecture

Expert-level proficiency with JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3

Deep experience with Ruby on Rails and integrating modern front-end tools into the Rails ecosystem

Extensive hands-on experience architecting and implementing interfaces using Tailwind CSS

Proven expertise with Stimulus (or a similar lightweight, convention-based framework) for interactivity

Strong understanding of responsive design, performance optimization (Lighthouse/Web Vitals), and web accessibility standards (WCAG)

Experience with Agile development, pair programming, and test-driven development (TDD), including unit and end-to-end testing of UI components

Familiarity with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines

Strong problem-solving, analytical, and organizational skills

Exceptional written and oral communication skills to effectively articulate architectural decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Company

The Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art connects people from around the world to the art of our time.

Founded in 1929

New York, New York, USA

501-1000 employees

http://www.moma.org

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