Software Engineer, Frontend

<p>Squarespace is looking for a frontend-focused engineer who enjoys owning features end-to-end. While your expertise is building exceptional user experiences, you're comfortable working across the stack to deliver secure, scalable identity solutions.</p> <p>You will join the Identity & Access Management (IAM) team, where we architect the mission-critical authentication, authorization, and account security frameworks that safeguard millions of users worldwide. We own the systems powering sign-in, sign-up, account recovery, multi-factor authentication, passkeys, OAuth, and identity verification. Our mission is to make security seamless - creating intuitive user experiences while building highly reliable and secure backend systems.</p> <p>If you are a Frontend Engineer who strives to go beyond what is possible in a web browser, we want to hear from you! You will report to the Engineering Manager in our New York City headquarters.</p> <h2><strong>You'll Get To...</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Work with a wide range of systems, processes, and technologies to own and solve problems across all business units.</li> <li>Build elegant user experiences that enable Squarespace teams to easily add authentication, authorizations and security features to products and services.</li> <li>Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization such as product, design, infrastructure, platform, data, security and legal.</li> <li>Help define frontend architecture, engineering standards, testing strategies, and developer experience.</li> <li>Integrate frontend applications with OAuth, OIDC, session management, and authorization services.</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Who We're Looking For</strong></h2> <ul> <li>3+ years of software development experience, with an emphasis on modern frontend technologies (HTML/CSS/TypeScript/React) and building delightful user interfaces.</li> <li>Extensive experience developing large-scale application software</li> <li>Are motivated by solving hard problems, and measure your success in terms of impact doing so.</li> <li>Have experience and interest in contributing to services around OAuth, WebAuthN, IdentityProviders, Identity and Access Management</li> <li>Familiarity with backend development using Node.js, Java, Go, or similar technologies.</li> <li>A strong understanding of, and practical experience with, web application development</li> <li>A sincere commitment to crafting readable and dependable code</li> <li>BS or MS in Computer Science or related or equivalent industry experience</li> <li>3+ years of experience</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Benefits & Perks</strong></h2> <ul> <li>A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums including medical, dental, and vision</li> <li>Supplemental Life and Disability Insurance plans</li> <li>Fertility and adoption benefits</li> <li>Headspace mindfulness app subscription</li> <li>Global Employee Assistance Program</li> <li>Retirement benefits with employer match</li> <li>Flexible paid time off</li> <li>12 weeks paid parental leave and family care leave</li> <li>Pretax commuter benefit</li> <li>Education reimbursement</li> <li>Employee donation match to community organizations</li> <li>7 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)</li> <li>Dog-friendly workplace</li> <li>Free lunch and snacks</li> <li>Private rooftop</li> <li>Hack week twice per year</li> </ul> <h3>Cash Compensation Range: $110,500 - $178,250 USD</h3> <p>The base salary for this position