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# Frontend Engineer

- **Company:** OTTER, INC.
- **Location:** Mountain View, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $167,000.0 - $230,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computer Programming, Software Debugging, Web Development, Performance Tuning, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, TypeScript, WebSocket, Real Time Systems, ReactJS, Caching, Backend, Build Management, Low Latency, Graphql, Front End Software Development, Restful APIs
- **Published:** June 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/840d0abd-c54c-4c4e-b985-a46bc471cda1

## About the Role

* 3+ years of experience in software engineering, with deep frontend expertise
 * Strong experience with TypeScript and modern web application development
 * Strong experience with React
 * Solid understanding of client networking, async programming, performance optimization, caching, and client-side state management
 * Experience integrating with GraphQL and REST APIs
 * Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and influence architecture and best practices
 * Experience mentoring junior engineers and supporting team growth
 * Comfort working outside your immediate comfort zone and adapting as the product and team evolve

Preferred qualifications

 * Experience building or operating delivery, logistics, or real-time systems at scale
 * Full-stack experience and an understanding of backend tradeoffs and system design
 * Track record of improving developer productivity through tooling, patterns, or process improvements
 * Familiarity with modern frontend architecture best practices, including performance, security, and usability

## Description

* Design and build high-performance React applications powered by WebSockets, SSE, and GraphQL subscriptions.
 * Lead technical design for complex features and systems, from initial architecture through production rollout
 * Own projects end-to-end, driving execution, technical decisions, and cross-functional alignment
 * Improve frontend reliability, latency, and scalability in a real-time, high-throughput environment
 * Lead debugging, incident response, and performance investigations for frontend systems
 * Mentor and coach engineers, raising the bar for frontend engineering across the team, * Massive market opportunity: Online food delivery continues to grow rapidly, creating room for durable, category-defining companies
 * Real impact: You'll help reshape how restaurants succeed in delivery while improving everyday experiences for thousands of workers
 * Ownership and influence: Frontend is core to Picnic's operations-your work directly impacts couriers, operators, and customers
 * Strong engineering culture: You'll collaborate closely with experienced engineers and leaders who care deeply about craft, impact, and growth

What else you need to know

This role is based in our Mountain View office. As a company driven by innovation and continuous change, close collaboration is essential. We're constantly reimagining our industry, creating new products, and refining our processes, and we do our best work together. That's why all of our office-based teams work onsite, five days a week.


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