Toptal
Senior Front-end Engineer
ToptalLatvia14 hours ago
Full-timeRemote FriendlyEngineering, Information Technology
About Toptal

Toptal is a global network of top talent in business, design, and technology that enables companies to scale their teams, on-demand. With $200+ million in annual revenue and team members based around the globe, Toptal is the world’s largest fully remote workforce.

We take the best elements of virtual teams and combine them with a support structure that encourages innovation, social interaction, and fun. We see no borders, move at a fast pace, and are never afraid to break the mold.

Job Summary:

As a member of the New Offerings team, you will build products that help Toptal connect the right talent with the right client opportunities. Our team focuses on improving the systems and workflows that support talent matching, fulfillment operations, and cross-functional collaboration across the talent lifecycle.

You will work on high-impact internal products with visibility across the organization, partnering closely with stakeholders from Talent Operations, Product, and Engineering. This is a product-minded team where Engineers are expected to think beyond implementation, contribute ideas, and help improve both user experience and operational efficiency.

You will work on an internal monorepo application built with TypeScript, React, and GraphQL. Experience building reliable internal tools, writing maintainable and well-tested code, and collaborating on shared front-end patterns is important. Familiarity with component libraries, unit testing, accessibility, and performance is a plus.

This is a remote position. We do not offer visa sponsorship or assistance. Resumes and communication must be submitted in English.

Responsibilities:

The following information is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or required skills.

  • Design, build, and maintain outstanding, reusable, reliable, and testable TypeScript code.
  • You will build and maintain first-class software used by numerous businesses.
  • Review the work of your colleagues.
  • As a great teammate, continuously improve the team’s processes, brainstorm ideas, and communicate statuses and progress.
  • Mentor other people, provide feedback, and continuously improve yourself.
  • Provide suggestions to our stakeholders regarding usability improvements.
  • Proactively identify technical debt and product areas that require attention or improvements and suggest improvements in our technology stack.

In the first week, expect to:

  • Begin your onboarding and integration into Toptal.
  • Get familiar with our product and team structure.
  • Review our extensive Toptal Engineering Documentation to become familiar with our working processes.
  • Meet your mentor and work together on the ideal ramp-up plan.

In the first month, expect to:

  • Get familiar with our front-end architecture and all the tools that we use. Learn about the processes that we follow.
  • Attend regular meetings, like technical calls, retrospectives, and the monthly Engineering All-hands meeting.
  • Develop your first tasks and have them deployed to production.
  • Develop a deeper understanding of our technology, processes, and product pipeline.

In the first three months, expect to:

  • Actively supply software planning, development, and maintenance.
  • Be ready to propose and implement improvements to Toptal’s processes and codebase.
  • Get comfortable in your daily work within your team and deliver value in a regular cadence.
  • Review code written by your colleagues.
  • Suggest and implement improvements to Toptal’s processes and codebase, while exercising discretion and independent judgment.

In the first six months, expect to:

  • Contribute to planning and executing multi-sprint initiatives within your team.
  • Become a key part of the team, be responsible for certain areas, and help others inside and outside of the team.
  • Lead technical initiatives on our team.

In the first year, expect to:

  • Have a detailed understanding of Toptal’s technical stack, collaboration rituals, processes, performance, and future work.
  • Determine what your career path looks like at Toptal.
  • Mentor Toptal’s new team members.

Qualifications and Job Requirements:

  • 5+ years of front-end web development experience.
  • Have a confirmed grasp of functional programming, clean code, and best testing practices.
  • Proficiency in React, JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS3, and HTML5 is required, along with experience working with Apollo GraphQL and Tailwind.
  • Seek complex problems but also consider multiple solutions, weigh them in, and decide on the best course of action.
  • Product-minded, with a focus on solving real business problems and delivering user value.
  • Experience with non-frontend programming languages and technical stacks is welcome.
  • Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
  • Being a team player by avoiding solo performances and unblocking your peers.
  • Caring for quality through impactful tests, process change proposals, and raising awareness of issues, be they product or technical.
  • Caring for architecture - applying best practices, using software design patterns, and bringing ideas for improvements.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and handle a wide variety of challenges, deadlines, and a diverse array of contacts.
  • You must be a world-class individual contributor to thrive at Toptal. You will not be here just to tell other people what to do.

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