Front End Software Engineer at Yubico

Yubico, the inventor of the YubiKey, makes secure login easy and available for everyone. Since the company was founded in 2007, it has been a leader in setting global standards for secure access to computers, mobile devices, servers, browsers, and internet accounts. Yubico is a creator and core contributor to the FIDO2, WebAuthn, and FIDO Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) open authentication standards, and is a pioneer in delivering modern, hardware-based authentication security at scale.

YubiKeys are the gold standard for phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA), enabling a single device to work across hundreds of consumer and enterprise applications and services. Yubico’s technology enables secure authentication, encryption, and code signing and is used and loved by many of the world’s largest organizations and millions of customers in more than 160 countries.

Aligned with its mission of making the internet more secure for everyone, Yubico donates YubiKeys to organizations helping at-risk individuals through the philanthropic initiative, Secure it Forward. Yubico is privately held, with presence around the globe and offices in Palo Alto, San Francisco, Seattle area, and Stockholm.

As a Front End Software/Web Engineer on the Web team you will be a key player in creating and developing secure and efficient Web sites that are integral to the company and its mission. This includes our Web CMS, corporate Web pages, marketing campaigns, custom single-page applications, administrative interfaces and components. You will also be instrumental in analyzing current code and suggesting ways to improve, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript refactoring.

Our current Web technology includes Wordpress, React single-page applications, custom JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. We also build and maintain systems integrations, serverless applications and micro-services to support the Operations, Sales, and Marketing teams.

Skills and Experience:

5+ years total industry experience, with a minimum of 3 years of development experience in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
You have a deep understanding of how Web applications work, from HTTP protocol to client side code
You are experienced with the React.js Library and component creation
You are experienced with using REST API
Experience with standard engineering tools such as Git and Github

Other desired areas of experience:

Github actions and CI/CD pipelines
Responsive development and testing experience
Testing/Debugging across browsers and operating systems
Browser developer tools
Web performance benchmarking and development experience
Enjoy connecting with team members across different backgrounds and countries

You are someone who loves to:

Prototype and iterate through solutions quickly
Build scalable engines & workflows
Learn and teach
Believe in getting your hands dirty
Understand that our users include not only Yubico customers but also our partners and peers
Partner strongly with others of different disciplines to provide clear priorities, manage and communicate tradeoffs
Leave no stone unturned, diligently sleuthing out solutions
Take responsibility for finding the potential in people and processes, and have the courage to develop that potential

Bonus Qualifications:

Sass
PHP
Creating blocks/block patterns in Gutenberg
SQL
Docker and Kubernetes
Wordpress

Due to job requirements of this position, this role requires candidates to be fully vaccinated. Yubico will make reasonable accommodations for candidates with a valid medical or religious reason not to be vaccinated.

Our U. S. benefits are designed for your overall well-being:

Health coverage. We’ve got you covered with top of the line health plans, including dental and vision. We pay 100% of your premium and 85% for your family.

Retirement plan. Our retirement plan includes a 401K dollar per dollar match up to 6% with a cap of $6K/year. Immediate vesting.

Wellness reimbursement. We provide you with $100 monthly reimbursement that you can use on your gym membership, a massage, or your favorite online fitness classes.

Equity in the company. We’re all in this together. We offer a stock options program so you can have a solid stake in Yubico’s success, which we think is pretty cool.

Learning and development. We encourage your professional growth and offer a yearly development stipend of $3,000 and mentorship program.

Time off. We offer a total of 15 vacation days plus 10 holidays, and 7 sick days a year.

Paid parental leave. We love welcoming new members to our YubiFamily! You will have 8 weeks paid 100% so you can take care of your new family.

Commuter Benefits. If you need to commute to the office, we offer commuter benefits.

Global events. We love spending time with our team! We host an all-team event in a new location every year where we plan for upcoming quarters, set goals, and most importantly, host fun events to encourage team building outside of the workplace.

Strong mission & company values. We’re a global team on a global mission to make the internet more secure for everyone. We believe that every person’s work matters. That you should always be nice, stay humble, and have fun, and never take yourself too seriously.

Check our LinkedIn Life page HERE for more information about the team!

Here are some Yubico awards we are proud to share!

Honorable Mention in the General Excellence category as part of Fast Company's 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards

YubiKey 5C NFC named 'Best All-Around Security' in 2021 by ZDNet

YubiKey 5Ci named 'Best Mobile Device at CES 2019' from WIRED Magazine

Yubico named 'Identity Trailblazer' of the year at Microsoft Security 20/20 event

Yubico is listed as one of the 'Largest Greater Bay Area Cybersecurity Companies' by the San Francisco Business Times

YubiKey Bio Series - FIDO Edition chosen as an honoree in the Cybersecurity & Personal Privacy category of the CES 2022 Innovation Awards

We are an equal opportunity employer, we value diversity and uphold an inclusive environment where all people feel that they are equally respected and valued. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, religion, national origin, veteran or disability status. We'd love to learn about what you can add to our diverse team.

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Front End Software Engineer

Front-end JavaScript CSS ReactJS Wordpress

Skills and Experience:

Other desired areas of experience:

You are someone who loves to:

Bonus Qualifications:

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