Senior Frontend Software Engineer, DAT
$143-183k
+ Employee stock purchase plan and target bonus
Digital freight marketplace
Be an early applicant
Digital freight marketplace
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$143-183k
+ Employee stock purchase plan and target bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver actionable information and solutions that help customers succeed.
Role
Who you are
- This role is ideal for a seasoned engineer who leads by example — someone who thrives on translating complex data and workflows into intuitive interfaces, takes deep ownership of the full frontend lifecycle, and is energized by mentoring others while delivering high-impact work across our portfolio
- At least 7 years of experience in frontend software development with a consistent track record of delivering high-quality, high-impact work at scale
- Deep proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript and the broader ecosystem, including build tooling, bundlers, and performance optimization
- Expert-level knowledge of frontend frameworks such as Angular, React, and/or web components, with the ability to make and defend architectural choices between them
- Proven experience designing, building, and evolving component libraries or design systems used across multiple teams or products
- Strong command of RESTful and GraphQL APIs and patterns for integrating complex frontend applications with backend services
- Hands-on experience deploying and managing frontend applications on AWS (e.g., CloudFront, S3), with an understanding of CDN strategy, caching, and infrastructure as it relates to frontend performance
- Solid understanding of containerization (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines as they apply to frontend development workflows
- Deep expertise in Datadog or equivalent tools for frontend monitoring, distributed tracing, logging, and observability
- Mastery of web performance best practices, browser rendering pipelines, and accessibility (WCAG) standards — and the ability to evangelize these across the organization
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical discussions, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and drive consensus on complex decisions
- Experience working with AI and/or Spec Driven Development
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
What the job involves
- As a Senior Frontend Software Engineer, your expertise will directly shape the architecture, quality, and long-term direction of our customer-facing products
- You will drive the technical strategy for our end-to-end user experience, ensuring it scales with exponential growth and increasingly complex business requirements
- Design and Development: Design, build, and maintain highly performant, accessible, and responsive web applications using our core frontend stack and frameworks
- Component Ownership: Take end-to-end ownership of key UI components and design system elements, including long-term strategy for performance optimization, cross-browser compatibility, and accessibility standards
- Mentorship: Actively mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and knowledge sharing, fostering a culture of continuous growth and technical excellence
- Collaboration: Partner closely with UX designers and engineer leaders (Principals and Staff) to translate business requirements and design specs into polished, production-ready interfaces
- Quality Assurance: Champion a culture of quality by writing comprehensive unit, integration, and end-to-end tests, leading code reviews, and advocating for best practices in accessibility and maintainability
- Observability: Define and implement frontend monitoring and alerting strategies using Datadog to track performance metrics, error rates, and user experience health in production
- Incident Management: Lead the response and resolution of frontend-related production incidents, conduct root cause analyses, and drive the implementation of preventative measures at a systemic level
Application process
- Job Application Deadline: 06/30/2026
Our take
DAT Freight & Analytics operates the largest truckload freight marketplace in North America, deploying freight-matching and analytics solutions to companies all across the freight logistics industry. At its core, the company exists to help businesses optimize their freight operations and achieve pricing power over a hyper-dynamic marketplace.
The company derives its data from the millions of freight matches powered by its platform, as well as a database of market transactions. This enables it to provide transportation brokers, carriers, industry analysts and other organizations with clear and actionable insights into market trends.
Having been a market leader for over 40 years, the company has grown from being a single bulletin board at a gas station in Oregon to seeing its technology deployed to millions of end users. DAT has been consistently focused on R&D and the expansion of its offering, including by acquisitions such as that of the freight-matching Convoy Platform.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Remote/hybrid flexibility
- 20 days PTO from day one, plus 10 paid holidays annually
- Wellness allowance
- Parental leave
- Career development paths
- Leadership training, mentorship programs, education reimbursement & industry certifications
- Performance bonuses & annual merit increases
- Immediate 401(k) matching
- Stock purchase program
- Premium health coverage, plus dental & vision
- Mental health support
- FSA/HSA options
- Life insurance
Company HQ
Denver Tech Center, Greenwood Village, CO
Leadership
Jeff Clementz
(President and CEO)Formerly CEO and President at Shift, SVP/GM of Marketplace and Partner Operations at Walmart (where they spent 6 years) and VP/MD for Australian and NZ at PayPal (where they spent 12 years).
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