\nJob: Staff Developer (Temp-to-Hire)\nType: Full-time, W-2, remote, temporary role\nDuration: 4 months minimum, with the possibility of extending contract or becoming permanent employee\n\n\nWant to work on the apps used for space capabilities and cutting-edge technologies? Yes, we said space!\n\n\nRocket Communications is an enterprise UX Design company focused on designing mission-critical applications and systems. We are seeking a remote Staff Developer for a 4-month contract, with the potential to be extended to 12 months or become a permanent employee.\n\n\nIf you have a solid understanding of key web app design principles, and 8+ years of experience, you could be a great fit in helping us solve some of our nation’s most complex space app user experience challenges. \n\n\nWe are a small company dispersed across the U.S. Our work can be challenging and complex, but our team is fun, friendly, and supportive. \n\n\nThis is a remote role, however due to our work with federal government agencies we need someone who is a US Citizen and lives in the USA. \n\n\n\nAbout You\n* You have 8+ years experience in development, including 4+ years in web app development and 2+ years using Java and/or Kotlin programming language.\n* You have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a related technical field.\n* You have experience with front-end technologies (HTML5, CSS, Javascript ES6+) and/or expertise in at least one object-oriented programming language such as Ruby, Python, PHP, or C++.\n* You have expert-level knowledge of React, Apache, .NET, and SQL Server.\n* You have experience with Linux and/or Windows development lifecycles.\n* You enjoy working closely with both internal and external design teams to ensure the feasibility of the design, clarify ambiguous designs, and build reusable code and components.\n* You are comfortable operating as the Development Lead on projects when applicable, providing technical oversight to fellow Developers on the project and ensuring project deliverables are met. \n* You are a US Citizen who lives in the USA (due to Rocket's work with local and federal government agencies this is a firm requirement)\n\n\n\nBonus Points\n* Experience working in a SAFe Agile development environments\n* Experience working on DoD/security development projects\n* Experience developing containerized software and developing multiple containerized applications that interface together (Kubernetes, Docker, Pod Man, Docker Compose, OpenShift)\n\n\n\n\n\n$130,000 - $185,000 a yearRocket Communications determines the salary range for positions using local, national, and industry-specific survey data. We evaluate external and internal equity and the cost of labor/prevailing wage index in the relative marketplace for jobs directly comparable to jobs within our company.\nFor new hires, we strive to make competitive offers allowing the new employee room for future growth. Our base salary offers are mainly determined by levels of experience.\n\nRocket Benefits for Temporary Employees\n•  Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance\n•  Dedicated Health Advocate\n•  Employer Sponsored and Voluntary Supplemental Benefits\n•  401k Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match \n•  Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts\n•  Paid Time Off\n•  Paid Holidays\n•  Commuter Benefits \n•  Employee Assistance Program \n•  Employee Discounts\n•  Monthly Remote Work Stipend\n\n\n\n\nCompensation \nYour actual pay for this role will be based on your skills, experience, and location.\n \nAffirmative Action & EEO Statement\nRocket Communications is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We will not discriminate against applicants or employees based on religion, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, reproductive health decision-making, or any other characteristic protected by law.\n\n\nWe will work to provide individuals with disabilities reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you need accommodation for the hiring process please apply for the role, then email us your request if selected for an introductory call. The Hiring Team will review your request and respond as soon as possible.\n \nPlease note this job posting is not designed to contain every activity, duty, or responsibility that is required of this position. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Docker, JavaScript, Java and Linux jobs that are similar:\n\n $40,000 — $70,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nRemote

About Gusto\n\nGusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York serve more than 100,000 businesses nationwide.\n\nOur mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life, and it starts right here at Gusto. That’s why we’re committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace, both physically and virtually. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy. \n\nWe're hiring engineers to join the Payroll Experiences team and work on systems that empower customer-facing products and develop features that help define the customer journey at Gusto. Our team's main goal is to keep our customers happy and deliver a consistently great experience for running payroll for their employees.\nHere’s what you’ll do day-to-day:\n\n\n* Build and maintain a system of reusable UI components and documentation that empowers all of Gusto’s payroll experiences including React.js, Typescript, Javascript, CSS, and HTML.\n\n* Develop tools to ensure that the quality, performance, and accessibility of Gusto’s reusable components continuously improve.\n\n* Collaborate across teams in building accessible, modular, performant frontend experiences.\n\n* Create and improve on tools for developing performant, accessible experiences for our customers.\n\n* Contribute architectural improvements to Gusto’s frontend infrastructure.\n\n* Optionally, build and maintain APIs using Ruby.\n\n\n\nHere’s what we’re looking for:\n\n\n* 5+ years of technical experience in a frontend engineering (or) a full stack engineering role.\n\n* Highly proficient in front-end Java script technologies, preferably React.js or Typescript.\n\n* Experience in building backend APIs is an added advantage but not mandatory.\n\n* Experience cross-functional collaboration with Design and/or other non-technical teams.\n\n* Experience in building UI components that are modular, composable, flexible, maintainable, and well-documented.\n\n* Experience with a JavaScript testing library for unit, integration, and end-to-end validation.\n\n* Appreciation for a collaborative, test-driven environment.\n\n* Experience turning wireframes and mockups into responsive, accessible, tested code.\n\n* Well-structured, easily maintainable, well-documented code that balances beauty and pragmatism.\n\n* Passionate about creating inclusive, accessible experiences for everyone.\n\n* Familiar with emerging trends in frontend web application development, including the various approaches to styling (CSS Modules, CSS-in-JS, Sass, etc.), component libraries (Material UI, Carbon, Polaris, and Lightning), accessibility tooling (aXe, Lighthouse), and observability (Fullstory, etc.).\n\n\n\nLearn more about the Payroll experiences team:\n\nOur team is a group of folks whose primary goal is to build user experience in our flagship Cloud product, which is used by Gusto’s Customers to run the payroll for their employees and contractors. We also build and maintain APIs for some of our team-specific requirements.\n\nWhat’s fascinating about our team is that we build one of the core experiences of the flagship Gusto product! Our work is not done in isolation, but in close collaboration with many cross-functional teams. This collaborative approach ensures that the features we develop are not just innovative, but also seamlessly integrated into the overall product. And the best part? Our work positively impacts millions of employees and contractors. \n\nIf you’re an engineer who enjoys building fantastic customer features and wants to influence the product, you should join our team!\n\n\n* Our Engineering Culture and Values\n\n* How We Built a Service-Driven Team\n\n* Our Diversity Goals and Efforts\n\n\n\n\nOur cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $140,000/yr to $165,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $170,000/yr to $200,000/yr for San Francisco, Seattle & New York. Stock equity is additional. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.\n\n  \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, JavaScript, Java, Cloud, Senior, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $100,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nSan Francisco Bay Area, California, United States