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CoachMePlus - Senior Frontend Engineer at 43North (Buffalo, NY)

43North· Buffalo, NY· $120k–$160k·

Role details

Salary
$120k–$160k
Work type
Remote
Employment
Full-Time

Job description

Senior Frontend Engineer

Location: Remote-friendly; preference for candidates within commuting distance of Buffalo, NY for occasional in-person collaboration. Travel may be required for industry events or strategic meetings.

Company Overview: CoachMePlus is a leading provider of Human Performance solutions, empowering organizations and professionals to optimize physical readiness, mental resilience, and overall performance. Trusted by professional sports teams, tactical units, the US Army, youth academies, and wellness clinics, our platform is built to turn health and performance data into action.

Position Overview: CoachMePlus is now hiring a Senior Frontend Engineer to join our team in support of an exciting DoD human performance platform product support initiative. The position may require a government security clearance to be processed, so US or Naturalized Citizenship is a requirement for consideration.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and maintain various aspects of the web application and internal infrastructure, with a focus on front-end web and mobile platform development.
  • Upgrade older JavaScript libraries and architecture to modern frameworks.
  • Write and implement software tooling to develop a new build pipeline in parallel with existing legacy tools.
  • Write a JavaScripting testing suite to cover new JavaScript functionality and plug this test suite into an existing continuous integration pipeline.
  • Develop a web application to be delivered as an off-line capable mobile application.
  • Build a synchronization methodology for merging data from the off-line mobile app into the cloud web application backend.
  • Provide thought leadership to front-end design and modernization approaches and activities.
  • Organize work plans, estimate tasks, and deliver finished projects to meet important deadlines.
  • Troubleshoot issues and provide assistance to other developers, sales staff and customers.
  • Communicate effectively, both verbally and written, to various technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

  • US Citizenship required
  • 8+ years of front-end development experience, to include experience as a senior team resource
  • Ability to architect front-end solutions to complex problems using industry-standard open-source frameworks
  • Experience working on a large enterprise platform with thousands of users
  • Experience scaling software platforms from limited specialty use to broad user adoption
  • Experience refactoring a system (such as jQuery, Angular, Polymer, Prototype, Bootstrap) to use modern front-end tools and languages
  • Experience with- JavaScript ES6
  • Node package management
  • React, Jest
  • HTML5, JSON, CSS3, Grid, Flexbox
  • Code versioning with Git with ability to interactively rebase
  • Experience using a design framework to implement front end requirements
  • Ability to build UI from requirements without strict wireframe mockups
  • Ability to test and review the code of your peers

Compensation & Benefits:

  • Salary Range: $120,000 – $160,000 annually
  • Benefits Include:- Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Flexible work schedule
  • Parental leave
  • Professional development support
  • Work-from-home flexibility

Why work at 43North

  • Mission: Directly contribute to building a thriving startup hub in Buffalo, with visible community impact.
  • Culture: Small, passionate team of ~26 employees. Strong sense of purpose and collaboration. Team members include former founders, investors, and ecosystem builders.
  • Work Environment: Based in downtown Buffalo at 1 W Seneca St. Hybrid/remote policy is not specified, but the team appears to be largely in-office or Buffalo-based. LinkedIn shows 26 employees all in the U.S.
  • Compensation: Portfolio company roles average ~$90k salary, significantly above the regional average. For the 43North team itself, specific perks are not publicly detailed.
  • Growth: Opportunity to work across investments, platform, talent, and marketing while directly influencing the success of dozens of startups.
  • Job Seekers: The Compass job board lists openings at portfolio companies (e.g., Customer Experience Analyst, Director of Data Engineering, Account Manager, Electrical Engineer). These roles give access to high-growth startups with established traction and funding.

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