The Dyrt is the largest digital camping platform in the world. Every second, a new user visits The Dyrt to access our community-driven campground information.
If you love the outdoors and want to be part of a fast-growing consumer app, you're in the right place.
The Role
As a senior engineer at The Dyrt, you will be tasked with building a robust, maintainable web experience for the 1M+ campers using our website every month. We are currently in the process of expanding our campground booking system by building inventory management tools for campground owners and integrating with third-party campground listing providers. Our portfolio of campgrounds is set to increase significantly from this work, so this position is a good opportunity for engineers who want to grow their skills in site performance and scalability.
Our current frontend is built with Next.js. Work varies from building highly interactive tools, like our search page and Trip Planner, to focusing on static rendering and page performance on our campground listings. In this position we will be looking to you for experience, knowledge, and the confidence to make the case for what each situation merits in order to provide an ideal experience for our users.
You'll be working on a team with 2-3 other frontend developers and collaborating closely with our Backend, Product, and Design teams.
This position will report to the Head of Engineering.
We're looking for people who:
Are great communicators — Effective communication is key to how we work. We value patience and empathy in our product planning, support, and day-to-day relations.
Work well both collaboratively and independently — We come together to pair on tricky problems and architecture, then dive deep on individual tasks.
Are ready to learn and share knowledge — Everyone comes to our company with their own set of skills and experiences. Cross-training, code review, mentorship, and curiosity all help us build better products.
Play to win — We want to bring on team members who have a winning attitude and a willingness to think outside the box to get things done.
Key Responsibilities:
Leading execution on new features and improvement projects
Helping define the longer-term technical vision for scaling and maintaining our frontend codebase
Translating comps and wireframes from our Design team into architecture and components
Estimating complexity and dividing up tasks when new projects are brought to the team
Responding to support requests and troubleshooting live bugs
Experience and Requirements:
Have at least 4 years professional experience developing web or mobile apps with JavaScript and modern component-based frameworks like Next.js, React, React Native, or Vue
Care about writing easy to understand, maintainable code
Have strong writing and communication skills for documenting project requirements and coordinating with other teams
Provide constructive feedback on pull requests and are enthusiastic about mentoring junior developers on the team
Proactively research best practices for modern JavaScript and for the frameworks and tools used on the job
Can identify and resolve performance concerns and look for opportunities to reduce technical debt
Can weigh multiple solutions for a problem against business needs and time constraints in order to meet company goals
Maintain code quality, organization, and automatization
Experience with agile ticketing tools such as Jira or Shortcut
Experience with collaborative design tools such as Figma or Sketch
Experience working with an API team, with focus on JSON API
A firm understanding of the use of Github and trunk-based development practices
Extras:
Experience with Ember
Experience with Bitrise/Jenkins/Codefresh
Experience with app publication in App Store Connect & Google Play Console
Full stack development experience with Ruby on Rails
Relational database skills — we use PostgreSQL views, triggers, and functions
Familiarity with MVC, API & data mocking, and ORM
Working Here
The Dyrt is built by campers, for campers—whether you're new to camping or have been camping your whole life.
We encourage everyone to spend more time outside, including employees. We offer competitive market-rate salaries, a generous vacation plan, and we even pay employee bonuses for using The Dyrt in the wild.
This is a full-time remote position. Employees are expected to have high-speed internet and a professional working environment sufficient for clear video conferencing during regular working hours. Many of our employees work virtually from Portland, OR but we're flexible on location and encourage all to explore. Our founders even work from their van.
The Dyrt is an equal opportunity workplace. We are especially proud to have a female founder and a higher percentage of female employees than the national average for tech companies. We believe that the outdoors are for everyone, and are committed to building an inclusive platform and community that encourages, supports, and celebrates all people interested in camping.
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume.
About The Dyrt
The Dyrt was started in Portland, OR, is venture-backed, and has 40+ employees working remotely around the U.S.
