Senior Developer

Instrument

Senior Developer at Instrument translates complex ideas into scalable technical solutions. Leading development with high autonomy and collaborating across teams to deliver quality work.

Posted 4/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead development of complex features and interfaces across projects.
Architect and implement scalable front-end solutions within broader systems.
Balance performance, accessibility, and maintainability in technical decisions.
Identify and address technical risks early in the process.
Partner closely with design, strategy, production, and back-end teams.
Communicate technical rationale and tradeoffs to varied audiences.
Support alignment between creative intent and technical execution.
Own the quality and integrity of development deliverables within workstreams.
Improve workflows, tooling, and documentation to support team efficiency.
Review code and provide constructive feedback to peers.
Support the growth of more junior developers through feedback and guidance.
Share knowledge, patterns, and best practices across teams.
Model strong collaboration, accountability, and craft excellence.
Practices Creative Intelligence by staying curious about emerging tools and technologies (including AI) and applying sound judgment about when and how they should inform the work. Continuously learns and experiments while keeping human needs, craft, and responsibility at the center.
This role may take on related responsibilities as needs evolve, aligned to the role’s level and core purpose.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3-5 years of experience in front-end/Full-Stack development (leadership experience a plus)
Advanced proficiency in modern front-end frameworks and tooling.
Strong understanding of APIs, data integration, and system architecture.
Confident use of version control, CI/CD pipelines, and collaboration tools.
Evaluates AI-assisted tools for workflow improvement; experiments with them independently and shares findings with the team.
Passion for leading-edge technology and proven track record researching and implementing new tech effectively
The ability to seamlessly integrate with back-end developers, APIs, dynamic content and templating
Strong understanding of high fidelity design and animation, with the ability to create visually stunning, interactive experiences that are both engaging and accessible.
Fluency in HTML/CSS/JavaScript, both with and without frameworks
Experience (or interest) in developing for accessibility and making digital products usable and accessible for everyone
Collaboration, flexibility, hustle, humility, confidence

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible, Hybrid Work Environment
Great Compensation with Annual Reviews (Learn more about our Pay Philosophy)
401(k) Matching with Immediate Vesting
Robust Medical, Vision, and Accident Insurance
Generous Paid Holidays and unlimited PTO
Sabbaticals
Monthly Wellbeing Stipend
Career Management and Leadership Training

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Hard Skills & Tools

front-end developmentFull-Stack developmentmodern front-end frameworksAPIsdata integrationsystem architectureversion controlCI/CD pipelinesHTMLCSS

Soft Skills

leadershipcollaborationflexibilityhumilityconfidencecommunicationaccountabilitycreativitycuriosityfeedback