Frontend Engineer

About

Hivebrite is an all-in-one community management and engagement platform. Our mission is to provide organizations with the tools they need to create vibrant communities.

Our SaaS platform serves customers across a variety of industries including higher education, non-profit, and corporate. Founded in 2015, today we count more than 900 customers worldwide - including Princeton University, Stanford University, and Columbia Business Schools but also WWF or P&G alumni.

We employ more than 100 people across our entities in France, in the US, in the UK, and in APAC, and 30 nationalities are represented in our team!

In 2023, we were awarded Best Hybrid Place to Work by BuiltIn in the US and Choose My Company and HappyIndex at Work in France.

And we have no intention of slowing down!

Job Description

Build the foundation of Hivebrite’s AI-powered, API-first platform — and help scale communities driving change worldwide 🌍 🚀

Hivebrite is an all-in-one community management and engagement platform. Our mission is to provide organizations with the tools they need to create impactful communities.

Our SaaS platform serves customers across a variety of industries including higher education, non-profit, and corporate. Founded in 2015, today we count more than 1000 customers worldwide - including Boeing, the Obama Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences, the University of Notre Dame, the U.S. Naval Academy, the British Heart Foundation, the Imperial College London, the P&G Alumni France, and Le Wagon Alumni.

We employ over 170 people across our entities in Paris, New York, the UK, and Sydney, and 30+ nationalities are represented in our team! 🌍

At Hivebrite, we believe in the importance of balancing your work commitments and personal life. You’re able to have a real impact on meaningful communities while prioritizing your personal life and goals. Our work policy encourages a healthy work-life harmony with a flexible schedule.We also have many initiatives to keep our global team connected, offering opportunities to meet and socialize with team members virtually and in-person! 👋

For these reasons, we were awarded Best Hybrid Place to Work by BuiltIn in the US and Choose My Company and HappyIndex at Work in France last year! 🏆

Find out everything about us here!

Jump aboard, and join the hive! 🚀

🌟 The Opportunity

Join us, and contribute to the development of new features on the Hivebrite product, working within a cross-functional squad (Product, Design, Back-end, QA). The role involves proactively contributing to technical, design and product discussions on a daily basis, with the ability to handle complex topics in a fast-paced delivery environment.

🌟 Our Impact

Hivebrite isn’t just another SaaS platform — we power over 1,000 communities worldwide working toward real change.

Our customers include Harvard Business School, WWF, the Obama Foundation, or Boeing.

As a Front End Engineer, your work will directly support these communities by making their digital spaces better, smarter, and more impactful.

🌟 Your Role

As a Member Of The Discoverability Squad

Product Development

• Develop and maintain front-end features on the Live Feed, Search, and content discovery modules, including the frontend layer of AI-driven experiences: ranked feeds, contextual suggestions, and relevance signals
• Work closely with the Product Manager, Designer, and Backend Developers within the squad
• Participate in agile ceremonies (sprint planning, code reviews, retrospectives)
  
  

• Follow and contribute to Frontend Guidelines (component structure, hooks, testing)
• Write unit tests (Jest, React Testing Library) and contribute to E2E coverage
• Participate in code reviews that are collaborative by design, AI-assisted, and focused on long-term maintainability rather than gatekeeping
  
  

• Actively shape front-end architecture decisions (migration sequencing, state management patterns, library adoption) with engineers in the room, not handed down
• Contribute to the shared Design System (styled-components, Storybook)
• Drive continuous improvement of front-end practices (ESLint, Prettier, TypeScript, etc.)
• Use AI tooling as a native part of your daily workflow, as the rest of the team already does
  
  

• Participate in product discoveries (FOCUSED Discovery) to challenge specs from a technical feasibility standpoint
• Propose UX/UI improvements in collaboration with designers
  
  

• 4+ years of experience in a similar position
• React (advanced proficiency, hooks, state management)
• TypeScript
• Styled Components
• TailwindCSS
• Next.js (a plus, migrations currently in progress within the team)
• Testing: Jest, React Testing Library
• Git / GitHub, CI/CD
  
  

• Storybook
• ESLint / Prettier
• React Native (for interaction with the Mobile squad)
• Familiarity with design systems and atomic design principles
  
  

• Ability to work autonomously within a cross-functional agile squad
• Product mindset and attention to UI/UX detail
• Collaborative spirit and knowledge sharing
• Comfortable working with large existing codebases (monolith + React SPA)
  
  

• Help scale organizations advancing sustainability, education, diversity & inclusion, public health, and more.
• Shape the core architecture of a fast-growing SaaS platform
• Work on cutting-edge AI-powered features with real-world impact
• Be part of a product-first, tech-driven company with sustainable growth
• Join a diverse, remote-friendly engineering team that values impact and quality over hours worked
• Benefit from modern engineering practices & tooling (CI/CD, observability, AI-assisted development)
• Work with the best AI tools : Cursor, Claude Code, Gemini
  
  

• Remote-friendly with flexible policy
• Between 1 and 12 weeks of Nomad per year
• Around 2 weeks of RTT
• Extra leaves for family time (sick kids, quality days, special situations)
• 2 months paid leave for second caregivers
  
  

• Moka Care mental health support (sessions, group workshops)
• 1 paid volunteer day
• Your birthday off
• Monthly team events & yearly department offsites
  
  

• Paris HQ with rooftop, pool, gym & international vibe
• Engineering squads meet twice a month
• Regular team gatherings & community moments
  
  

• Internal mobility, training & tailored career support
• Discover our Employee Journey + team stories on Instagram
  
  

• Enhanced health coverage with Alan (vision, dental, alt. care)
• Swile: lunch vouchers + CSE perks
• Navigo 100% reimbursed (Paris)
• Latest Apple gear + €200 remote setup budget
• Salary aligned with market standards
  
  

• Meet Maxime, our HR Manager, for a first video-call to better understand your career plan and answer any of your questions (45 mins).
• Meet Loëck, one of Engineering Manager, and your future manager, to dive deeper into the position (60 minutes)
• Meet 2 other team members along a technical case (90 minutes)
• Meet Tarek, our CPTO, to speak about your long-term involvement with Hivebrite (60 mins).
  
  

• Contract Type: Full-Time
• Location: Paris
• Possible partial remote