At Unsplash we’re enabling everyone to create by making visuals easily accessible to all creators, both big and small. Today, Unsplash powers more people and products than any other visual search engine in the world. Our team builds unsplash.com, Unsplash for iOS, and the Unsplash API, directly powering over 10,000+ applications including: Medium, BuzzFeed, Facebook, Squarespace, Google, Trello, and Square.
We build tools and features for both the free Unsplash library and the premium Unsplash+ library—a subscription product that supports Unsplash and the community of contributors.
We’re depended on every day as a fundamental building block in the creative process, allowing anyone, from students to award-winning creators, access to high-quality, usable imagery. Our team is made up of people who enjoy making things people love. We care about details and we care about quality. We do more with less. We’re open and transparent about everything we do, both internally and externally.
Who You Are:
You’re a passionate engineer and hands-on leader that is razor focussed on delivering measurable value through your own contributions, and those of your team. You have excellent technical chops, particularly with modern front-end technologies, and strong leadership skills that you’re excited to apply and continue growing in a highly collaborative and fast-moving environment.
Lead a small group of talented engineers building and enhancing features for unsplash.com.
Collaborate cross-functionally (Web, API, Design, Data ...) to gain a deep understanding of our product, users, and what needs to be prioritised to keep Unsplash thriving
Develop, pitch and deliver product ideas and improvements that are aligned to business needs
Promote a culture of ownership, accountability and high standards
Maintain and evolve our front-end platform, ensuring it meets the availability/performance needs of our users, and is optimised for fast and frictionless development
Support team members in their growth and development, empowering them to achieve their career goals and deliver exceptional work
Use data to drive decisions, insights and continuous improvement
What You'll Need:
Ready to hit the ground running in a player-coach role
Comfortable leading a team, and being responsible for the growth, development and performance of team members.
Expert in front-end technologies incl. Node, TypeScript, React, Next.js
Experience building web applications at scale
Experience with functional programming
Nice to Have:
Meaningful experience building features related to:
Search
SEO
Ecommerce
