Frontend Engineer (React)

Who we are

At Help Scout, we’re on a mission to help businesses delight more customers. We’ve been on this journey since 2011, and today more than 12,000 companies use our platform to provide outstanding customer support. We’ve been fully remote from the beginning, and have a team of 140+ people all over the world.

We love crafting beautiful products and growing a business together, but we're also trying to do something bigger. We're building a company that brings out your best and leaves the world a better place — a company that seeks balance between profit and purpose. That's why we've been a Certified B Corporation since 2019 and have pledged 1% of our equity back to the community.

Help Scout’s success hinges on hiring talented, high-accountability people who want to be part of creating a culture where we all feel challenged and supported to do our best work. We hope that excites you to join us! 

Company values

Happy to Help

Help is our first name. We show up for others, not because we have to, but because we want to. We share knowledge and give freely by default, and operate with generosity and empathy for each other, our customers, and our community. After all, there is no I in team (or software).

Craft over Convention

Although it’s tempting to follow a well-worn path, we push ourselves to run beyond it — even when that sets us apart from our peers. We’re building a culture where it’s safe to be ambitious and hold each other to high standards. That’s why we obsess over the last 10%, because it shows up for our customers and the business in powerful ways.

Progress not Perfection

The work of building a product, culture, and brand is never done – we ship our best effort, listen, iterate, then repeat. Seeking progress requires the vulnerability to be curious, humble, and hungry to learn. Great ideas can come from anywhere, so we share our work openly, welcome the perspective of others, and continuously search for what can be improved.

Own the Outcome 

Ownership is key to our collective success. We consider the impact on our team and our community before we act, and believe that trust and integrity are non-negotiable. To create a better future, our decisions are made with stakeholders today and ten years from now in mind.

Read more about how we define, share, and live these values here. 

Your Impact

As a Frontend Engineer at Help Scout, you'll play a pivotal role in crafting delightful user experiences that empower over 12,000 customer-centric businesses worldwide. Your expertise in JavaScript and modern frontend technologies will help us deliver exceptional UI/UX, ensuring customer service is proactive, personalized, and meaningful.

Tools We Use

• Frontend Technologies: React, Redux, CSS, Jest, Cypress

• Design Systems: Contribute to and utilize our component-based design system

• Backend Technologies (Nice to Have): PHP, REST APIs

• Collaboration Tools: Slack, Jira, GitHub, Docker

Please note we are only able to hire in the United States for this position.

About the Role

• You’ll work closely with designers, product managers, and backend engineers in small, agile teams within an engineering group of about 50 people.

• You’ll maintain high standards while contributing to Help Scout’s JavaScript and CSS best practices, leaving codebases better than you found them.

• You’ll focus on UI/UX Excellence by implementing designs from Figma and Storybook with precision, ensuring every interaction is polished and intuitive.

• You’ll prioritize performance, security, and usability to ensure a magical customer experience.

• You’ll occasionally work with backend technologies, especially REST APIs, to power frontend features. While PHP experience is a plus, it is not mandatory.

• You’ll embrace remote work, participating in two-week iterations and communicating mostly via Slack. Autonomy and trust are key—we believe in getting work done where and when you are most productive.

About You

• You’re an exceptional frontend engineer with a passion for crafting beautiful and functional user interfaces.

• You have a keen eye for design details and enjoy bringing a designer's vision to life, ensuring every pixel and interaction is perfect.

• You’re friendly, collaborative, and humble, unafraid to ask for help, ready for complex challenges, and confident in your abilities.

• You emphasize personal growth and constructive feedback, believing in improving both yourself and the team.

• You communicate empathetically and collaboratively with both engineering and non-engineering stakeholders, recognizing the importance of clear communication in a remote culture.

• Your code is clean, maintainable, and a pleasure for teammates to read. You take pride in leaving codebases better than you found them.

• You are aligned with or excited about the idea of remote teams, having experience or adaptability to remote-friendly work.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with PHP and REST APIs is a plus. You're comfortable occasionally venturing into backend code to support frontend features.

Time Zone Requirement

At this time, we are only able to hire in the United States for this role. To ensure solid collaboration time with team members across different time zones, your regular working hours should overlap with 9 AM - 1 PM ET.

Compensation

Each role at Help Scout has a pay range aligned to our salary formula and based on national market data. We take a competency-based approach and pay is based on the level and band of your role. We assess leveling during the hiring process for new teammates, during our bi-annual performance review cycles, and when a teammate’s role changes.

Our remote compensation philosophy is not based on the employee’s geographic location. You are paid the same no matter where you live.

The salary range for this role is $136,000-168,000.

 More information about our culture and organization

• Engineering Leadership Team Values

• Success Measure and Guiding Principles 

• Experience Org: mission, vision, strategy

Perks & Benefits

Help Scout offers a variety of perks and benefits to support you and your family. Our offerings include healthcare coverage, wellness resources, and so much more. Visit our careers page to learn more.

Hiring Guidelines: 

All of our roles are remote, however, some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Additionally, because Help Scout is a fully remote company and we hire from many countries, we do not sponsor visas. Help Scout teammates need to be authorized to work from their home location. 

For our Sales, Product Management, Product Design, and Engineering roles, we are only able to hire in the United States.

For other roles, we are only able to hire in the following countries: United States, Canada, Australia, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, and Norway.

We’re working on expanding this list. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to building a company that embraces and celebrates diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We have read the studies and understand that diverse teams build better products, bring more perspective to the table, contribute to a company’s financial success, and help foster a more inclusive environment for all employees, but the bottom line is that it's the right thing to do.

To provide you with the best experience, we can support you with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our recruitment team during your conversation with them.

About Help Scout

We're on a mission to help businesses delight more customers. We love crafting beautiful products and resources to solve that challenge, but we're also trying to do something bigger. We're trying to build a company that brings out your best and leaves the world a better place — a company that seeks balance between profit and purpose. That's why we've been a Certified B Corporation since 2019, have pledged 1% of our equity back to the community, and have been remote since day one, now with 140+ people in 115 cities worldwide.

To learn more about who we are, visit the About page.