Playlist is the parent company of Mindbody, Booker, and ClassPass that provides a fitness and wellness technology platform combining booking, software, and marketplace services.
<div class="content-intro"><h3>About the Company:</h3> <p>At Playlist, life's richest moments happen when people step away from screens to move, connect, explore, and play. We're building the definitive platform for intentional living, connecting people with inspiring experiences in fitness, wellness, and beyond. With popular brands like Mindbody and ClassPass, Playlist empowers businesses and individuals, making it effortless for aspirations to become actions. Join us in reshaping technology's role to foster meaningful, real-world connections.</p></div><h2>The Role You'll Play</h2> <p>You’ll help build and evolve the frontend experiences that power Playlist, partnering closely with Product, Design, and QA to take ideas from concept to production in a way that’s reliable, performant, accessible, and grounded in real customer needs. You’ll also operate at the edge of what’s possible by leveraging AI (LLMs and agentic tooling) to accelerate delivery, improve quality, and push product capabilities forward.</p> <ul> <li>Partner with Product and Design to deliver features from ideation through deployment, iterating based on feedback and outcomes</li> <li>Build polished, accessible user interfaces with a strong focus on performance, responsiveness, and UX quality</li> <li>Own frontend architecture decisions (component patterns, state management, data fetching, routing) to keep the codebase scalable and maintainable</li> <li>Work deeply with modern design systems and UI tooling (e.g., Tailwind, component libraries, tokens) to ensure consistency and speed of delivery</li> <li>Integrate with backend services and APIs (GraphQL/REST), collaborating on schemas, contracts, and end-to-end workflows</li> <li>Promote engineering excellence by driving simplicity, strengthening operational health, and upholding quality through automated testing, code reviews, and monitoring/observability</li> <li>Mentor teammates and raise the bar for engineering rigor and clarity, including best practices for responsible AI usage</li> </ul> <h2>What We're Looking For</h2> <ul> <li>8+ years building and operating modern web applications for large-scale products</li> <li>Expert proficiency with <strong>JavaScript</strong> and <strong>TypeScript</strong>, including strong fundamentals in the language and ecosystem</li> <li>Deep understanding of <strong>how the browser works</strong> (rendering pipeline, event loop, networking, caching, performance profiling)</li> <li>Strong experience with modern React-based frameworks such as <strong>Next.js</strong> (SSR, routing, data fetching, performance tuning) and familiarity with Node.js</li> <li>Experience building and consuming <strong>GraphQL</strong> APIs (schema-driven development, client caching, pagination patterns)</li> <li>Expert-level debugging skills; comfortable using browser <strong>DevTools</strong> in and out (performance, memory, network, tracing)</li> <li>Strong knowledge of modern frontend build, bundling, and packaging (Vite/Webpack, Babel/SWC, code-splitting, tree-shaking, npm/pnpm/yarn)</li> <li>Solid engineering judgement and understanding of SDLC and Agile methodologies</li> <li>AI-native builder mindset with strong judgment; understanding of AI tooling such as MCPs, evals, RAG are good to have</li> <li>Strong communication and collaboration across functions</li> </ul> <h2>Tools and Systems</h2> <p>This role is primarily frontend-focused, with opportunities to collaborate across the broader product stack. You do not need to have used every tool here, but you should be comfortable learning new technologies and choosing the right approach for the problem.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Languages and Frameworks:</strong> JavaScript, TypeScript, ReactJS, Next.js, Tailwind, shadcn or similar</li> <li><strong>APIs & data:</strong> REST/GraphQL, client caching, state management</li> <li><strong>Runtime & tooling:</strong> Node.js, npm/pnpm/yarn, modern bundlers (Vite/Webpack), monorepos, CI/CD</li> <li><strong>Testing:</strong> unit/integration/e2e testing (e.g., Jest/Vitest, React Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress)</li> <li><strong>Observability:</strong> client-side monitoring, logging, and tools such as New Relic/DataDog/Sentry</li> <li><strong>AI tooling:</strong> Claude Code/ Cursor/ Codex-style coding assistants; MCPs; agent/orchestration frameworks; safety harnesses</li> <li><strong>Engineering Practices:</strong> automated testing, code reviews, CI/CD, observability, on-call, incident management — with AI-accelerated workflows where appropriate</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>It is the Company’s intent to pay all Team Members competitive wages and salaries that are fair and equitable. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and work location. The goal of Company's compensation program is to be transparent, attract potential employees, meet the needs of all current employees, and encourage Team Members to stay with our organization.</p> <p>The base salary range for this position in the United States is $151,275 to $201,700. The total compensation package may also include a performance bonus, benefits, and other applicable incentive compensation plans.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p><div class="content-conclusion"><h3>Have we piqued your curiosity?</h3> <p>Sound like the role for you? We’d love to hear from you! Even if you’re not 100% sure about potential fit, we still encourage you to apply. We’re looking for the right person, not the perfect series of checkboxes.</p> <p>The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We highly value diversity at our company and encourage people of all different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or other protected c