Frontend Software Engineer

You’ll be working within an international group of teams which span from India to Europe and US

In this role, you will focus on building a data visualization application with React:

You will be a core member of a growth-minded cross-functional scrum team with a mentality based on Agile, Software Craftsmanship, and Extreme Programming

Developing a complex in-browser application in React.js

Contributing to the visual and interaction design, and working together with a UX designer

Collaborating with a platform team who is responsible for the infra-layer and the shell-application in a micro frontends architecture

Responsibilities

• Discuss the Cost of Change (= code quality) with your team members continuously
• Write unit tests, integration tests and API tests
• Should be able to support the application 24/7 based on team on-call rotations
• Collaborate a lot: Code Reviews and Pair Programming
• A focus on users: their user experience, the performance of the software, the accessibility. You want to understand why we’re building these features and how they’re used.

Key Skills

• Required

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in computer science or related discipline (field), or equivalent work experience

• At least 2 years of experience in frontend web development in a professional environment

• 2-4 years of experience with HTML5 and CSS3

• 2-4 years of experience with modern JavaScript (≥ES2015), TypeScript

• 2-4 years of experience with modern React (functional, hooks)

• 2-4 years of experience with Git and basic terminal skills with Bash or Zsh

• Familiarity with Docker

• Not being afraid of doing loads of tasks on your terminal

• Work closely with backend developers to understand and properly use the systems APIs

• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and their practical application

• Fluent in English, both spoken and written, with a large vocabulary (C1 english level)

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

• Preferred

• Experience with Test-driven development

• An interest in users and UX: Personas, User Story Mapping, etc.

• Familiar with common user experience patterns

• Experience with Responsive Design and Progressive Enhancement

• Experience with Webpack and Babel

• Experience with Node.js as a server-side application, e.g. with NestJS

• Experience with functional programming

• Familiarity with API’s other than REST: GraphQL, gRPC, etc.

• Automation mindset: not willing to do loads of repetitive tasks

• Follow Agile principles and feature related discussions and participate in grooming and planning sessions to effectively translate business requirements to Agile stories.