Frontend Developer

Company Overview

VC-backed Fintech startup with an innovative online trading application seeking an experienced Frontend Engineer to join our growing team.

We're based out of UK and have our engineering team in India.

Job Description

We are looking for a great JavaScript developer who is proficient with React.js. Your primary focus will be on developing user interface components and implementing them following well-known React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux). You will ensure that these components and the overall application are robust and easy to maintain. You will coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure. Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and quality product is important.

Responsibilities

1. Developing new user-facing features using React.js
2. Building reusable components and front-end libraries for future use
3. Translating designs and wireframes into high quality code
4. Optimizing components for maximum performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers
5. Maintain existing React systems, including fixing bugs
6. Handling backend infra written in Next/Node/Express

Skills

1. Strong proficiency in debugging, JavaScript, including DOM manipulation and the JavaScript object model
2. Thorough understanding of React.js and its core principles
3. Experience with popular React.js workflows (such as Flux or Redux)
4. Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript
5. Experience with data structure libraries (e.g., Immutable.js)
6. Knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
7. Knowledge of isomorphic Next js and Node js is a plus
8. Familiarity with RESTful APIs
9. Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
10. Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
11. Experience with common front-end development tools such as Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc.
12. Familiarity with basic authentication mechanism and security
13. Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
14. A knack for benchmarking and optimization
15. Familiarity with code versioning tools such as Git

[Please note: Our HQ is in Wales and we're in the process of creating an Indian Entity. This means that the candidate will be responsible for all Tax related compliances until the entity is setup.]

Location: Remote

Roles and Responsibilities

• Effectively contribute to FileSpin with the development of new and innovative features
• Work on our core API services
• Write tested and maintainable code following coding standards and best practices
• Contribute to the improvement of integration and internal tools
• Maintain existing features

Desired Candidate Profile

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) to join us and be on our ambitious growth journey. In this role, you will help build FileSpin into the most innovative Digital Asset Management platform in the world. You will have ample opportunities to work in areas solving awesome technical challenges and learning along the way.

Our 2022 roadmap focuses on: creating an amazing API and UI, scaling our cloud infrastructure to deal with an order of magnitude higher media processing volume, implementing more ML pipelines and tuning the stack for high-performance.

Perks and Benefits

• Fully Remote
• Equity options
• Holidays
• Flexible working hours
• Budget for your remote work setup
• Life Insurance

The intangibles:

• A culture that values your contribution and gives you autonomy
• Startup ethos, no useless meetings
• Continuous Learning Budget
• In an entrepreneurial workplace, we value creativity and innovation

Our Mission:

FileSpin's mission is to bring excellence and joy to the enterprise. We are a fully remote team spread across the UK and Europe. We bootstrapped in a garage (true story) and have been profitable from day one.

We value innovation and uncompromising professional excellence. Work at FileSpin is challenging, fun and highly rewarding. Come and be part of a unique company that is redefining what work is.

We are setting up a team in India and looking for senior hires. We are a remote-first company.

• 2-7 years of experience in Mobile application development domain
• A minimum 2 years of React native production level dev experience
• At least 2 React native published apps
• A firm grasp of the JavaScript language and its nuances, including ES6+ syntax
• An expert level knowledge of React Native, Redux, Rx & related stack
• An excellent knowledge of Tools
• Some native Android & iOS development experience (preferable)

• 3+ years of professional experience in Vue.js and object orientated programming
• Highly proficient in JavaScript, modern JavaScript, HTML, CSS
• Highly proficient in Vue.js framework 
• Proficient in using Git as a control system 
• (Include any other related frameworks, libraries, or any other technology)
• (Include any other required certification or education level)

Job Role

We are looking for experienced front-end developers to develop and add new features to our Product Stack - everything from UX design and architecture to coding & testing. The role will involve working, side-by-side, with our product team to foster a positive environment and make sure the company’s mission and goals are effectively implemented.

What's in it for you?  You'll be part of a growing team, delivering value to our customers through creative improvements to Actiotech's flagship product. You'll work closely with design and product management, influencing the direction of the product and helping the team get there. 

Responsibilities:

• Write clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code
• Are a self starter and is able to bring in experience for the improvement of the product UX/UI
• Have strong analytic skills, a drive to succeed and a strong customer orientation
• Can support development activities in POC and Product feature enhancements
• Work well within an agile team collaborating with other engineers to deliver an exceptional user experience for our customers

Requirements:

• 2+ years of professional software development experience with JavaScript 
• 1+ year of professional experience with React
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English
• Eye for detail and good user experience design skills