Kitar is hiring a
Senior Application Developer in Portugal

Summary

The job is for a Senior Application Engineer at KIT-AR, responsible for developing authoring tools for XR environments. The role is remote and requires tax residency in Portugal or the UK with a work visa for Portugal. Core responsibilities include designing, developing, and deploying frontend applications, collaborating with UI/UX designers, and contributing to continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 5+ yr experience in web development using frontend (React.js, CSS, HTML) and backend (node.js), with thorough understanding of their core principles
• Deep experience in modern React.js development workflows (such as Flux or Redux) and data structure libraries (such as immutable.js)
• Experience with Typescript and/or the newer specifications of EcmaScript, modern front-end build pipelines, and tools like Babel, Webpack, NPM, etc
• Experience in interacting with APIs (REST, GraphQL), authentication (JWT), and structured logging
• Ability to identifying and articulating design requirements, design decisions, impacts upstream and downstream
• Ability to produce maintainable code, following best-practices
• Tax-residency and work visa in Portugal or the United Kingdom
• Proficiency in English (C1+)

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy sophisticated frontend applications, ensuring robustness, performance, and alignment with user experience goals, both for web and desktop environments
• Collaborate effectively with UI/UX designers to translate design vision into functional software, analysing user stories and feature definitions in order to devise effective and performant implementations, with focus on LOB and immersive 3D environments
• Produce robust and reliable code, and identify opportunities to improve collaboration and development processes
• Work closely with backend, UI/X and process teams to create seamless, integrated user experiences
• Contribute to continuous improvement by keeping abreast of emerging frontend technologies and methodologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Electron.js or NW.js in building cross-platform desktop applications
• Experience in TailwindCSS or similar frameworks
• Experience in CI/CD systems
• Experience in UI Kits containing charts, grids, hierarchies
• Experience in 3D processing (basic concept) and use of Babylon.JS, Three.JS or similar

Benefits

• Competitive startup salary with equity opportunities
• Opportunity to shape the future of a high-growth startup and play a pivotal role in our success story
• A collaborative and innovative work environment where your ideas and initiatives will be valued
• Room for rapid professional growth and advancement within the company