Senior Front End Developer

Summary

Join Exoticca, a leading online travel agency, as a Senior Frontend Developer and play a key role in enhancing our platform. You will be responsible for implementing new features using React and modern JavaScript technologies, ensuring high test coverage, and tackling architectural challenges to improve scalability. Collaborate with product and design teams to create intuitive and performant web applications. Drive testing initiatives and contribute to the evolution of our design system. Proactively address technical debt and mentor junior developers. We offer a competitive compensation package, flexible work arrangements, and a supportive team environment.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Senior Frontend Developer, specifically with Next.js, TypeScript, and React
• In-depth understanding of state management with React Query
• Expertise in Styled Components for efficient and scalable styling, with a strong understanding of its architecture and a keen interest in evaluating and migrating to alternative styling solutions
• Experience with robust testing methodologies, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing using tools like Cypress or Playwright
• Experience with internationalization and localization for multi-language applications
• Solid understanding of web accessibility (WCAG) standards and best practices
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills, with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving technical challenges
• Strong ownership and accountability for assigned tasks and projects
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to effectively work within a cross-functional team and mentor others
• Adaptability and flexibility to thrive in a fast-paced e-commerce environment where priorities may evolve
• Passion for user experience (UX) and a strong user-centric development mindset
• Ability to establish and enforce code standards and promote best practices within a team

Responsibilities

• Implementations of new features using React and modern JavaScript technologies
• High test coverage with React Testing Library and Cypress
• Tackling architectural challenges to improve scalability and maintainability as we scale up our products
• Driving initiatives to improve platform efficiency, time to market, security and expertise
• Addressing tech debt and evolving the codebase to support multiple teams collaborating effectively while ensuring high-quality, maintainable code
• Participating in continuous discovery habits to collaborate closely with product teams and shape the features we deliver
• Bringing efficient ideas to the table and delivering solutions you're proud of
• Your new and fresh ideas will always be welcomed to build software that makes our vision a scalable reality. We look for someone who can step up and lead a project, and really like writing code that can be tested. Be proud of your code!
• Feature Development & User Journey Optimization (30%): Lead the design and implementation of new features across the entire user journey, from discovery to checkout and payment. Collaborate closely with product and design teams to translate concepts into intuitive and performant web applications using Next.js, TypeScript, and React Query
• Testing & Quality Assurance (20%): Drive testing initiatives from unit tests to end-to-end automation (Cypress, Playwright) to ensure robust and reliable applications
• Design System & Accessibility (15%): Build and evolve our custom design system, ensuring consistent UI/UX and improving accessibility across all user interfaces
• Discovery & Experimentation (5%): Participate in discovery phases and experimentation processes, leveraging data and insights to inform development decisions
• Technical Debt & Modernization (10%): Proactively identify and address technical debt, including dependency updates and migrations from older packages to modern solutions
• Architectural Vision & Migration Strategy (10%): Ability to analyze existing codebases, identify areas for improvement (e.g., styling solutions), propose migration strategies, and lead their execution
• Technical Leadership & Mentoring (10%): Mentor junior and mid-level developers, contribute to knowledge sharing sessions, establish and maintain code standards, conduct code reviews and ensure code quality within the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with monitoring, observability, and UX tracking tools (e.g., Sentry, Datadog, Snowplow)
• Familiarity with infrastructure setups, Docker, and caching mechanisms
• Exposure to AI tools and their application in development workflows or user-facing solutions
• Experience in an e-commerce domain
• Experience with frontend architecture patterns: modularization, domain-driven design, and clean architecture

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package in line with job responsibilities and experience
• Additionally, we propose the use of flexible compensation management for diet, transportation, private health insurance wit Cobee
• Individual training budget
• 100% remote work model
• Permanent contract from the start
• Travel packages at reduced prices!
• Referral bonus, if you bring people as talented as you
• Unlimited coffee, team lunches, English lessons, quarterly activities, biannual parties