Papaya is hiring a
Senior Frontend Developer

Summary

The job is for a highly motivated and experienced front-end lead developer to join a fast-growing start-up focused on sustainable vehicles and logistics. The role involves shaping the user experience and interface of products, mentoring less experienced developers, and staying updated with industry trends. The company values speed, passion, purpose, strong opinions, teamwork, fun, and transparency.

Requirements

Have strong frontend experience with React

Responsibilities

• Collaborate within a cross-functional team to design elegant and user-friendly solutions
• Build and ship features our customers will love
• Listen to and understand real-time customer feedback and turn it into valuable features
• Mentor and guide less experienced developers, providing technical support, code reviews, and constructive feedback
• Architect, develop, and maintain scalable, modular, and reusable front-end components and libraries
• Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies, and provide recommendations on incorporating new tools and frameworks into our development process

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with responsive design, cross-browser compatibility, and performance optimization is a plus
• Familiarity with back-end technologies (e.g. Node.js, Ruby) is a plus

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits, with an equity stake in the company
• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays
• Paid Parental leave
• Perks shopping discounts
• We will match your paid pension contributions, up to 3% of your base salary
• Join our little home, we have our HQ in the coolest area of London and it's full of snacks and drinks
• Get a last-generation e-bike as part of our salary sacrifice e-bike subscription, and make your commute healthier and sustainable
• We are an energetic, passionate bunch, and love having fun as much as we like working. Join us for dinners and socials as we grow together as a team!