Senior Frontend Engineer

Summary

Join Storyblok's Website team as a Senior Frontend Engineer and build and maintain our company website, documentation platform, and other web-related projects. Collaborate with marketing and product teams, engage in code reviews, and share your knowledge to improve our documentation. Lead projects autonomously, resolve blockers, mentor teammates, and assist the Support Team with product queries. This role requires a solid grasp of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/Typescript, along with experience in building robust, accessible front-end components. Storyblok offers a remote-first work environment with various benefits, including a monthly remote work stipend, home office equipment, paid time off, a personal development fund, and an annual international team-building trip.

Requirements

• At least 7+ years of relevant experience as a Front-end Engineer
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science (or a related field) or equivalent experience
• Comprehensive knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript/Typescript languages and their modern syntax and features
• Thorough knowledge of Vite
• Comprehensive knowledge of the ecosystem of React or Vue.js along with its fundamental principles
• Thorough experience with modern SSR/SSG/ISR
• Thorough knowledge of Web APIs and the latest web standards
• Thorough experience with PostCSS
• Thorough knowledge of Node.js
• Thorough knowledge of both consuming and designing RESTful APIs
• Thorough knowledge of common web security best practices and vulnerabilities (XSS, CSRF, etc.)
• Experience with CMS in general and Headless CMS in particular
• Experience with build and deployment tools like Vercel and Netlify
• Comprehensive knowledge of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them
• Have strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities
• Strong communication skills that facilitate interaction with multiple stakeholders
• You are confident, detail-oriented, and highly motivated to contribute to the organization's growth as part of a high-performing team
• Portfolio of relevant experience

Responsibilities

• Building robust, accessible front-end modular components
• Understanding when to challenge design choices to improve UX and a11y
• Building and maintaining Node.js serverless functions that handle server-side functionalities of our websites
• Improving and maintaining performance and accessibility of our websites
• Participating actively in code reviews
• Working collaboratively with Design, Marketing, Partners, and Documentation teams to improve the website
• Understanding work domain, sharing knowledge frequently, and contributing to documentation. Watching out for opportunities to share knowledge
• Leading projects autonomously
• Helping the Support Team answer questions about the product and how to use it
• Helping teammates overcome obstacles, resolving blockers, and completing work tasks
• Mentoring teammates in an open, respectful, flexible, and empathetic manner. Pursuing mentorship opportunities specifically to build staff redundancy and staffing capacity

Preferred Qualifications

Astro is a big plus

Benefits

• Monthly remote work stipend (home internet costs, electricity)
• Home office equipment package right at the start (laptop, keyboard, monitor…)
• Home office equipment upgrade (furniture, ear plugs …) or membership to a local co-working space after your onboarding
• Sick leave benefit, parental leave and 25 days of annual leave plus your local national holidays
• Personal development fund for courses, books, conferences, and material
• VSOP (Virtual Stock Option Plan)
• The annual international team-building trip, quarterly and monthly online get-togethers
• As a fully remote company, with work-life balance at its core, you’ll enjoy flexible schedules