Frontend Engineer (JavaScript)
About Staizen
At Staizen, we live and breathe transformation. We support and guide our clients through the toughest and nitty-gritty parts of building, modernizing, and running digital products and platforms. Transformation is not easy and to be the best partners, we challenge ourselves to constantly practice what we preach in the way we do, build and lead.
The name Staizen is short for “State of Kaizen”, inspired by the Kaizen philosophy of continuous improvement. We are all about getting 1% better every day because sustainable transformation is not about the big bang but manifests in the daily choices that we commit to do every single day.
What we offer
- Get the chance to work on transformation at scale missions for complex industries such as banking, e-commerce, insurance
- Be part of our internal product development and build the next generation of productivity tools for customers
- Be part of exciting communities where you can collaborate, grow and learn across the board
- We are remote-first with global operations across Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Philippines, Singapore, and Cyprus, with optional co-working spaces for the team
Perks & Benefits
- 1% better yearly budget - your personal growth & learning fund
- Co-working spaces - for the times when you want to spice up and change environments
- Remote set-up budget - to get you up and running wherever you decide to work
- Team-up budget - Monthly lunch/dinner budget for physical or virtual team bonding
- Good medical coverage - so you don’t have to worry about your health
- Flexitime - We follow the standard business hours, but we trust you to find your most productive time
Role
We are looking for a Frontend Engineer who will work closely with our UI/UX designers to ensure that all visible parts of the web applications of our clients function properly. You are responsible for writing codes to troubleshoot and debug issues.
Responsibilities
- Develop, test and maintain web applications using modern development practices;
- Write clean and modular code, with extensibility and performance in mind
- Collaborate with the rest of the development team by performing code reviews and mentoring junior developers
- Work with UI/UX designers to ensure the technical feasibility of designs
- Troubleshoot and debug issues, as well as performance-tuning and optimization of web applications;
- Collaborate effectively within a cross-functional organization to prioritize, scope and communicate progress of deliverables.
Requirements
Must have
- Minimum of four years working experience in JavaScript
- Solid understanding of vanilla Javascript (ES5, ES2015+) HTML5 and CSS3
- Experience with at least one modern framework such as React Angular or VueJs
- Experience with CSS pre/post compilers such as SASS , PostCSS or Autoprefixer
- Experience with unit testing web application using modern test tools such as Jest, Mocha, Chai, Sinon and KarmaJS
- Experience with cross-browser / cross-device development, testing and optimization
- Familiar with source control tools (i.e Git ) and familiar with modern development workflows (Branching, PRs)
Great to have
- Experience in developing a real-time, trading web application for Derivatives or other financial asset classes
- Experience in developing dynamic dashboards and chart visualizations using tools such as Highcharts, D3.js, Tableau;
- Experience in developing custom tooling using NodeJS
- Experience in setting up and configuring CI/CD pipelines
So, what do you think?
Are you ready to drive impact and grow with us?
We’re looking for forward thinkers who thrive in an international environment. We have openings across our various communities - Frontend, Backend, DevOps, UX/UI, Quality Assurance, Data & Analytics, and Engineering Management. We can’t wait to meet you, drop us a message, and let’s chat!
