Senior Frontend Engineer

Posted Jul 27

Description

🔑 THE KEY BITS

  • Whereabouts: We are a fully remote company with globally distributed team members. For this role, we are prioritizing candidates who are based in any European time zone.
  • Visas: We do not sponsor work visas or relocation expenses.
  • Salary: We have budgeted a range of $75-90k USD but are flexible to speak with candidates who feel excited about the role and qualify.
  • Video Interviews: First Interview (30 minutes) with People & Culture Lead Nicole or Co-Founder/COO Will, Second Interview (30 minutes) with Chief Architect & Engineering Team Lead Maciej, Third Interview will be a Technical Interview (1 hour) with Tech Lead Fernando and one of our Frontend Engineers, and Fourth Interview (45 minutes) with Co-Founder/CEO Michael plus one or two more Engineering or Product team members
  • Ideal Start Date: Q3 2023
  • Reporting to: Fernando - Tech Lead

🌟 ABOUT SLATE

Slate is a web and mobile SaaS product used by leading brands to create branded social content in real-time. We have customers from the NFL, NBA, MLB, MLS, EPL as well as some of the largest media and entertainment brands in the world. Being backed by reputable investors including Titletown Tech (associated with the Green Bay Packers) and WISE ventures (associated with the Minnesota Vikings) we have ambitious plans to grow the company and continue working on exciting new developments that will shape how our brand and products will look in the future.

🌍 OUR MISSION

Slate has big ambitions: Slate was born out of our Founders’ experiences seeing how difficult it is for brand content creators to keep up with the pace & demands of social media. We have come together out of a passion for solving problems, building a company based on deeply held values, and to make social content creation effortless for brands.

🔎 OUR VISION

Our vision is to become the undisputed leader in social media content creation, by uniting all parts of the creation workflow into a one-stop solution for brands.

🌠 YOUR CONTRIBUTION

In this rapidly evolving world, Slate is always looking for new ways to disrupt the status quo, go to market faster, and optimize customer experiences. We are looking to add a fourth Frontend Web Engineer to our team. Our current Engineering team includes our Co-Founder/CEO Michael, a Chief Architect & Engineering Team Lead, a Tech Lead, a Project & Delivery Manager, 3 Frontend Web Engineers, 1 Backend Web Engineer, 2 iOS Engineers, 2 Android Engineers, and 4 QA Engineers. The ideal candidate will have big ideas and strategies that foster an environment of collaboration and creativity. Therefore, this role is ideal for someone who is motivated to combine the art of design with the art of programming and enjoys implementing visual elements that users see and interact with in a web application.

You will:

  1. Continue pushing forward the development of our customer-facing web product with the development of new features
  2. Actively contribute to a small team of globally distributed engineers and designers working autonomously by developing features rapidly
  3. Write sustainable, testable, high-quality, high-performance code
  4. Build reusable code and libraries for future use
  5. Follow designs with great attention to detail to a create beautiful and usable web product
  6. Work closely with the UI/UX Designer to bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation, taking an active role on both sides and defining how the application looks as well as how it works
  7. Translate UI/UX design wireframes to actual code that will produce visual elements of the application and ensure the technical feasibility of the UI/UX designs
  8. Work with the product team to understand customer needs, use-cases, and feature roadmaps
  9. Develop top-class user experiences
  10. Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability
  11. Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back-end
  12. Adapt to fast-moving business requirements & changes
  13. Open to sharing knowledge with team members and help/assist others as needed
  14. Collaborate with executives, other team members, and stakeholders

Requirements

📬 WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF YOU MEET THESE QUALIFICATIONS:

  • 5-6 years web development experience
  • Proficient with Angular 8+, Typescript 3.5+, Javascript, Bootstrap 4+, and NgRx
  • Good understanding of Angular ecosystem, tools, and libraries
  • Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS 2+
  • Knowledge of 2d graphics is a big plus
  • Design Patterns
  • Familiarity with commonly used TypeScript /JavaScript frameworks and libraries
  • Ability to think effectively, critically and creatively
  • Fluency in English is required

You also approach work in a way that emphasizes our values:

  • 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 #PeopleFirst: We put people first, and care about the personal well being of our colleagues. We go above and beyond for our customers and each other.
  • ⛰️ #EmbraceAdventure: We are excited to take on new challenges, grow, and change in a fast changing environment. A willingness to pitch in and get outside of your comfort zone will help us thrive.
  • 🚀 #Innovate to be Great: We're creative, innovative, & think BIG! We’re a unique company blazing our own path. We got to where we are through creativity and innovation and are only confined by our notions of what is possible.
  • 🙋‍♀️ #Win or Lose, Wear It: Celebrate your successes but also own your failures.
  • 🤝 #Stronger Together: We are a team dedicated to collaboration and transparency. We keep lines of communication open and realize that we can only win if we work together.

Benefits

WHAT WE OFFER:

  • 🏡 Fully remote - work where you want
  • 🕰 Flex hours - we just ask you be available for core meetings
  • 📈 Equity options
  • 🌏 Unlimited PTO policy - we mean it and encourage you to take it
  • 🩺 Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits - market rate stipend for international health plans
  • 💝 Health and Wellness $250 monthly stipend
  • 🖥 Home office budget or co-working space allowance
  • 🌱 Learning and Development Support
  • 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧 Work with an Amazingly Fun and Collaborative Team!!

🌈 We support DEIB initiatives and strongly encourage women and those in traditionally underrepresented groups to apply even if you don’t check all boxes. If this job interests you and you think you have what it takes, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.

🏆 Fun Fact: Slate was named to Fast Company's list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2022 as No. 2 in the video category!

👉 View our our website: https://slateteams.com for more information about us!

… WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.

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