Senior Frontend Engineer (f/m/x) with a passion for gaming

This job posting is not for madewithlove but for one of our clients whom we consciously chose to work with:

Gaming? Check. Esports? Check. Hardware? Check. Software? Check. We could go on and on. The point is SteelSeries has been helping gamers get better since 2001. In fact, Esports pros have won more money using SteelSeries products than any other brand, and we're just getting started. Esports and Gaming are multi-billion-dollar industries, and we will continue supporting them through innovative gear and software games need and love. We believe in being true to the gaming community, which means being true to ourselves. We create products that help the best of the best be better and products that help the not-so-good feel not-so-bad. Most of us are gamers, but we promise you don't have to be! Just don't be surprised if you become one within a few weeks of starting! 

What will you be doing?

You will join the multidisciplinary team working on the new e-commerce website. The team comprises a handful of front-end developers, back-end Salesforce developers, product people, a scrum master and QA. Within the front-end team, you'll be responsible for:

• Delivering high-quality code that directly contributes towards a performant, responsive and accessible web environment;

• Maintaining and optimizing a large codebase for contributions in a team environment;

• Providing guidance and performing code reviews for contributors of various levels;

• Participating in defining project priorities to meet project deadlines and adjusting scope without sacrificing top-level goals;

!! Don't hesitate to apply if you don't fulfil 100% of the requirements. Superheroes don't exist. People with passion and talent do.

Human Skills

• You are a dedicated team player with effective communication skills towards colleagues, stakeholders, and vendors;

• You are fluent in English and feel confident to work in a cross-cultural and distributed environment;

• You are interested in a long-term commitment and want to grow with the company that you are joining;

• You share knowledge through written documentation, pair programming and demos. You aim to improve the team as much as yourself;

Technical Skills

Must haves because you have ± 5 years of professional experience as a frontend engineer:

• HTML5, JavaScript/TypeScript and CSS have (little to) no secrets for you;

• You've mastered React and Next.js;

• Extensive knowledge of coding principles and design patterns, you know when and where to use them;

• You can configure and maintain CI/CD pipelines;

• Integrating with an external API is a "been there, done that" for you;

• SSO (OAuth 2.0, ...)

• Headless CMS (Contentful, ...)

• Monitoring & Analytics (Datadog, Segment, GA4, ...)

• Writing automated unit tests (e.g. Jest) is an integral part of your workflow;

• You have experience with event-driven systems:
• You have used TailwindCSS before;
• You have worked on an E-commerce website before;
  

Bonus Points

• You have experience with Salesforce's Commerce Cloud;

• You have experience with setting up serverless infrastructure (e.g. AWS);

• You have experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g. Terraform);

Also important

To be considered for this role, you must live within the European Union (EU) ànd the time zones CET +/-3h. Our client wants you to have sufficient overlap with the rest of the team without having to work outside of regular office hours. Please verify your time difference before applying.

What you will be offered

• A competitive (employee) salary OR a competitive freelancer rate. 

• A yearly target bonus

• The flexibility to work from home as much as you like or in one of the existing offices in the countries where the company is active.

• A modern team culture with flat hierarchies, transparency, open communication and direct feedback.

The strengths of a good mix

We specifically encourage underrepresented groups to apply. We believe in the strengths of well-balanced and mixed teams. The team is composed of different nationalities. We hope to attract a broader audience regarding gender, religion, race, age, disability, linguistic differences, socioeconomic status, or sexual orientation. Also, both extroverts and introverts are equally appreciated for this role.