Senior Front End Engineer

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As a Senior Front End Engineer at Flooid you will be a key and integral part of the Front End team. In this role you will be at the forefront of our product development, delivering the next generation of POS software to our customers.

You will use your technical expertise to support product development, you will play an influential part in the Front End strategy and you will support other members of the Front End guild in their careers.

Your normal week will include:

• Getting hands-on by developing, enhancing, testing and implementing our product

• Working collaboratively with our global teams

• Supporting team upskilling

Flexible working is highly encouraged with a remote first nature to the role. Team meet-ups will be expected in Birmingham.

Requirements

Technical Skills/Experience

We are looking for:

• Expertise in the full software development lifecycle, Agile, and SDLC practices.

• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and problem-solving.

• Proficiency in Angular, TypeScript, Node, Cypress or Playwright, and CI/CD.

• Proficiency in Java and API development preferred.

• Understanding of Micro Front End, including experience performance tuning Front End application and analysing complicated Front End issues.

• Experience in Micro Front End architecture preferred.

• Experience in Cloud architectures and Containers (Docker, Kubernetes), GCP preferred.

• Experience supporting commercial applications/systems desirable.

• Understanding Chromium and Webkit desirable.

Soft Skills/Experience

We'll also be looking for you to demonstrate the following:

• Excellent technical skill and the ability to understand the reasoning and implications of technical decisions

• Programming skills across a range of platforms

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

• Very good communication skills

• Ability to take accountability for delivering results

We particularly want to hear from you if you have experience:

• Working as a senior or staff front end engineer

• Mentoring others

Benefits

• Flexible working - To help you manage your personal responsibilities and interests, we offer a range of flexi-working options, including hybrid working, as well as balancing your work responsibilities with other priorities, like picking up your children, caring for an aging parent or attending important events

• Holidays - In addition to the public holidays, we provide 25 days paid holiday per annum. We also offer the option to purchase up to five days of annual leave.
• A flexible pension - We help you prepare for the future with a salary sacrifice pension and annual personal pension reviews with our external partner
• Company sick pay - We offer piece of mind when you are ill with an enhanced Company Sick Pay policy
• Family benefits - We offer a range of support and benefits including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity pay, enhanced paternity leave and shared parental leave
• Financial, physical and wellbeing support - To help keep you at your best we provide our team with a health cash plan and if the worst should happen, we have a life assurance scheme
• Access to a discount platform - Treat yourself with discounts and rewards from hundreds of leading retailers, restaurants, and destinations
• Professional subscriptions - We offer reimbursement for professional subscriptions to a relevant institution if it's required to perform your job role
• Charity giving - support a charity of your choice by gifting money directly from your payroll, saving the national insurance contributions you need to pay
• Electric Dreams salary sacrifice scheme in partnership with Octopus EV - An easy to manage and affordable way of leasing a zero-emission electric vehicle
• Cycle to work scheme - Make the most of this tax efficient scheme to improve your commute to work
• Rewarding long service - We provide gifts to our employees who achieve milestone years of service working as part of our team

If you believe you have the skills and experience to carry out this role, although feel you do not meet 100% of the criteria, we encourage you to apply anyway! Research suggests that certain groups of the population will apply for a role if they meet 60% of a roles requirements, while others will only apply if they hit 100% - we encourage applications from anyone with the skills, experience and attributes that will make you a great addition to both the role they are applying and the company overall.

Flooid Ltd. is an Equal Opportunities employer. We are dedicated to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.