React Engineer
United States
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
An experienced React engineer, based in the US, ready to take on a complex project for a leading brand in the finance industry.
Our client is a leading company in the finance industry. You’ll work on developing new features for a desktop app alongside talented designers, backend developers, QA engineers, and project managers.
The team works on Eastern Time (EST), but we offer some flexibility with work hours.
You’ll work closely with the project team and become part of our core JavaScript team. The JS team consists of 30 engineers working on diverse web and mobile projects for clients worldwide. They’re well-versed in all things Web. They mainly work on solutions that run in browsers, but they can handle backend and mobile requests when the project calls for it.
Their go-to technologies are React and Angular, but some team members also work with Vue, Node, and React Native. At Infinum, we encourage a culture of continuous learning, which is why the team hosts weekly lectures and workshops and actively contributes to the open-source community.
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Qualifications & Experience
4+ years of experience as a frontend or full-stack developer
3+ years of experience in React (preferably React Hooks)
experience with CSS—css-in-js (Emotion, styled-components, or similar) or good old (S)CSS
familiarity with state management tools (MobX, Redux, React Context)
knowledge of TypeScript
experience with command-line tools (Git, npm, Yarn, etc.)
ability to handle new projects as well as improve existing ones
a good understanding of the web and browsers
excellent command of English
experience with hands-on, cross-functional product teams and short feedback loops is a big plus
previous experience within the financial sector is a plus
You’ll get an extra edge if you’ve worked with
SWR
Jest
Chakra UI
Electron
TanStack Query
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Your responsibilities
- delivering features in close collaboration with backend developers
- defining tasks and providing time estimates
- writing clean, maintainable code and testing it
- presenting your solutions in front of clients and/or a group of colleagues
- rolling out new features and analyzing (and reacting to) the results you learn about from our QA engineers and user feedback
- proactively communicating with other team members and project stakeholders
- working in a cross-functional team
The selection process
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Technical interview
You talk to Team Lead and a Talent Partner leading you through the selection process. You get to know Infinum, your potential future team, and position, while we also get to know you. It can also include a live coding assignment to better assess your technical knowledge.
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Final interview
You talk to the Head of the department, Team Lead, and a Talent Partner. You get a deeper insight into the position and our expectations, while we get the opportunity to ask you more specific questions.
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Offer
All going well, in this stage we send you the offer, which includes all the information from salary details, vacation days, and educational budget, to other perks and benefits of working at Infinum.
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Next thing you know
You’ll be quick to react to all the messages on the JS team’s Slack channel.
Tools
we use
Next.js
We choose Next.js as a React framework for our applications.
Chakra UI
Chakra UI allows us to make accessible and attractive apps effectively.
Jest
Ever since we introduced Jest, testing has gotten easier, and now we try our best to use it wherever it makes sense.
GitHub Actions
We use GitHub Actions to build, test, and deploy our client code.
GitHub
All of our work is on Github. Everything goes through pull requests and code reviews with your future team members.
ESLint
Working with other people is so much easier with a mature style guide. We use ESLint to help us enforce a consistent code style.
Prettier
A tool in our tool belt that helps us save time both on formatting discussions and actual formatting.
Productive
We use Productive for time tracking, budgeting, and project management. It helps us have all the information in one place.
Handbook
Frontend handbook is our go-to place for an assorted collection of practices used within the team and company.
Slack
We use Slack for work and fun. It’s our go-to tool for maintaining sanity both in the office and remotely.