React Engineer

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

A React engineer who is ready to promptly react to new challenges and roll out new features.

Our team has around 30 members who work on various challenging projects, usually in collaboration with designers, backend developers, QA engineers, and project managers. We’re well-versed in all things Web. The browser is our main platform, but some projects will carry us off to servers or mobile devices as well. Our specialties are React and Angular, while some of us work in other technologies, too.

Projects we’ve worked on include a suite of apps for cruise line photography, a platform for online conferences, an interactive map for truck drivers and operators, and many other interesting endeavors for clients in various industries. Always interested in learning new things, we hold weekly lectures and workshops, and we regularly contribute to open source.

Qualifications & Experience

5+ years of experience as a frontend or full-stack developer

4+ years of experience in React

ability to handle new projects as well as improve existing ones

a good understanding of the web and browsers

experience with hands-on, cross-functional product teams and short feedback loops is a big plus

willingness to share knowledge with the team (you can participate in weekly internal talks, teach or help at the Infinum Academy, write blog posts, apply for conferences, meetups, and our Infinum JS Talks)

excellent command of English

As a developer, you should be experienced with

React (preferably React Hooks)

CSS—css-in-js (Emotion, styled-components, or similar) or good old (S)CSS

any kind of state management (MobX, Redux, React state)

TypeScript

terminal (git, npm, yarn, etc.)

You’ll get an extra edge if you’ve worked with

Next.js

SWR

Jest

Chakra UI

JSON:API

Node.js

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
using agile methodologies in development (if you don’t know them yet, we will teach you)
continually improving your skills and pushing others to further advance their knowledge

The selection process

01 Technical interview

You talk to Team Lead and the HR person 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.

02 Final interview

You talk to the Head of the department, Team Lead, and an HR person. You get a deeper insight into the position and our expectations, while we get the opportunity to ask you more specific questions.

03 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.

03 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.

What do we offer?

Feedback and feedforward

Honest communication fuels growth. In our 1 on 1 sessions, 360 reviews, and career progression meetings, we discuss what is great and what could be improved.

Additional equipment budget

A little extra to supplement your standard work equipment. Pick a latest-model mobile phone, tablet, e-book reader, or a pair of earphones you’ve been dreaming about. Mix & match, why not.