Job Description

At Mindera we are building a world-class team and would love it for you to join us. As a Frontend Developer, you will be involved in the development of usable, performant, accessible, and maintainable web applications with a focus on a delightful user experience.

As an Experienced Frontend Developer, you will have a passion for software development and an excellent understanding of how to define and deliver solutions iteratively and collaboratively. You will be involved in all areas of delivery, playing an integral part in helping them continuously improve by sharing your own knowledge, experience, and insights.

You will be part of the building of fully responsive, highly-available Fashion Tech web applications while influencing architecture and technical direction.

You’ll get to help design and evolve the architecture of our web apps and to be part of the journey of continuous improvement to make the team the best that it can be. You will also be getting your hands dirty in the code on a regular basis.
You will be the leader of your team of Front-end Engineers who will look for you for advice, direction, and collaborative decision-making.

National and international expected traveling time varies according to project/client and organisational needs: 0%-15% estimated.

Responsibilities

Requirements

• 6+ years of software engineering experience;
• In-depth knowledge of the web tech stack and client-side technologies;
• You value writing semantic and accessible HTML. You know that great web applications are built with more than just divs;
• You’re experienced in writing clean CSS for responsive layouts and understand how browsers render web pages, knowing what it takes to make them fast;
• You know JavaScript and/or TypeScript inside out;
• You have an inclusive development mindset and do your best to ensure web applications are usable by anyone, regardless of any disabilities;
• You care about security, use defensive programming and know how to prevent and mitigate common web attack vectors;
• Experience with React is required for this specific role and bonus points for knowing advanced patterns and understanding when to use SSR, CSR or hybrid approaches;
• Experience of developing large scale production environments;
• Experience with CI/CD workflows and writing automated tests;
• Experience of agile development practices, i.e. Scrum & Kanban;
• Bonus points for having worked with or developed design systems implementations in React;
• Ability to diagnose problems at any level (Client, HTTP/Network, Server, OS);
• You recognize the value of code reviews and have experience in mentoring teammates while helping them grow.

What you will be doing

• Developing and maintaining features in a collaborative, Agile environment;
• You will be the Lead for your team’s engineering including the development
  processes, coding standards and best practices, technology/language selection, CI/CD pipeline, test strategy
  and release strategy; work with Dev Ops on infrastructure and environment strategy, taking a leadership role in their area of specialization and experience.
• Writing testable code and ensuring the test coverage stays at the agreed level;
• Documenting your code;
• Take ownership of your code every step of the way - from development to deployment and maintenance;
• Diagnose issues in production and devise solutions for them;
• Work both autonomously and collaboratively to complete tasks;
• Be an integral part of solutions design and implementation;

Profile

About Mindera
 

At Mindera we use technology to build products we are proud of, with people we love.

Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera.

We partner with our clients, to understand their products and deliver high-performance, resilient, and scalable software systems that create an impact on their users and businesses across the world.

You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together.

Our culture reflects our lean and self-management attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication.

We are proud of our work and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile, Lean and collaborative environment.

Check out our Blog and our Handbook!

Our offices are located: Porto, Portugal | Aveiro, Portugal | Coimbra, Portugal | Leicester, UK | San Diego, USA | San Francisco, USA | Chennai, India | Bengaluru, India | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Blumenau, Brazil

Benefits

The Things We Really Care About:

• Health Insurance, because health comes first
• Flexible working hours
• Open holidays, take the time you need for yourself
• Profit distribution for everyone
• Mindera Annual Trip, Sports, and sharing groups to connect and have fun!
• Training & conferences, create your own training plan
• Child Care vouchers

Other Good Things:

• Choose Laptop & Peripherals that best suit your needs
• Hotspot with unlimited usage (PT), for work or Netflix ;)
• We have amazing offices in Porto, Aveiro, and Coimbra if you want to physically connect with minders. Remote is also an option.
• At the offices, we have a wide range of snacks to keep you fed and healthy
• Partnerships with local businesses

Most of all you get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together in a politics-free environment. Our culture reflects our lean and self-organization attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication. Freedom and Responsibility go hand in hand, and we value commitment, feedback, and empathy.