Position: Junior Frontend Engineer
Company: Blackbird Lab
Experience required: 1y
English level: intermediate

We are looking for **Junior Frontend Engineer** to join our team. Our client is a Canadian software company that builds a digital shopping marketplace for shoppers to get local savings and deals. This project is built around the microservices architecture, with services communicating via Kafka. The rails-based app is providing REST API for both React frontend.

**Position & client**

Our client is a Canadian software company that builds a digital shopping marketplace for shoppers to get local savings and deals. This project is built around the microservices architecture, with services communicating via Kafka. The rails-based app is providing REST API for both React frontend.

**Stack of the project**

Backend: Ruby on Rails
Frontend: JavaScript (ES6), React, TypeScriipt
Architecture: Microservices. One of them is on Golang.
Containerizing: Docker
Message broker: Kafka
Databases: DynamoDB, MySQL
DelayedJob jobs: Sidekiq, ActiveJob
CI/CD: GitHub Actions
Uploading: Amazon S3
Monitoring: Datadog, Amazon CloudWatch

**Responsibilities**

- Participate in technical and product discussions
- Work on improvements of the existing functionality
- Cooperation with the senior engineer
- Bug fixing

**Requirements**

- 1 year of commercial experience in React development
- Intermediate English speaking level
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field
- Mature, self-driven personality

**Team setup & processes**

- Technical Project Manager (Ukraine)
- Product Manager (Ukraine)
- Senior Backend Engineer (Ukraine)
- Backend Engineer (Ukraine) x 3
- Senior Frontend Engineer (Ukraine)
- Middle Frontend Engineer (Ukraine)
- Junior Frontend Engineer (Ukraine) — open position
- QA Engineer (Ukraine) x 2

We’re following 2-week Sprints with Story Point estimates, refinements, plannings, demos and retrospectives.

**Interview process**

- HR Interview (30 mins)
- Technical interview with Senior Engineer (90 min)
- Interview with Project Manager (60 min)

**Benefits**

We are all for the self-development of each team member. As a part of our team, you’ll be supported in your professional growth, work on Macs, receive certifications, and visit conferences. On top of that, you will enjoy an attractive social package, including

- Сompetitive monthly compensation
- Flexible working schedule
- Working remotely
- 18 paid vacation working days
- Paid sick leaves (with 5 undocumented days per year)
- Health support with medical insurance or sports programs
- English lessons, sports activities, and charity events
- Full support of Private Entrepreneur reporting services (ФОП)