Position: Senior Frontend Developer
Company: Ruby Labs
Category: JavaScript
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper
Published: 2021-10-01T00:00:00+03:00

We are looking for a Senior Front-end Developer who will be responsible for building and releasing the front-end. Design, develop, maintain, and improve our front-end services. Playing a key role in architectural and design decisions.

This is a truly exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing, self-funded start-up that strives hard to create a fast-paced, supportive and fun working environment.  

We’re scaling quickly, which means that the focus and responsibilities of any position can be quite dynamic – but here’s how we initially see your skills and passion coming to life at RL:
Responsibilities
Taking full responsibility for building and releasing the Front-end.
Design, developing, refactoring, testing, maintaining, and improving our Front-end services.
Playing a key role in architectural and design decisions.
Translating requirements into stable, working, high-performance software.
About You
5+ years of experience as Front-end developer
Excellent knowledge of Javascript (ES5, ES6)
Front-end framework experience (ReactJS, VueJS, etc).
Advanced knowledge of HTML, CSS (SCSS), Responsive design
Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility
Experience in front-end optimisation: performance improvements, memory usage
Experience with Unit and End-to-end testing
Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git, Bitbucket.
Knowledge of Typescript
Knowledge of Webpack
Understanding of REST API
ESLint
Fluency in English
Nice to have
GCP and Kubernetes.
Docker.
Microservices architecture.
Websockets.
The Team
You will be joining a strong team of ~70 people passionate about building the best-in-class product. RL has incredible team members, users, and ambitions... which is where you come in.

This is a fantastic opportunity to build and grow some of the most exciting astrology and fitness products which will shape the future of how people consume these services.

We are a remote-first company, and our product team is distributed across Europe while our chat operators and content management are located on-site in Malta. This was a deliberate choice to prioritise work-life balance and ensure we're able to accommodate the best people in Europe, whilst fostering diversity.

Our Values
#Kindness
Kindness is what drives us. By that, we mean the way we treat each other. We make it our mission to choose people who show respect and empathy.

#Inclusion
We want everyone to feel included, seen, comfortable, and confident to be themselves. We’ve had the privilege of cherry-picking our team on an international scale and we encourage diversity to gain insight into a range of cultures (and climates!).

#Balance
We know there’s more to life than work. Our flexible and remote approach allows us to look after ourselves, while still enjoying a job we love.

#Learning
Every day is a learning curve at Ruby Labs, and we aim to keep it that way. As a start-up, we’re always experimenting. We welcome new ideas and a fresh perspective. If you know something we don’t, then we want to hear it. Learning is ingrained in our culture; every opportunity is a lesson to be learned.

Benefits
Competitive remuneration, Culture of continuous learning, Flexible vacation policy.

Employment 
Regular employment in UK or Malta or Contractor agreement for the team members distributed across Europe (non-UK/Malta).