(Senior) Frontend Developer (Limited Contract) (f/m/d)

<p>We are looking for a Senior Frontend Developer to take ownership of our frontend stack, helping us create and maintain a scalable frontend architecture for our learning platform and content management system. You will also take charge of setting up and maintaining our design system and style guides.<br/></p><p>You will participate regularly in the technical decision making process. Using practices like pair programming, you will also work closely with other developers, sharing your knowledge and mentoring others. As a company, we put a lot of emphasis on ensuring high code quality, and you should know your way around functional and object-oriented programming and their associated best practices.</p><p>CareerFoundry is building the most human-centric online education experience for career changers in tech. We are a startup with nationalities from over 30 countries who value learning, growing, and working in an integrative, collaborative, and transparent environment.</p><p>This is a full-time 1 year limited contract position, we're open to employees based in Germany, or freelancers looking for a remote role. We are a remote-first company but will still have in-person meetings at our HQ in Berlin when the health situation allows.</p><p><strong>Your Background:</strong></p><ul> <li>Minimum 5 years’ experience in software development, ideally in an agile environment</li> <li>Experience with modern JavaScript transpilers, React applications, and REST APIs</li> <li>Background in maintaining CSS style guides and defining design system components</li> <li>Commitment to writing clean, testable code with an eye for performance and scalability</li> <li>Strong grasp of SOLID principles</li> <li>Enthusiasm for helping the team conduct effective code reviews and providing regular support and mentorship to the team</li> <li>A focus on finding long-term solutions, ensuring that the product evolves in the right way</li> </ul><p><strong>Required:</strong></p><ul> <li>Experience working with modern JavaScript and TypeScript</li> <li>Experience with and enjoyment of working in a small, agile team</li> </ul><p><strong>Why CareerFoundry?</strong></p><ul> <li>Work on a product that has a real positive effect on the world by helping thousands of people change their lives through education</li> <li>A lot of autonomy and freedom in making decisions and leading initiatives</li> <li>A supportive, open-minded, and friendly team environment, with regular team events</li> <li>Development reviews every 6 months and regular professional development check-ins</li> </ul><p><strong>Our Benefits:</strong></p><ul> <li>Competitive salary, equity shares and opportunities to grow your skills on the job</li> <li>We’re remote first and offer 30-day/year holidays and up to 6 months of work from abroad every year</li> <li>A generous yearly education budget for each employee to learn new skills</li> <li>An optional company retirement insurance plan</li> <li>Free access to the CareerFoundry courses</li> <li>Dog-friendly office and as much coffee (or tea!) as you need</li> <li>A fully covered Urban Sports Club Membership</li> <li>Mental wellbeing support via Nilo Health</li> </ul><p>We benchmarked a salary range of €64-69K for this role (freelance rates will differ and can be discussed in detail during the interview), according to our Career Framework. We're happy to explain that in more detail during the intro call. If our advertised salary doesn't match your current expectations, just let us know and we're open to discussing it further.</p><p>CareerFoundry is committed to an inclusive workforce that fully represents many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints. The more diversity we have in our team, the more unique perspectives and bright ideas we share.</p><p>All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran or disability status. We actively encourage applicants who self-identify as a member of any of these groups to apply.</p><p><em>Last updated 13th January, 2023</em></p>