Senior frontend engineer

Sobre a vaga

In this role, you will solve challenging frontend engineering problems involving real-time conversations, dynamic interactions and embedded experiences. As a senior technical contributor, you will influence frontend architecture and technical direction, lead complex initiatives from design through production, and help establish engineering standards and patterns.

O que vais fazer

• Design, develop, test, and maintain high-quality web applications and frontend capabilities that power interactions
• Develop reusable web components and frontend capabilities that allow digital experiences to be embedded across Intermedia products and customer-facing websites
• Build responsive experiences for real-time including streaming responses, typing and processing states, long-running operations, errors, and interruptions
• Develop user experiences that clearly communicate actions, status, results, limitations, and requests for additional information
• Build interaction patterns that support rich conversational experiences beyond text, including structured content, forms, actions, links, files, and other interactive elements
• Develop experiences that support effective transitions and handoffs
• Partner with ML and backend engineers to define APIs, events, data contracts, and interaction patterns required to support digital experiences
• Collaborate closely with Product and UX to translate customer needs and design into intuitive product experiences
• Help define frontend architecture and reusable patterns digital experiences across web channels
• Design solutions that support configuration and customization of digital experiences while maintaining consistent engineering and UX standards
• Optimize applications for performance, responsiveness, scalability, and reliability across browsers, devices, network conditions, and customer environments
• Ensure digital experiences meet appropriate accessibility and inclusive design standards
• Design frontend applications with appropriate consideration for authentication, authorization, privacy, security, and protection of sensitive information
• Build appropriate analytics, telemetry, monitoring, logging, and observability into digital experiences
• Use product and operational data to identify performance issues and opportunities to improve the user experience
• Lead technical design discussions and provide guidance on complex frontend engineering decisions
• Conduct code and design reviews and help establish strong standards for frontend architecture, code quality, testing, performance, and maintainability
• Troubleshoot complex production issues spanning frontend applications, APIs, real-time interactions, and enabled experiences
• Mentor and coach engineers and contribute to raising frontend engineering capabilities across the team
• Lead complex frontend initiatives from concept and technical design through implementation, deployment, and continuous improvement
• Stay current with emerging technologies and engineering approaches related to frontend development and conversational interfaces

O que é pedido

• Requires occasional visits to the office in Coimbra or in Aveiro
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant experience developing sophisticated frontend applications
• Deep proficiency in JavaScript and/or TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks such as React or Angular
• Strong knowledge of HTML, CSS, responsive design, browser technologies, and modern web application architecture
• Demonstrated experience designing and building complex, interactive web applications used in production environments
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture, component design, state management, application performance, and maintainability
• Experience designing reusable frontend components, libraries, or application frameworks
• Experience integrating frontend applications with RESTful APIs, asynchronous services, and distributed backend systems
• Experience building real-time, asynchronous, or event-driven user experiences
• Strong understanding of automated frontend testing and modern software engineering practices
• Experience designing applications for performance, scalability, reliability, and production support
• Strong understanding of web accessibility, responsive design, browser compatibility, and frontend security
• Experience with CI/CD, source control, code reviews, observability, and modern software delivery practices
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex technical initiatives from design through production
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to navigate ambiguous and evolving technical requirements
• Experience providing technical guidance, code review, or mentorship to other engineers
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence technical decisions and work effectively across Product, UX, frontend, backend, ML, and platform teams
• Working understanding of Agile development methodologies and frameworks

O que é oferecido

• Flexibility to work remotely while also coming together in the office for collaboration and teamwork

Valores e cultura

• Ambiente internacional
• Equipa com senioridade elevada
• Full remote
• Igualdade de género
• Igualdade racial
• Incentivo à criatividade & inovação
• Membros impressionantes na equipa
• Tecnologias de ponta