Senior Software Engineer

Marley Spoon

Senior Software Engineer creating scalable, AI-enabled web journeys for Marley Spoon and leading frontend growth initiatives. Collaborating with product and marketing teams for customer acquisition and onboarding.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeLisbon • 🇵🇹 PortugalSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudElixirJavaScriptJestKubernetesNext.jsReactRubyTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Help build Marley Spoon’s frontend growth experience — creating scalable, AI-enabled web journeys that help customers discover, sign up, and get started.
Pick up a request (small to medium-sized project), clarify scope and expectations, ask the right questions to clarify intended impact vs planned features.
Plan the technical work, understanding external dependencies and complexity of each task and independently implement the solution with a high standard for code quality.
Serve as a frontend expert for your team, guide other engineers, share your knowledge and help them integrate AI tools effectively.
Write readable, testable, scalable features.
Collaborate closely with your product manager and marketing colleagues to drive up conversion. Participate in ideation sessions and contribute to creating new features.
Work together with other teams within the department and cross-departmentally for large-scale initiatives.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Deep frontend expertise with React, TypeScript and Next.js.
Gatekeeper of Quality: Possess strong code-auditing skills and take absolute ownership of the codebase.
Strong Product Sense: Proactively engage with product managers and stakeholders to validate solutions and advocate for the optimal user experience.
Robust Testing Philosophy: Expertise in writing and enforcing reliable automated tests (Jest, Playwright).
Knowledge of Server-Side Rendering, CDN caching on edge and its implications.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, and modern tooling.
Proactive, independent and take ownership, and communication when needed.
Flexible and dynamic; comfortable working in a constantly evolving environment.
Fluent English with a highly collaborative mindset.
Big Pluses: Experience with modern AI code editors. Familiarity with our backend stack (Ruby, Elixir, AWS, Kubernetes) and comfort using AI assistants to navigate full-stack issues.
Experience with public-facing and authenticated web applications, including caching strategies, security, SEO, usability, and scalability.
Experience with AWS Cloud Infrastructure Services.
Prior experience with backend development.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote / Hybrid workspace: use the office as much or as little as needed
22 annual leave days +2 days extra days for every year of tenure (up to 6).
5 training days per year.
Private health insurance provided by Tranquilidade.
Food allowance of 7.62€/worked day under by Coverflex.
24/7 confidential employee assistance program.

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Hard Skills & Tools

ReactTypeScriptNext.jsJestPlaywrightServer-Side RenderingCI/CDRubyElixirAWS

Soft Skills

code auditingproduct senseproactiveindependentownershipcommunicationflexibledynamiccollaborative mindsetguidance