Zalando

Senior Software Engineer – Frontend

Zalando

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Cheltenham • United Kingdom

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

CypressJavaScriptJestReactTypeScript

About the role

  • Drive the development of user-facing features
  • Take ideas from concept to production, ensuring the build of scalable, high-quality, and user-friendly applications
  • Architect, build, and maintain clean, efficient, and reusable code using modern React and TypeScript
  • Take a proactive approach by suggesting, researching, and implementing solutions to complex technical challenges
  • Work closely with Product Management and Design to refine requirements and design robust technical solutions
  • Take full ownership of the features you build, including writing comprehensive unit and component tests to ensure quality and long-term maintainability
  • Always look for opportunities to make things better, whether it's enhancing the user interface, improving performance, or mentoring other engineers
  • Act as a technical leader within your team and on cross-team projects, helping to align on solution designs and driving significant deliverables forward

Requirements

  • Proven ability and experience developing modern SaaS applications with React and Typescript
  • Demonstrable experience with modern React
  • Good knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, & HTML
  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript
  • Experience with fetching and caching tools like React Query
  • A solid understanding of REST API principles and Open API
  • You have experience with unit and component testing using frameworks like Jest and React Testing Library
  • You have experience with E2E Tests using Playwright or Cypress
  • You have a proactive approach, constantly suggesting and finding solutions
  • Your creativity and attention to detail drive you to improve everything you touch
  • You have a very good command of English (written and spoken)
Benefits
  • Employee shares program
  • 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners
  • 2 paid volunteering days a year
  • Hybrid working model - work where it works for you within Germany or the UK, with occasional office attendance required for moments that matter.
  • Work from abroad for up to 30 working days a year
  • 27 days of vacation a year to start for full-time employees
  • Relocation assistance available (subject to prior agreement)
  • Family services, including counseling and support
  • Health and wellbeing options (including Wellhub, formerly Gympass)
  • Mental health support and coaching available
  • Drive your development with our training offerings and biannual peer-to-peer review
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Hard Skills & Tools
ReactTypeScriptJavaScriptCSSHTMLReact QueryREST APIOpen APIunit testingE2E testing
Soft Skills
proactive approachcreativityattention to detailtechnical leadershipmentoringcollaborationproblem-solvingcommunication