Senior Software Engineer – Frontend

Zalando

Software Engineer driving development of user-facing features for scalable software at Tradebyte. Collaborating with product teams and taking ownership of features to ensure high quality and user-friendliness.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeAnsbach • 🇩🇪 GermanySeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CypressJavaScriptJestReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Drive the development of user-facing features
Take ideas from concept to production, ensuring high-quality, 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
Collaborate closely with Product Management and Design to refine requirements
Take full ownership of the features built, including writing comprehensive unit and component tests
Look for opportunities to make things better, enhancing the user interface, improving performance, or mentoring other engineers
Act as a technical leader within the team and on cross-team projects, aligning on solution designs and driving significant deliverables forward.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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

Comp & perks

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 APIJestReact Testing Library

Soft Skills

proactive approachcreativityattention to detailcollaborationtechnical leadershipmentoringproblem-solvingcommunication