Senior Frontend Developer with Javascript

We are a small team in a big company, mainly adopting agile methodology. We provide Data Science solutions for internal customers inside Deutsche Telekom and our skills and solutions are continually in high demand. Therefore, we want to increase the size of our team with additional technical people that know how to process and analyze data so we can serve and satisfy needs of even more customers.
We are looking for somebody who can work independently, create working solutions quickly, creatively come up with new ideas, but also knows how to use and where to look for existing solutions. Our project members are also situated in Germany, Slovakia, Czech Repulic or Romania so video conferencing is the daily standard.

Which challenges you can expect:

• Collaborate with our development team to design, develop, and optimize user interfaces for our internal applications.
• Lead and mentor junior colleagues in terms of best practices, code quality and architecture
• Interact with customers in specifying features, functionality of web applications
• Present your results in front of colleagues and customers
• Translate UI/UX designs to actual code, ensuring visual appeal and user-friendliness.
• Work with AI/ML engineers to visualize complex data and insights.
• Participate in code reviews, offering constructive feedback and learning from senior developers.
• Assist in developing and maintaining our internal libraries to ensure code consistency and reusability.
• Attend regular team meetings, providing updates and seeking guidance as needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable frontend applications using JavaScript, React, and Next.js.
• Plan and execute the implementation of our UI components library in collaboration with junior and medior colleagues in the team
• Implement best practices for code quality, performance optimization, and maintainability and coach our junior colleagues in adhering those
• Implement responsive web design principles to ensure applications work well in various browsers and OS (incl. iOS, Android)
• Troubleshoot and debug issues to ensure a smooth user experience
• Collaborate with Python backend developers to integrate REST APIs with frontend components
• Conduct and oversee code reviews and contribute to team best practices
• Debug and troubleshoot issues to improve application performance and usability
• Assist in the development of project documentation and user guides
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends such as advancements in frontend development and share your knowledge with your team mates

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
• Proficiency in JavaScript and experience with other programming languages
• Proven experience of at least 5 years in frontend development with a focus on React, Typescript and Next.js or similar frameworks
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and experience integrating them into web applications
• State-of-the-art coding practices using git and code reviews of merge requests
• Experience with developing and maintaining microservice architectures is beneficial
• Experience and understanding of CI/CD, Docker and Kubernetes is a plus
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively within a team