Frontend Engineer

Title:   Frontend Engineer

Location: GLOBAL REMOTE

Type: Full-time

Workplace: remote

Category: SPORTY Technical

Job Description:

Sporty’s sites are some of the most popular on the internet, consistently staying in Alexa’s list of top websites for the countries they operate in

In this role, youll be responsible for developing mobile-first, responsive front ends that are used millions of times per day. We wrote our frontend from scratch in VueJS about 3 years ago, so youll be working with the latest technology instead of wrangling with decades-old spaghetti code.

A willingness to work in VueJS is fine – as long as you are willing to learn and have demonstrable experience in a similar frontend framework.

Our Stack (we don’t expect you to have all of these)

Vue + Vuex + Vue Router + Webpack + Less + SCSS

Element UI

FreeMarker

AWS, Circle, Drone CI, K8s

Responsibilities

Develop mobile-first frontends in VueJS

Focus on performance and user experience

Create frontends for the backend management systems

Participate in code reviews with peers and managers to ensure that each increment adheres to original vision as described in the user story and all standard resource libraries and architecture patterns as appropriate

Participate in team ceremonies including planning, grooming, product demonstrations, and team retrospectives

Mentoring less experienced team members

Requirements

Minimum of 3+ Years within a relevant role

Familiarity with at least one: Vue, React, Angular

Familiarity with Git, ES6, Webpack, Less or Sass, and NodeJS

Familiarity with state management like Vuex, Redux, Ngrx

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of backend stack is a plus

Benefits

Quarterly and flash bonuses

We have core hours of 10am-3pm in a local timezone, but flexible hours outside of this

Education allowance

Referral bonuses

28 days paid annual leave

2 x annual company retreats (Lisbon + Dubai in 2022 / Phuket in Q2 2023 + 1 more TBC)

Highly talented, dependable co-workers in a global, multicultural organisation

Payment via world class online wallet system DEEL

Top of the line equipment supplied by market leader Hofy

We score 100% on The Joel Test

Our teams are small enough for you to be impactful

Our business is globally established and successful, offering stability and security to our Team Members

Our Mission

Our mission is to be an everyday entertainment platform for everyone

Our Operating Principles

1. Create Value for Users

2. Act in the Long-Term Interests of Sporty

3. Focus on Product Improvements & Innovation

4. Be Responsible

5. Preserve Integrity & Honesty

6. Respect Confidentiality & Privacy

7. Ensure Stability, Security & Scalability

8. Work Hard with Passion & Pride

Interview Process

HackerRank Test

Remote video screening with our Talent Acquisition Team + live ID check

Remote 90 min video interview loop with 3 x Team Members (30 mins each)

Pre offer call with Talent Acquisition Team

ID check via Zinc & 2 References from previous employers

24-72 hour feedback loops throughout process

Working at Sporty

The top-down mentality at Sporty is high performance based, meaning we trust you to do your job with an emphasis on support to help you achieve, grow and de-block any issues when they’re in your way.

Generally employees can choose their own hours, as long as they are collaborating and doing stand-ups etc. The emphasis is really on results.

As we are a highly structured and established company we are able to offer the security and support of a global business with the allure of a startup environment. Sporty is independently managed and financed, meaning we dont have arbitrary shareholder or VC targets to cater to.

We literally build, spend and make decisions based on the ethos of building THE best platform of its kind. We are truly a tech company to the core and take excellent care of our Team Members.