Frontend Engineer

WHO WE ARE?

Being the daughter company of Swisscom - leading telecommunications company and one of the most sustainable and innovative companies in Switzerland - we share the same values, vision and goals.

As a trustworthy and efficient Swisscom IT service partner, we create valuable customer experiences. We work in a strong collaboration with our Partners in Switzerland and attract and retain high performers.

We're expanding our footprint in Riga and actively seeking 50+ DevOps Engineers to join our growing teams within this year.

We invite driven professionals to join us, grow with us, and help shape the future.

The team: 

Our Infrastructure Analytics department brings new product and services to our multiple stakeholders in different fields such as support & operations, wireless and wireline networks and telecom infrastructure to continuously improve the customer experience and efficient E2E network management and deployments. As a Frontend engineer, you implement UX designs prototypes into robust easy to navigate user interfaces to empower our users to get the right insights and take the best possible decisions with our solutions.

As Frontend Engineer you will:

• Collaborate with teams, work with UI/UX designers to turn mockups and designs into functional applications
• Develop and maintain user-facing features using front end frameworks like React
• Optimize application for maximum speed, scalability and efficiency for a better user experience.
• Create user interfaces that are responsive, brand consistency and high-quality graphic standards.
• Perform quality assurance, testing to ensure new features work correctly, and resolve challenges in a collaborative manner

What we offer:

• Salary from 3500 to 5500 EUR monthly gross;
• 80 EUR monthly Cell Phone and Internet Allowance;
• Flexible schedule and possibility to work in hybrid mode;
• Ergonomic home office allowance in value of 500 EUR;
• Possibility to work abroad for 4 weeks each year;
• Premium health insurance after 1 month (with included consultations with psychologist or psychotherapist);
• Optics (200 EUR every 2 years)
• 24 working days of annual paid holiday per year;
• 5 dedicated paid learning days annually;
• Gym membership or swimming pool/water aerobics membership;
• Day off on your birthday or names day;
• 1 day off for social activities (voluntary project, adopting an animal)​
• Collaborative, friendly and driven work environment;
• Work on innovations, cutting edge technologies and in autonomous high-performance teams;
• Parking options;
• Continuous development environment that fosters your growth (conferences, cross-department experience sharing, learning platforms etc.);
• Annual salary review..

What we expect:

• Proven experience in building robust web frontends - from mockup to production-ready application
• In-depth knowhow in at least one of the popular front end frameworks (React, Angular, VueJS, Svelte, ...). Preferrably React.
• Good understanding on how to integrate with various REST APIs
• Ability to create re-usable components with single responsibilities
• Experience in writing unit- and end-to-end tests to ensure consistent quality
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with the team, users and stakeholders.
• Independence and problem solving mindset - Ability to work autonomously, taking ownership of tasks and driving them to completion, and finding innovative solutions for complex problems.
• Very good English; other languages are a plus, as you're joining a multilingual working environment.

Nice to have: 

• Familiarity with data visualization techniques and interest in data science.
• Familiarity with OIDC/OAuth2 as the authentication mechanism.
• Knowledge with maps eg: ArcGIS
• Back-end Development - Experience developing server-side logic and designing APIs, with seamless integration of front-end and back-end components.
• Willingness to provide user support and do operations.
• Experience with Gitlab, K8S and Docker, TypeScript, JavaScript

Apply now for a new professional adventure and work with motivated colleagues from all over the world!

Join our DevOps team in Riga, backed by Swisscom - one of the leading Swiss IT providers.

NB! This position requires living or relocation to Latvia.