Job description
Title: Mid- Senior Frontend Developer
Location: UK Remote
Salary: 55k - 60k plus bonus
Position: Perm
About PetLabCo.
PetLab Co. is the world’s fastest-growing pet supplement business. Launching in 2018, we successfully achieved a 9-figure revenue last year without any external funding. We have a loyal community of loving pet parents and over 1.5 million happy dogs whose lives have been positively impacted by our innovative products. Our team is vibrant, fast-moving, and customer-driven where high-performers are valued and rewarded. And it is the ideal place for an ambitious, hardworking, animal lover who wants to progress their career rapidly.
A Day In The Life…
Reporting to our Principal Frontend Developer you’ll join a growing agile team of highly talented engineers working on building scalable solutions for our ecommerce platform. You’ll be pivotal in keeping our customer experience world class when it comes to delivery and design. We’re looking for someone who has had varying experiences in the frontend technology space and has knowledge on improving application performance and scalability. You will be joining PetlabCo’s Frontend Development Retention Team working on our customer account portal (Subscriptions, tracking etc), supporting PetlabCo’s major rebranding rollout projects in Canada and UK and working on our advanced personalisation engine.
We move and think fast so it’s important that you are able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and are happy to roll up your sleeves to do whatever it takes to support the team in every way possible. This is an exciting opportunity to have a huge impact in rocket ship of a business with a real purpose! If that sounds exciting - we would love you to join our pack!
Your day to day will look a little bit like this…
- Collaborate with team lead on the PetLabCo. products to understand the context behind what you’re building;
- Collaborating with tech lead and designing technical solutions that satisfy functional and non-functional needs;
- Ensuring the platform is performant, secure, scalable, robust, reliable and high quality, well tested code in the critical areas;
- Planning and evolving the technical architecture of the platform with the teams;
- Championing and sharing best practices to improve the team and code over time;
What You Need…
4+ years working as an engineer on frontend technology (React and JavaScript);
Strong proficiency in JavaScript & TypeScript;
Strong proficiency in React.js;
Solid experience with RESTful and GraphQL APIs;
Experience with Tailwind CSS will be highlybeneficial
Experience with automated testing tools, i.e. Jest, Cypress, Playwright;
Experience building quality, and highly scalable front end applications;
Excellent appreciation for UI/UX design;
Enthusiastic self-starter that will be able to work in a fast-paced environment;
Proven ability to quickly build and maintain authentic relationships and trust with individuals;
Our front-end technology stack:
- JavaScript
- Next.js
- React.js
- TypeScript
- Tailwind CSS
- GraphQL
- AWS
Desirable:
Experience in Next.js;
Experience with CMS like Strapi;
Experience working with the eCommerce domain and mobile application architecture;
Experience with CRM systems and marketing automation, payment processing and customer engagement;
Experience with AWS Stack;
Private Health Care through Vitality
Generous Annual Leave - 28 days + public and bank holidays
Flexible Working Hours – We focus on results and trust people to manage their time, whether working from home, while travelling, or in the office!
Help@Hand– Employee Assistance Programme
Royal London Pension Scheme – We offer a workplace pension scheme with one of the UK’s leading providers of group pensions. With an employer contribution of 5%!
Enhanced Maternity / Paternity / Adoption Leave – because time with new family members is important!
Nursery Salary Sacrifice Scheme
Generous Learning and development budget – We always want you to keep learning.
Puppy Therapy – working in partnership with Paws in Work to provide a boost of oxytocin twice a year.
Free breakfast, fruits and snacks – refuel and revitalise with free munchies in the office.
Working Environment – dogs are welcome!
Life Assurance – In the event of your death, while employed by us, your chosen beneficiaries will be provided with a tax-free lump sum equivalent of four times your basic salary.
Discount Vouchers & Gym Memberships – get discounts at a whole range of retailers and gym memberships through our provider, WellHub.
Electric Vehicle Scheme – Employees sacrifice salary in return for a new electric car, typically saving 30-40% of costs through income and tax and national insurance.
Give Back Day – An extra day off in the year to volunteer plus a £50 contribution to your chosen charity.
Health Cash Benefit – We offer the bronze package with enables you to claim a certain amount of cashback when you pay for something that is health related, i.e dental
Diversity & Inclusion Statement
PetLab Co. is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage all applications irrespective of gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, nationality, marital status, and disability. We believe that diversity is at the heart of innovation, and we welcome passionate candidates from all backgrounds. Come join the family and see for yourself!
