(Senior) Frontend Engineer

Polarsteps is an Amsterdam-based team building the travel app to plan, track and relive trips. The Frontend Engineer will work on the web app, create features used by millions of users, build prototypes and internal tools, and collaborate closely with product, design and engineering colleagues.

Responsibilities

Work on all parts of the web app and create new features that impact millions of users; Help the Product team by creating prototypes and sharing knowledge; Build internal tools; Collaborate daily with product managers, designers and other engineers; Proactively improve the resiliency, maintainability and scalability of the platform and address technical debt

Requirements

5-7+ years of a strong frontend background; Experience with React and TypeScript, or a similar technology; A pragmatic approach to solving problems, including automated testing, performance optimization and developing new features; Use of AI tools daily while being able to explain, defend and debug every line of code shipped; A history of working on intuitive and beautiful front-end solutions; Experience working in an Agile team environment; A keen eye on User Experience

Nice to have

Tanstack; Playwright; Python; Node.js

Benefits

Equity through the Polarsteps SAR Plan; Yearly free flight or train trip; MacBook; Hybrid working; Extensive home office setup; 30 days of vacation; Two paid Culture Days; Working from another country for up to 8 weeks a year; Personal development budget; Pension plan; Daily office lunches; Monthly parties and team trips; Travel costs reimbursed for the office commute; Free Polarsteps Travel Books