Front-End Developer

Job Description
Jeppesen, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, is one of the largest software development companies in Gothenburg. We develop innovative optimization solutions for the world’s leading airlines. We are dedicated to continuous improvement, delivering more value to our clients, and exploring emerging technologies such as quantum computing, AI and big data analytics.
At our central Gothenburg office in Sweden, the Scheduling Safety team, develops, implements, and supports a range of Fatigue Risk Management (FRM) solutions, which enables airlines to operate their crew at lower risk levels without creating unnecessary inefficiency. Our customers are mainly belonging to airline flights safety departments.
In the Scheduling Safety team, you will have the opportunity to be a part of a very successful and creative team that serves more than 50 airlines currently. The team regularly generate and explore new ideas, build prototypes, solve customer problems, implement for customers, and does so using a wide technology stack with a team with a very broad skill set.
We are currently looking for a Front-End Developer who is excited about modern web technology, eager to learn, try new things and wants to develop performant and intuitive UX.
We are currently building new single-page application frontend for our industry-leading analytical fatigue risk management system. It allows customers to upload their crew schedules and perform fatigue risk analysis. The system provides means for bird’s-eye-view analysis of large sets of statistical data allowing users to discover fatigue-induced risk trends, as well as drill into individual crew schedules for more details. The system is highly interactive and constitutes a rich web application with feature set and performance rivaling some desktop alternatives. We build our new front-end with the latest version of Angular framework, code in TypeScript, use REST and GraphQL/Apollo for communication with our backend, Material Design language for UI, Jest and Cypress for testing and Nx as our build system.
Position responsibilities:
Work in close collaboration with the product manager to analyze new business requirements and implement them as new features
Implement new front-end features and fix bugs in the Angular/TypeScript code base
Test cover new features with unit tests (currently in Jest) and end-to-end tests (currently in Cypress)
Collaborate with back-end developers in REST/GraphQL API development
Keep up with the latest JS ecosystem trends in order to maintain the codebase in good shape and move to newer front-end technologies as necessary; regularly migrate codebase to the latest versions of Angular and other libraries
Follow Material Design guidelines in the UI implementation
Continuously optimize performance of the front-end application
Be creative in suggesting and trying new UX ideas, continuously look for potential improvements in the app’s UX

Required Qualifications:
Prior software development experience
Bachelor’s Degree or higher from an accredited course of study or equivalent
Familiarity with modern frontend practices, recent browser APIs and any modern frameworks (e.g. Angular, Vue or React)
Fluency in both spoken and written English
Appreciates working in team and to contribute to continuous improvements

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working with Flux-like state management libraries (e.g. MobX or Redux)
Experience working with REST back-ends written in Python

Employer is willing to sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Join us if you want to:
Get professional skills development with our virtual learning tools and platforms (Digital Campus, LinkedIn Learning, Degreed, EdX, Enterprise Mentoring, and Communities of Excellence & Practice)
Broaden your experience in international projects, technical workshops and hackathons
Enjoy additional days off for Christmas break (December 24th-January 1st)
Participate in employee recognition program (Boeing PridePoints)
Have Private Medical Insurance (Skandia)

Relocation:
This position does not offer relocation. Candidates must live in the immediate area or relocate at their own expense.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.