Front End Engineer

Are you a UX Developer who enjoys giving users the best experience possible, or a full-stack engineer who feels comfortable with both tinkering with Javascript or writing CSS? Are you also looking to be a part of building and creating something new? Then this could be what you’re fishing for!
Did you know that fishing is the world’s most popular hobby? We do! And here at Fishbrain we have created the world’s largest social network dedicated to people who love fishing. We want to make sure that we can give them the greatest experience possible and make their fishing dreams come true, no matter where they are in the world.
We have over 13 million users all over the world who have logged over 12 million catches in our app. We’re growing fast, both in our social network and in the company, which is why we’re looking for a Front End Engineer to join our pond. We hope that it’s you. You can help us catching the next 10 million users by joining our Web team, which means you will be helping shape Fishbrain’s presence on the web.
This position is remote first, with team members situated in a number of different countries. Currently we'll only be considering applications from people located in timezones UTC-1 to UTC+5


Your daily work will involve:
Working with tech like TypeScript, React, NextJS, GraphQL, and Serverless.
Prototyping, experimenting, and implementing UX interactions and animations.
Implementing and iterating on our component-based design system.
Being involved across the entire product lifecycle, from product discovery to product development and through multiple product iterations.
Collaborating with the design team to build a consistent UI and experience across the whole customer journey.
Working cross-functional with a fun mix of designers, product manager, and back end, Android, and iOS Engineers



What we are fishing for:
You have about 5+ years of experience working as a developer coming up with and implementing solutions to provide a great user experience
You get a kick out of creating fantastic user interactions and experiences
You have worked with JavaScript and feel like this is your pond to swim in
You might also have experience with the following areas
SEO or web performance optimisation
Typescript or other types languages
Serverless technologies like AWS Lambda
Server-side rendering with React
Testing using tools like Testing Library or Cypress
You’re updated with new technologies and like to try out new waters
You like to swim with other fishes, you’re communicative and most of all, you like to have fun
You’re comfortable mentoring junior developers and making long-term technical decisions.





Our Bait
We have trust in our employees which means that 1. you will be given a lot of responsibility from day one and 2. we value your opinions and and ideas. No matter the team, everything we do has an impact on our users and on Fishbrain as a company. Our culture is very important to us. If you have a “win as a team” mentality, are passionate and like to have fun, then Fishbrain is the place for you!