Frontend Engineer

In June 2021 Grafana Labs acquired k6 - a Stockholm-based startup behind the open-source load testing tool for engineering teams. With k6, Grafana Labs adds extensible testing to its open and composable Grafana observability stack.
At k6, we build next-generation performance testing tools for developers and DevOps engineers. You will join a team of 5 frontend engineers working on our SaaS frontend app as well as other tools interacting with our cloud platform.
We are pushing forward the state-of-the-art in our industry, creating open-source tools that have great developer experience and enable engineers to build reliable systems. k6 is an open-source tool that we built to reinvent the engineering principles around performance testing and enable engineers to build systems that scale.


About the role:
Due to our small teams and fast development pace, you will have a substantial and immediate impact on how the end product is architected, developed, and how the engineering team operates. Most importantly, you will work with competent colleagues and will be able to expand your knowledge and skills in different directions.


Technical Requirements:
Have solid experience with single-page apps connecting to REST/APIs services.
Be well versed in ES6+ and modern CSS (At least 4 years of experience).
Solid experience with React.js (At least 2 years of day-to-day working with React).
Have experience with any form of state management library connecting with React. (Plus if you have experience with Redux.js)
have an interest in developing your backend skills
have experience with WebSockets
have interest or experience in performance investigations and load testing
have experience in data analyzing and presenting charts, trends, etc.



Responsibilities:
Develop and maintain our cloud app based on React.js, interfacing with our REST and WebSocket API
Develop and maintain our tools interfacing with the cloud app
Maintain a scalable and modular CSS architecture
Collaborate with the design/product team on improving user experience