Frontend Developer

About us:

Plumsmith is a 2-person software shop in Bologna. The founders still answer support tickets. Customers who call us usually reach someone who wrote the code they are asking about.

About the role:

Plumsmith has an opening for a Frontend Developer. This role sits between design and backend engineering. Expect to spend most of your time in TypeScript, CSS and browser dev tools. This is an in-person role at our Bologna location.

In your first few months you will:

• Maintain and extend the shared component library in Storybook
• Track down cross-browser bugs in Safari, Chrome, Firefox and mobile browsers
• Write unit tests with Jest and React Testing Library, and end-to-end tests with Playwright or Cypress
• Migrate legacy jQuery or AngularJS pages to the current stack

You might be a good fit if you:

• 3-5 years building production web applications
• Experience with a styling approach such as Tailwind, CSS Modules or styled-components
• Familiarity with accessibility standards and semantic markup
• Able to explain frontend tradeoffs to designers and product managers
• Solid HTML and CSS, including Flexbox, Grid and responsive layouts

Nice to have:

• Experience building or maintaining a design system
• Visual regression testing with Chromatic or Percy

What we offer:

Rate: €39,000-€48,000 annually

• Flexible start and finish times
• Flexible remuneration plan

Duration: 6 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Plumsmith.