Graduate Front End Developer

More than 300 employees work on the product, from search ranking to fraud detection. We run a marketplace with over 300,000 active sellers and fulfillment centres in four regions. Our office has a quiet floor and a loud floor.

Position summary:

We are backfilling a position after an internal move. Edwards Apps needs a frontend developer who cares about page load times, keyboard access and clean component APIs. You will be employed through our employer-of-record partner in India, with a local contract and salary paid in Indian rupees. Core hours are 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM UK time. A stable internet connection and a backup power option are required.

Responsibilities:

• Profile and reduce bundle size, Core Web Vitals and time to interactive
• Maintain and extend the shared component library in Storybook
• Review frontend pull requests and keep coding conventions consistent
• Migrate legacy jQuery or AngularJS pages to the current stack
• Track down cross-browser bugs in Safari, Chrome, Firefox and mobile browsers

Minimum qualifications:

• Solid HTML and CSS, including Flexbox, Grid and responsive layouts
• Comfortable using browser dev tools to debug network, layout and performance issues
• Experience with a styling approach such as Tailwind, CSS Modules or styled-components
• Deep working knowledge of React (hooks, context, rendering behaviour)
• Able to explain frontend tradeoffs to designers and product managers
• Git and a pull request based workflow

Pay and benefits:

• Annual salary review
• Flexible hours
• Annual learning budget
• Public holidays observed per your country

Start: Flexible.

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