Frontend Developer

CitizenShipper is looking for talented professionals to join our growing team.

What we are looking for

• 5+ years experience building single page applications with React

• Excellent knowledge of JavaScript (ES6+)

• Excellent knowledge of Typescript and a preference for static typing

• Experience with testing frameworks and a strong desire to write a lot of tests

• Experience with both REST as well as GraphQL APIs

• Able to bring up a new application from scratch to fulfill product requirements

• Fluent in English (candidates who cannot communicate in English will be rejected)

• Good team player

• Strong communication skills

• Ability to mentor less experienced colleagues

• Self-motivated and proactive

In your role you will

• Build and maintain our frontend applications

• Collaborate with backend developers to integrate the app with the APIs our backend services provide

• Translate UI/UX design wireframes into actual code that will produce visual elements of the application

• Work with the UI/UX designer and bridge the gap between graphical design and technical implementation, taking an active role on both sides and defining how the application looks as well as how it works

• Ensure the design and implementation are optimized for smartphones

• Develop new user-facing features

• Optimize our applications for performance and scalability

• Communicate with the rest of the development team daily

• Collaborate with other stakeholders

Bonus points for

• Experience with working remotely

• Experience with Node.js or other backend development

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions or Gitlab CI

• Passionate about functional programming

• Proven experience developing and building applications (github link on repo)

About us

As a share-economy transportation marketplace, CitizenShipper connects people who need items delivered with the drivers able to complete the delivery. Our main focus is on facilitating pet transportation – to date, we’ve helped reunite thousands of owners with their pets.

Why join us?

🌎 Our team is multicultural and international

😎 We have a “minimal meetings” culture

🤗 We have a flat organization without micromanaging.

👩‍💻 Everyone works remotely (from home)

🚀 We’re still growing, and you have a lot of room to grow with us

💚 Generous parental (maternity and paternity) leave policy - up to 14 weeks!

📚 $50/month book allowance

👨‍🏫 $2,000/year Professional development budget

🏝 Full paid light work week (max 10-15 hours) each quarter