Senior Frontend Engineer Budapest

Senior Frontend Engineer
Budapest

Your new company

Our partner works on the world’s largest content recommendation platform. As a Frontend JavaScript Engineer you will work on the company's flagship recommendations product.

What are some of the things you do on a day-to-day basis?

Work on the company's recommendations, ad formats and user experience – the backbone of the products of the company, which stands at the intersection of end-users, publishers and advertisers

Be responsible for creating, testing, deploying, monitoring, analysing and maintaining all of a variety of new & innovative ad formats that reach billions of users and are used by thousands of advertisers (carousel, app install, video ads and many more)

Make professional decisions based on big data and performance metrics of billions of users, while putting emphasis on business & page performance KPIs

Collaborate with the Product, Data and UX team throughout the company to iterate on the design and implementation of our partners' product.

Stay up to date with latest browser features, Web APIs and related technologies such as Web Components, Lighthouse & Google Core Web Vitals, CDNs, A/B Testing at scale and many, many more

What you'll need to succeed

5+ years programming experience in web development. Good understanding of vanilla JavaScript, CSS and HTML is a must. TypeScript knowledge is an advantage.

Experience with cross browser and multi device support – both responsiveness and feature support

Familiarity with advanced “low-level” javascript/web concepts such as Event Loop, Performance API, XHR/JSONP, Browser paint cycle

Basic level of understanding of web fundamentals such as HTTP methods & headers, CDN & DNS, how HTTP servers work

Team player, able to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and an independent learner

BSc in Computer Science or equivalent

It would be great if you also have:

Familiarity with any of the following: Google AMP, Lighthouse, ReactJS, Gulp/Rollup/Webpack, NPM, Java, Maven, Go Lang, Docker, BigQuery, MySQL, Kusto, Grafana

Familiarity with methodologies such as Agile, Lean Startup, CI/CD, DevOps, TDD, Extreme Programming, SCRUM

Some Other Nice To Have Includes

Experience in web development

Interest in UI design

Interest in artificial intelligence and recommendation systems

Hardcore table football, ping pong, or darts skills

What you'll get in return

If you ask our partner's employees what they love about the company, they will tell you that they are able to discover their best professional selves, explore where they can grow to, and learn from and together with smart and talented people.

Our partner is making an impact on how people consume content across the world, a culture of transparency, passion, and a diverse, inclusive and friendly work environment.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.