Staff Frontend Application Engineer

Do you want to help us shape what the future of work will look like and how it will best embrace our life's aspirations? If this sounds like a journey you want to embark on, we may have the right role for you!

PayFit is an intuitive cloud-based payroll and employee management solution designed specifically for SMBs. Since 2015, we have set ourselves a mission to simplify payroll for SMBs and enable employers and employees to grow together. We are a European company operating from 3 main countries (France, Spain, and the UK) where we are supporting over 9500 clients. 

Creating a fulfilling work environment and culture is also a core mission at PayFit, and our day-to-day work philosophy is reflected in our four values:

We genuinely care for others whoever they are, whatever they think.

We aim to improve and achieve better results every day.

Staying humble and exchanging transparent feedback helps us to grow and improve.

We are the architects of PayFit's success.

A key part of our culture, and essential for our success, is also improving the diversity of our teams and building an inclusive culture where you can be yourself at work. 

This is why our recruitment focuses on the skills you demonstrate, and not only on your academic background or previous professional experiences. At PayFit we understand that you can gain applicable skills through a variety of life experiences and we are interested in knowing them, too.

- Emphasize efficiency and agility in transformation, making trade-offs for incremental progress.

- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including backend developers, UI/UX designers, and product managers, to ensure seamless integration and optimal user experience.

- Define and enforce front-end architectural standards, best practices, and design patterns across the engineering organization. Address complex technical debt to improve system maintainability and performance.

- Mentor and coach engineers in developing advanced front-end skills, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

- Drive the development of core front-end tools and components that enhance the performance, modularity, and maintainability of our application.

- Work closely with product managers to understand user needs and translate them into effective front-end solutions that enhance user satisfaction.

- Lead discussions on Front End technical approaches and decisions, ensuring alignment with business goals and scalability requirements.

- Drive the establishment of strong front-end conventions within an event-driven architecture context, promoting best practices for event handling and communication.

- Work effectively in a design system context, ensuring consistency and usability in the user interface.

- Keep abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to continually evolve our front-end application within a transformation context.

This role is for you if you have :

- Proven experience (5+ years) as a Senior Front End Application Engineer or similar role in complex web applications.

- Strong expertise in front-end technologies, including JavaScript/ES6, Typescript 

- Strong expertise in React and its ecosystem

- Expertise with bundling tools such as webpack, Vite, rollup

- Experience with building, distributing and maintaining Javascript libraries (npm modules)

- Experience working with complex frontend architecture such as micro frontends Demonstrated ability to make trade-offs for incremental progress while driving transformation initiatives.

- Proficiency in working within a design system context, ensuring consistency and adherence to established design principles.

- Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor technical teams, fostering skill growth and collaboration.

- Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating complex technical debt.

- Previous experience in SaaS or enterprise-level application development is a plus.

- Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

If you think you would be a good fit even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements, we would love to hear from you!

(CV + Portfolio or Documentation from previous experiences directly related to Design System).

1. First you will meet a Talent Acquisition Specialist for a discovery call (45 min)

2. Next step will be a meeting with Pierre, Engineering Director (30 min)

3. You will go through a frontend technical challenge at home and then a code review interview with Cyril & Vincent (60 min)

4. Then you will have a System Design live discussion with Stephen (45 min)

5. The last step would be having a discussion Sébastien, CTO (30 min)

Flexibility: We believe that to produce your best work and to be fulfilled, you should be free to choose what working arrangements suit you best. You can work from any place within your country (France, Spain or the UK).

Learning & Development: In PayFit we have a great learning platform where you can learn new skills everyday with the support of our company. We also have English language courses to improve your business communication vocabulary and get to the next level.

Career Development: We want you to progress and be free to choose which direction you want to grow. There are also opportunities for internal moves.

Health promotion: Gym membership conditions depending on country and 4 paid sessions with a mental health practitioner and online support with Moka Care.

Health insurance: with conditions depending on the country.

Meals: Restaurant tickets.

Home office budget: To help you get set up in the best conditions. A MacBook as our standard working tool.