Senior Frontend Engineer - Remote Europe at Reedsy (United Kingdom)
Reedsy· United Kingdom· £60k–£90k·
Role details
Salary
£60k–£90k
Work type
Remote
Employment
Full-Time
Equity
Yes
Job description
We welcome applicants based anywhere in Europe.
About Reedsy
We’re here to give authors the tools and resources they need to create beautiful books. Our marketplace gathers the industry's best publishing professionals — the likes of Neil Gaiman's editor, Nora Roberts' book marketer, and GRRM’s cover designer. We’ve grown to a community of 5,000,000 authors, and transformed the way people write and publish their book. Want to hop on board and help us get to our next destination? Cool, keep reading!
Responsibilities
- Develop high quality, responsive, mobile-friendly Vue.js apps
- Create amazing interactions and visualizations
- Work closely with our Back-end engineers and our UI designers
- Help bridge the gap between server and client (consuming RESTful APIs)
- Write unit and functional tests
Requirements
- Professional experience with Vue.js
- A firm understanding of how to write maintainable and scalable CSS with Sass.
- Strong JavaScript fundamentals
- Experience with component-based front-end UI libraries.
- Understanding of MVC pattern and other object oriented concepts
- Experience with version control (Git and GitHub)
- Familiarity with agile development processes
- Exceptional communication skills
Bonus Points
- A good dose of ambition, as well as a great sense of humour
- You strive for pixel perfection
- Experience optimizing JavaScript applications
- UX skills
- Knowledge of Node.js, TypeScript, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Desktop Framework (e.g Electron), iOS
- Fluent in multiple languages. Reedsy welcomes applicants of all cultures and backgrounds.
Benefits
- Work from home;
- Paid paternal and maternal leave;
- Annual team retreat
Salary range: £60k – £90k
Why work at Reedsy
- Full remote forever: Reedsy is a fully distributed company with a team of around 50 core employees (plus a global network of freelancers). Team members work from 15+ countries.
- Flexible lifestyle: Co-founders have publicly embraced location-independent work (e.g., co-founder Matt spending months living and working from the Alps).
- Diverse, global team: Recruits talent from top publishers (Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Macmillan) and freelancers globally.
- High employee satisfaction: Employer rating of 4.1/5 on LinkedIn across categories including Work-Life (4.1), Culture (4.0), Career Opportunities (4.2), and Compensation (3.9).
- Flat, autonomous culture: Small core team allows for significant ownership and impact. Roles span design, editorial, marketing, customer experience, and engineering.