Front End Developer (React) (offline)

Curation Zone is a world leader in contextualising data about creative professionals. We're a mature start up, backed by decades of domain expertise. We enable high velocity talent discovery using our innovative ranking methodology, delivered in a SaaS platform for the creative industries.

We're looking for a mid-level front end engineer to join our exceptionally skilled team. Specifically, one with an interest in and experience of search and recommendation engines.

About you

We're looking for someone who is curious about what they are working on, meaning you'll want to engage with parts of the platform you don't know, and look for ways to improve it. You should be a tireless advocate of code quality - that means understanding the need for trade-offs in the short term whilst keeping us honest in the long term. You should also be a confident communicator that appreciates the benefit of open discussion when it comes to building and improving products, and comfortable with the ceremonial aspects of agile which we observe regularly.

Requirements

You'll have 1-3 years of experience in a production environment
You'll be comfortable working with industry typical development tools, e.g. git, CI/CD pipelines, linting etc
You've worked with relational and non relational databases at some point during your career
You'll have an excellent grasp of front end technologies, specifically React.js and Redux
You've worked extensively with REST APIs
(Desirable) You have some grasp of Python and would like to transition into a full stack role in the near future.

What the job involves

Owning frontend development of our product features
Ensuring our user experience delivers the value that our backend and data efforts provide
Deploy your work on a daily basis, and participate in show and tells.
Plan and prioritise feature implementation to synchronise with the rest of the team
Communicate dependencies before they become blockers

Additional info about the role

This role will own our front end development, but there is an excellent opportunity for a budding python enthusiast to get stuck in to the back end of our system and contribute to a wider scope than merely our UI. We'd love to provide a platform for someone that wants to move into a full stack role in the near future.