JavaScript Front-End Developer (offline)

About Virtido

Virtido is an entrepreneurial and innovative IT company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. We realize ideas and projects - from strategic concept to technical implementation closely alongside our dynamic clients with a strong focus on start-up or fast-growing companies. Since inception in 2015, we have grown rapidly to currently 80+ professionals in Switzerland and Western-Ukraine.



About Our Client - Pexapark

We are Pexapark – a Swiss-based FinTech startup in the renewable energy space. We are enthusiastic about green energy growing and thriving worldwide, and want to contribute to keeping renewable assets a good investment in modern electricity markets. The heart of our effort is a renewable energy FinTech platform, which we have been building over the last one and a half years.



Do you enjoy solving problems with code and love taking on difficult challenges and finding creative solutions? Do you play nicely with both humans and machines and are willing to go the extra mile?

As a Frontend Engineer at in the Pexapark Team, you will be responsible for building the platform and products on top of it – from detailing out specs with business to architectural considerations to implementation. You will work with our technical teams based in Lviv and Zurich, and will be collaborating closely with the business team located in Zurich, Switzerland.



What we offer



Becoming part in an experienced and fun to work with IT team mostly based in Lviv

A start-up culture where with work on an awesome product

Flat hierarchy, no bureaucracy and an organization in which your active contributions to shaping our future are most welcome – not only regarding technical matters, but also regarding business

Working together with colleagues in Switzerland and other parts of the world

Comfortable and modern office in convenient city location with car parking

MacBook Pro as development machine (or equivalent Windows PC, should you prefer)

25 days paid vacation, paid sick leaves, community events



Our setup



Angular app based on NGRX architecture with modern UI, fed by a Java web application backend

Strong emphasis on beautiful, informative and custom-looking charts

Agile approach with SCRUM using Atlassian Jira (Sprints), Confluence (Documentation) and Bitbucket (integrated with Jira), currently in 3-week sprint mode.



Technical skills



Experienced Frontend Engineer

Advanced JavaScript/ES6 and Typescript knowledge

Strong Angular 2+ practical skills and framework understanding

Experience with Redux (NGRX)

Good eye for design and love for applying practical skills with CSS/Sass and responsive layouts

Experience with chart libraries (Highcharts preferred)

Rest APIs

Unit testing

The quality of the code we build is crucial: good test coverage, thinking about important edge cases for testing, and making sure continuous integration is on green.



Soft skills



Can-do attitude

Excellent English language skills

Be able to handle situations with unclear specifications, and work with business on creating ready-to-implement specifications. High degree of self-motivation.

Be willing to travel to Switzerland occasionally

Team player who enjoys working with others.