Senior Front End Engineer - React Porto

Senior Front End Engineer - React
Porto
Porto, Porto District, Portugal

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Who We Are

At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an
- evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse.

Who We Are

At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an
- evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse.

Our global family now encompasses over 30, 000 employees across 150+ offices in 64 markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences. Our expertise spans the entire customer journey, offering deep insights in communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. We deliver
-
- end solutions that result in revolutionary work.

Senior Front End React Developer needed to join our engineering team. We are looking for someone to join us or a permanent or contract to work on a AI based platform.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Creating prototypes and
  - quality
  - ready React/Next
  JS
  - end single page applications
• Driving forward the quality – in code, unit testing, accessibility, performance, code reviews
• Delivering on an Agile workstream of
  - end developers on a project, contributing to daily
  - ups, sprint planning and estimates
• Conversing confidently with technical and
  - technical colleagues
• Building modular layouts, reusable code and libraries for future use
• Representing
  - end in a
  - facing capacity
• Cooperating with design and marketing teams to gather and refine specifications and requirements for development
• Being involved in existing and new integrations for the platform
• Having full
  -
  - end ownership from idea to delivery, covering ongoing maintenance, expansion and scaling
• Staying current with evolving standards and technologies, learning new skills as needed
• Mentoring junior candidates
  
  

What We Want From You

• Strong commercial experience of hands on React development, with a solid understanding of the core concepts
• Strong commercial experience of serverless development and
  - side development with Next
  JS
• Solid understanding of state management technologies/approaches i. e. Redux, Flux
• Extensive Experience with a Type Checking language either Flow or Type
  Script (we use Type
  Script)
• Mastery of semantic HTML5, CSS3 (SASS or LESS) and Java
  Script (ES6+) adhering to industry defined coding standards
• Extensive experience of unit testing/End to end testing/regression testing (we use Jest, React-testing-libraries and Cypress)
• Solid understanding of the Agile methodology i. e. Story point estimation, refinement, sprint planning, retrospective, sprint demos
• Experience of mentoring junior members of the team
• Experience in component development with Storybook
• Knowledge of current trends and best practices in
  - end architecture, including performance optimization, accessibility, SEO, security and usability
• Commercial experience of using GIT in a large development team performing Continuous Integration
• Excellent communication skills and capability to interact directly with the team and stakeholders
• Proficient understanding of fluid responsive layouts,
  - browser and
  - device compatibility issues
• Commercial experience working on SPA solutions, ideally within
  - commerce
• Familiarity with modern
  - end build pipelines and tools such as Grunt and webpack
• Willingness to contribute to both large, complex projects and smaller tasks as directed.
• Have experience of integrating with a variety of external, 3rd party systems
  
  

If You Know Some Of This, Even Better

• Additional Commercial e
  Commerce platform experience – Magento/Hybris /Shopify
• Experience of working with other CMS platforms such as AEM, Sitecore or SFCC
• Any knowledge of Nodejs, Express, SQL, Lambda, AWS
• Experience of working on Java/Node/C#/PHP projects would be beneficial
  
  

What We Can Offer You

Alongside the opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world, we’ll also prioritise your career development and help you grow your skills. We’ll empower you to make a difference, allow you to be yourself, and respect who you are.

We offer a great benefits package including social events, training opportunities, medical and dental insurance, life assurance, meal cards and much more.

Our personality and behaviours: We believe that we are what we do, not just what we say. Our shared values and behaviours show how to bring the VML Enterprise Solution's culture to life through the actions we all take every day:

• Connect Meaningfully
• Inspire Creatively
• Include Purposefully
• Approach Positively
  
  

Our brilliant, talented people are what makes VML Enterprise Solutions what we are. That’s why we look for people who go beyond and always push our thinking to be better than yesterday.

AT VML Enterprise Solutions

Our Enterprise Solutions division houses strategic consultants, creative and technical architects and skilled developers and operators that together help some of the world’s leading organisations to deliver outstanding digital experiences across all major routes to market worldwide: marketplaces, online retailers, D2C, B2B and social platforms. With over 4, 200 experts in 55 operational centres across 34 countries, our capabilities span the entire buying journey from customer acquisition, through engagement, to conversion and loyalty, driving
- channel growth for
- leading brands.

We work with some of the most exciting brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, EY, Bosch, Unilever, Ford, DFS, Mercedes-Benz, Johnson & Johnson, Nestlé, Sainsbury’s, Selfridges, Shell and Tiffany & Co. We’ve built over 500 platforms for brands and retailers and generate in excess of $29bn annually for our clients and work with over 50 strategic partners including Adobe, SAP, Salesforce, HCL, Shopify, Sitecore, Big
Commerce, commerce tools and Acquia. Our reputation is based on our people, and we believe we have some of the best in the business.

As our business grows internationally, we’re looking for new people to join us on our journey to inspire and take a key role in shaping some of the best commerce solutions, services, and websites in the world. Working as a team, no problem is insurmountable; we share in our client’s successes and believe that anyone can show creative bravery no matter what their role is in the team.

In our Lisbon or Porto office, you’ll join a team of other specialists who are always ready to help each other. The team is part of our Enterprise Solutions network and works in coordination with our Local and EMEA client leads.

WPP (VML Enterprise Solutions) is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

VML is a WPP Agency. For more information, please visit our website, and follow VML on our social channels via Instagram, Linked
In, and
X.

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