Contract: Senior/Lead Frontend Engineer

Upwork; Brasil; Teletrabalho; BRL 223 200 - 279 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

A dynamic tech company is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to design and build robust systems. The suitable candidate will have over 8 years of software development experience with expertise in modern JS frameworks such as Vue. Responsibilities include developing server-side logic and maintaining code quality. Candidates should have unit testing experience and the ability to collaborate with international teams. The position is contract-based with a possibility of renewal, and is fully remote.

Qualificações

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Extensive experience with modern JS frameworks (Vue preferred).
• Experience with writing maintainable unit tests.
• Basic understanding of accessibility guidelines.
• Intermediate English for technical interviews.

Responsabilidades

• Collaborate with project stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Design, develop, and maintain scalable server-side logic.
• Integrate front-end interfaces with backend APIs.
• Document code and technical specifications.
• Participate in sprint planning and stand-ups.

Conhecimentos

Professional software development experience

Experience with JS frameworks (Vue, React, Angular)

Unit testing and end-to-end UI testing

Self-motivation and self-organization

English (intermediate level)

Understanding of system design principles

Knowledge of REST

Experience with relational databases

AWS experience

Experience building high-load web applications

Ferramentas

Gmail

Slack

Confluence

Jira

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Upwork ($UPWK) is the world’s work marketplace. We serve everyone from one-person startups to over 30% of the Fortune 100 with a powerful, trust-driven platform that enables companies and talent to work together in new ways that unlock their potential.

Last year, more than $3.8 billion of work was done through Upwork by skilled professionals who are gaining more control by finding work they are passionate about and innovating their careers.

This is an engagement through Upwork’s Hybrid Workforce Solutions (HWS) Team. Our Hybrid Workforce Solutions Team is a global group of professionals that supports Upwork’s business. Our HWS team members are located all over the world.

Are you a Senior/Lead Software Engineer who is passionate about designing and building highly performant, robust systems to create outstanding user experiences and help impact the professional lives of millions of independent professionals and clients around the world? Do you relish solving important problems? Do you enjoy identifying potential scalability issues, implementing solutions that follow engineering standard methodologies, and coming up with creative solutions to both technical and product challenges? If so, we’d love to hear from you!

This is a contract position with the potential for contract renewal based on project needs and accomplishment toward deliverables.

Work/Project Scope

• Collaborate with project stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable and robust server-side logic, databases, and APIs according to project requirements.
• Develop, test, and maintain high-quality front-end code for web applications.
• Utilize modern frameworks like Vue.js, Nuxt, React.js, or Angular for efficient development.
• Integrate front-end interfaces with backend APIs for seamless data flow.
• Contribute to the enhancement of our codebase by improving quality and documentation, and reducing technical debt.
• Stay updated on current and emerging technologies.
• Utilize collaborative tools such as Gmail, Slack, Confluence, Jira, and various others for efficient communication, documentation, and project management.
• Participate in code reviews and design reviews.
• Document code and technical specifications for future reference.
• Analyze system performance, respond to incidents within specified deadlines, and provide services during on-call rotations to address system issues.
• Provide services in the Scrum process, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospective meetings, to contribute to project progress and team coordination.
• Participate in project-critical meetings and provide regular status updates on deliverables.
• Manage your time independently and effectively to achieve project deliverables, which may require an estimated 40 hours of project-related effort per week.
• Coordinate with the team during core hours (8:00 am to 11:00 am Pacific Time) to enhance project collaboration. Some roles or urgent matters may require availability until 12:00 pm Pacific Time on occasion.

Must-Haves (Required Skills)

• 8+ years of professional software development experience;
• Extensive experience with a modern JS framework, such as Vue (preferred), React, or Angular;
• Flutter experience or mobile experience is a major plus;
• Experience with unit testing and end-to-end UI testing;
• Basic understanding of accessibility (WCAG) guidelines and engineering principles;
• Self-motivation, self-organization, and self-education skills;
• English on at least an intermediate level (should be able to pass the technical interview in English);
• Basic understanding of system design principles.
• Extensive knowledge of REST
• Experience in writing well-structured, easily maintainable unit tests (such as JUnit, Mockito, etc)
• Experience with relational databases
• Consistent track record of collaborating with large, distributed teams of engineers over documentation and code
• A desire to learn new technologies and continually develop your professional skills
• Comfortable working with AWS
• Experience building / supporting high-load web applications and solving scalability issues

Upwork is proudly committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. We never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.