Frontend Engineer: E-commerce & Interactive UX

Wise Pirates; Viseu; On-site; EUR 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Wise Pirates is seeking a Frontend Developer in Portugal to build websites and e-commerce stores using WordPress/Woo Commerce and Shopify. You will also develop app front ends and interactive projects with the creative and R&D teams, contributing to non-traditional briefs and high-value experiences.

Expect a role across the stack, with emphasis on performance, accessibility, and proactive collaboration with designers, developers, and project managers.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years building for the web on real projects with real traffic.
• Bachelor or master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related area or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency with HTML, CSS, Java Script and PHP.
• Strong proficiency in Word Press/Woo Commerce and/or Shopify; experience with other e-commerce projects.
• Working knowledge of a modern JavaScript framework (React preferred) and TypeScript in a typed codebase.

Responsibilities

• Implement a design from a UX/UI designer on Figma, faithfully and without losing what made it work.
• Develop front-end components to improve responsiveness and overall performance.
• Build to a performance budget and monitor Core Web Vitals and accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA).
• Ensure accessibility and semantic markup, keyboard paths, focus states and contrast as standard practice.

Skills

English proficiency

Proactivity

Attention to detail

Receptive to feedback

Curiosity

Collaborative spirit

Kindness

AI readiness

Innovation mindset

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science/Engineering or related

Tools

WordPress/Woo Commerce

Shopify

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

HTML

CSS

Job description

Wise Pirates is seeking a Frontend Developer in Portugal to build websites and e-commerce stores using WordPress/Woo Commerce and Shopify. You will also develop app front ends and interactive projects with the creative and R&D teams, contributing to non-traditional briefs and high-value experiences.

Expect a role across the stack, with emphasis on performance, accessibility, and proactive collaboration with designers, developers, and project managers.