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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

As a Frontend Developer, you will develop websites and e-commerce stores using Shopify and Word Press/Woo Commerce technologies, in all phases of the product life cycle, as part of a high-performing and multi-disciplinary team. The work is broader than a template. Alongside websites and stores you will build app front ends and the interactive and experience projects our creative and R&D teams take on, which is where the more unusual briefs come from.

It is a good seat for someone early in their career who wants range rather than one stack repeated. Two things have raised the bar recently, and they are worth knowing before you apply. Performance is measured and it moves revenue, so Core Web Vitals are part of the job rather than a report someone runs afterwards. And accessibility stopped being optional: clients selling to EU consumers fall under the European Accessibility Act, with WCAG 2.1 AA as the working standard. Neither is something you are expected to arrive an expert in, but both are things you will be expected to care about.

Key Responsibilities

• Implementing Design: Implement a design made by a UX/UI designer on Figma, faithfully and without losing what made it work.
• Front-End Components: Develop front-end components in order to improve responsiveness and overall performance.
• Performance: Build to a performance budget and keep an eye on Core Web Vitals, INP included, because on commerce sites they move revenue rather than only a score.
• Accessibility: Build to WCAG 2.1 AA as a default: semantic markup, keyboard paths, focus states and contrast, checked as you go rather than fixed at the end.

Experience

• Projects: Contribute to interactive and experience work alongside the creative and R&D teams, where the brief is less standard and the front end is the product. Testing & QA: Manage testing and debugging and participate in quality assurance.
• Agile Delivery: Participate in an agile project management system based on multiple sprints.
• Initiative: Propose ideas and lead initiatives to solve client needs, and be proactive in searching for new ways of doing tasks.
• Project Communication: Respond to a project manager and build a trusting relationship by keeping them informed on updates, blockers, and proposing real, doable deadlines.
• Team Contribution: Help proactively solve problems and give improvement suggestions within the front-end team, and participate in gathering meetings with other developers, designers and e-commerce managers.
• Support: Provide website support by working on tweaks and fixes, based on monthly hour packs.

Technical & Platform Skills Experience

2 to 4 years building for the web, on real projects with real traffic. The seat is open across that range, and we adjust scope to the person rather than the other way around.

Education

Bachelor or master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or any other related area, or equivalent experience. Core languages: Proficiency with HTML, CSS, Java Script and PHP.

Platforms

Strong proficiency in Word Press/Woo Commerce and/or Shopify, and previous experience with other websites and e-commerce projects. Modern front end: Working knowledge of a modern Java Script framework, React being the one we use most, and enough Type Script to be comfortable in a typed codebase. Craft under pressure: Ability to multitask effectively in a fast-paced environment, and to hand work over in a state someone else can pick up. AI literacy: Literacy in Tech and AI subjects, and practical understanding of how LLMs and agents work: context, tools, memory, and why the same prompt can return different answers. Sophisticated use of AI platforms, both with efficiency and security.

Languages

Fluency in English and Portuguese.

Behavioral Skills Proactivity

Proactive in searching for new ways of doing tasks and finding solutions for task delivery.

Attention to Detail

The design either matches or it does not, and small differences are visible to everyone.

Receptive to Feedback

Comfortable having your work reviewed, and reviewing others, without taking it personally.

Curiosity

Interested in how the web is changing, and willing to learn the parts of it that are not glamorous.

Collaborative Spirit

Works closely with design, e-commerce and project management, sharing early rather than at the end.

Kindness

At Wise Pirates we promote and admire kindness, independently of rhythm, intensity and efficiency.

AI Readiness

Interest and fluency in using AI as a partner to deliver efficient value, respecting security and privacy regulations.

Innovation Lover

Someone seeking continuous growth and desiring to be part of innovative solutions.

Nice to Have

• Additional years of experience beyond the range above, for a broader remit and more ownership over technical decisions.
• Proficiency with Java Script frameworks (React, Angular, Vue.Js).
• PHP frameworks (Laravel, Code Igniter) and databases (My SQL, Maria DB).
• API integrations, and knowledge of Webflow, Lovable and similar platforms.
• Experience using Click Up as a project management tool.
• App front ends, whether native, React Native or Flutter.
• Animation and interaction work: GSAP, Web GL, Three.Js or canvas, for the experience projects.
• Headless or composable commerce, and its indexation and performance quirks.
• AI-assisted development in daily work, with the discipline of reviewing what it produces.