Senior Frontend Engineer

Title:   Senior Frontend Engineer (SEO & Performance)

Location: Remote-EMEA

Job Description:

A bout Remote

Remote is solving global remote organizations biggest challenge: employing anyone anywhere compliantly. We make it possible for businesses big and small to employ a global team by handling global payroll, benefits, taxes, and compliance. Check out remote.com/how-it-works to learn more or if youre interested in adding to the mission, scroll down to apply now.

Please take a look at  remote.com/handbook to learn more about our culture and what it is like to work here.  Not only do we encourage folks from all ethnic groups, genders, sexuality, age and abilities to apply, but we prioritize a sense of belonging. You can check out independent reviews by other candidates on Glassdoor or look up the results of our candidate surveys to see how others feel about working and interviewing here.

All of our positions are fully remote. You do not have to relocate to join us!

The position

You’ll join the Growth team, responsible for the development and maintenance of our public-facing website. The Growth team is a subset of our engineering team, which consists of over 200 engineers across Frontend, Backend, SRE, and QA. We’re organized into cross-functional development teams assigned to specific verticals.

Our team works with React and Next.js on the frontend. On the backend, we use Elixir and Phoenix. Postgres is our database of choice. GitLab is used as a version control tool and a CI/CD solution; we use Linear as our issue tracker. Our applications are hosted on AWS. We fully rely on our CI for deployments and deploy multiple times per day.

As a Senior Frontend Engineer for SEO & Performance, you’ll be responsible for implementing SEO best practices and optimizing frontend performance to enhance search engine rankings, drive organic traffic, and ensure fast load times for a seamless user experience. Your role will involve conducting performance audits, staying updated on the latest trends and technologies in frontend development, SEO, and performance optimization, and mentoring more junior engineers.

What this job can offer you

• Complex and meaningful challenges solving them will enable our business to scale further and attract our audience.
• Opportunity to have a significant impact on the business we are still very early in our journey as a company, and each change you make today is amplified by the company’s growth.
• A lot of freedom to organize your work and life you are not bound to daily stand-ups, recurring meetings, or other ceremonies.
• Competitive salary, stock options, unlimited PTO, and a set of perks and benefits.
• A supportive and kind work environment where we encourage you to challenge dogmas and pursue innovation!
• A strong team of experienced engineers who will support and facilitate your professional growth.

What you bring

• Experience as a Frontend Engineer, including building, shipping, and maintaining feature-rich software projects.
• Strong knowledge and experience in React and Next.js.
• Proficiency in JavaScript, as well as semantic HTML and CSS.
• Experience implementing SEO best practices and improving search engine visibility.
• Strong understanding of web performance optimization techniques and tools.
• Experience interacting with third-party APIs (analytics, data collection, headless CMS, etc.).
• Experience dealing with ambiguity, transforming abstract concepts into working software.
• Strong ability to work independently and be self-guided.
• Curiosity and a willingness to learn and develop.
• Experience working with Sales and Marketing teams is a plus.

Practicals

• You’ll report to: The Team Lead of the Growth team
• Location : Anywhere in the World
• Start date : As soon as possible

Remote Compensation Philosophy

Remote’s Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide – here is some context. At Remote we have international operations and a globally distributed workforce. We use geo ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy to remain competitive in various markets while we hiring globally.

The base salary range for this full-time position is USD $51,850 to USD $137,150. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location, and our job titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.

Application process

1. (async) Profile review
2. Screening call with a Recruiter
3. Interview with an Engineering Manager
4. (async) Code exercise
5. Interview with the team (you’ll get a sense of who you’d be working with)
6. (async) Offer

Benefits

Our full benefits & perks are explained in our handbook at remote.com/r/benefits. As a global company, each country works differently, but some benefits/perks are for all Remoters:

• work from anywhere
• unlimited personal time off (minimum 4 weeks)
• quarterly company-wide day off for self care
• flexible working hours (we are async)
• 16 weeks paid parental leave
• mental health support services
• stock options
• learning budget
• home office budget & IT equipment
• budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces

How youll plan your day (and life)

We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.

You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your  life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.

If that sounds like something you want, apply now!

How to apply

1. Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
2. We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
3. If you dont have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.

We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer its important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.