Frontend engineer
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Frontend developer UX/UI
We are looking for a (senior) front-end developer with an affinity for both the technical and visual side of front-end development. Work together with other developers on web-based software that is used both internally and externally, giving domain experts and customers insights into their operation and helping them in their day-to-day jobs. Besides working on the user-facing parts you will also contribute to the internal technical, shared packages and tooling to improve the quality of life for yourself and your peers.
The department develops digital products for business units (BU) in Marine Power, Marine Systems and Energy. DPD uses a common technology stack to generate insight from operational data, to make for example predictive maintenance- or efficiency optimisation products.
The department is growing from around 100 to 120 professionals. We consist of around 15 agile teams organised in 4 tribes, with clear focus areas, led by Chief Product Owners. As a front-end developer, you will be part of one of the agile teams and will develop and maintain our digital products.
- You build and develop our new responsive web app that works well on a variety of screen resolutions and browsers.
- You develop new features for our products and services which provide our customers with actionable information through multiple channels.
- You participate in end to end development through prototyping, validation, implementation, launch, and further iterations.
- You actively contribute to continuous integration efforts and improvements on our way of working.
- You collaborate with UX designers to develop appealing and intuitive interfaces based on graphic designs or mock-ups.
Wärtsilä in the Netherlands supplies worldwide sales & services for the marine and decentralized power industry. We have around 900 employees working in the Netherlands on our seven locations in Drunen, Harlingen, Kampen, Kruiningen, Schiedam and Zwolle.
Wärtsilä has been a player in the Dutch market since as far back as 1827 (then as Werkspoor Amsterdam). Our customers benefit from our broad experience, built up over nearly two hundred years, each and every day. Wärtsilä in the Netherlands operates three different business units: Marine Solutions, Energy Solutions and Services.
- To be discussed later
- You have a Bachelor or Master’s degree in Computer Science or at least 3 years of relevant experience with front-end-development. specifically: JavaScript (including ESNext and/or TypeScript), HTML5, CSS and/or Sass.
- Experience with and/or skills in UX design/development; you're able to create an aesthetically pleasing and user experience friendly interface based on (or without any) minimal mock-ups.
- Experience with React or similar technologies like Angular or Vue.js.
- Experience with automated unit, visual, and/or contract testing, we use Jest for this.
- Experience with back-end development (e.g. Java, Python) or experience working with BaaS (e.g. Firebase) is a plus.
- Experience developing online applications, especially those containing a lot of data, is a plus.
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