Opinary has one mission: We make opinions matter. On the web and in
real life. Globally, people use our polling technology to share their
opinion with one simple click. The instant visualization of opinion
trends enables our users to engage in an open dialogue and to understand
complex debates.
By harnessing latest advances in Machine Learning, NLP and
distributed systems design, our platform ensures that our content always
stays relevant to the reader.
With over 80 Million monthly users, we’re one of the fastest growing
startups in the media space. You’ve probably used our tools yourself on
publishers like The Times, Spiegel Online, NBC, Huffington Post or the
Independent.
We are looking for a Lead Frontend Engineer to support our growing product team.
Your challenges
- Build and lead a team of
talented and motivated frontend engineers and support them to achieve
their growth trajectory, encompassing personal development and
professional goals by giving regular feedback and active mentoring.
- Collaborate across functional boundaries with product owners, data scientists and designers to deliver an impactful, well-engineered product that carries our mission.
- Be an advocate
for a strong development culture that strives for continuous
improvement: in code, in process and software development practice.
- Support a team culture that is inclusive, transparent and encourages accountability, experimentation and growth.
Your profile
- You have strong frontend development (we use amongst others react.js, redux, webpack, flow) expertise spanning at least 5 years of professional experience, delivering successful products and managing complexity at scale. Technical credibility will be a strong asset.
- You have strong leadership skills and display this by supporting your team to unleash their full potential and by leading by example.
- You
still nurture yourself as a great frontend technologist but understand
that in the choice between coding and people, your team comes first.
- You care about results and want to proactively challenge the status quo by pushing for technological advancement and accompanying its adoption.
- You have formally led a group of developers or are ready to take the plunge into leadership.
What we offer
- Your technical chops will directly impact today’s debates in the most relevant media outlets
- We have a diverse and open culture from different professional and personal backgrounds.
- Our agile team
provides the space to directly influence and impact our product
positively without having to traverse a complex spiderweb of
hierarchies.
- Growth and continuous learning: everyone at opinary is encouraged to trust in experiments and personally grow - a generous learning budget underpins this.
- We provide a flexible working environment – choose your working hours, holidays and preferred laptop.