We are looking for experienced front-end engineers to join our growing team. Smarkets
adopts a fluid, self-managing style which allows our teams the freedom
to make technical decisions together, with little hierarchy - giving our
engineers the opportunity to be genuinely autonomous. With our mission
being to revolutionise one of the oldest industries in the world, we’re
looking for engineers who are motivated by rethinking the method and
model of betting. This role is
focused on building a great experience for our users and will require
excellent team collaboration across design, marketing and other parts of
engineering.
Our Front-end tech stack is built around React and React Native, with the latest ES6 features and libraries.
More specifically, your responsibilities will be:
- To write clean, modular and testable code with consistent code style
- Develop
new features for our existing platform with a strong focus on making
customer experience memorable for the right reasons
- Contributing to the engineering culture at Smarkets, sharing your knowledge and ideas with others
- To define
your own role within the context of self-management - you’re someone who
will take opportunities to make things better when they arise
- Build the user interface and design language across different platforms
Role requirements:
- Proven experience with HTML, CSS, JS and a great understanding of the best practices
- Experience with React and good familiarity with REST APIs and Websockets
- Experience using the latest web stacks or libraries
- The things
you work on will get used by millions of customers, so you will be
focussed on quality - you’ll write clean, componentized and well-tested
code, heavily favouring reuse
- You’ll be passionate about developing things in the right way, and may have coached/mentored other engineers on best practices
Bonus skills:
- Experience writing native mobile applications
- Comfortable in a Linux environment
- UX Experience
Why Smarkets?
We've built one of the world's
largest betting exchanges with significantly better odds than the
competition. Our strength is technology and trading with a passion to
push the known boundaries of real-time financial technology. With our
self-management structure, flexible work environment and unlimited
holiday allowance, Smarkets offers a unique opportunity to be part of a
great work culture. Our office in St Katharine’s Docks (Tower Hill)
comes complete with a fantastic roof terrace and a team of in-house
chefs cooking breakfast and lunch every day.
Notes:
The salary range for senior engineers
at Smarkets is £65,000-£100,000 per year, including stock options and
other benefits. Your salary will be determined by experience.
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