Work environment
You'll work in a small, self-organized team on one of our travel products.
We
adopt Scrum Agile methodology and software engineering best practices
to achieve our ultimate goal: a clean, cohesive and maintainable
codebase.
We take quality very seriously. Tests at different levels are not optional for us. We cross-check our code in code reviews.
We'll
provide you with top-notch hardware, a Macbook Pro 15" with an external
monitor. If you are an IntelliJ fan, we will provide you with a licence
for it.
Technology
We deliver our user experience using modern
HTML and CSS tools (Sass, Bootstrap) and MVC JavaScript frameworks
(Backbone, Marionette). We use Jasmine for unit testing. The single page
applications communicate with the backend services via REST. Our code
is stored in Git repositories with Gitlab as a frontend to them.
On
the backend, we run a service-based architecture implemented with
Java/Spring stack. We persist our data in both relational (MySQL) and
NoSQL datastores (Redis, MongoDB, ElasticSearch).
Our high-traffic
production environment comprises of more than 700+ virtualized Linux
servers sustaining tens of millions of daily searches.
Never-ending learning
We
offer both internal and external training. Every employee has an
individual yearly budget to spend on courses or conferences. Since you
will be dealing with your international colleagues, there are English
courses available too.
We organize bootcamps for newcomers so that
you can familiarise yourself with our philosophy of development in a
safe learning environment.
We have dedicated tech coaches that will offer you a helping hand in case you get stuck with a technical problem.
Work-life balance
We
believe in work-life balance. Passion extends beyond work and for those
of you that are keen travellers, there are employee discounts available
for you!
We are international
We are a multinational company with
main offices in Chiasso (Switzerland), Madrid, London and Bangalore. You
will be expected to travel occasionally and if you are interested,
there is an internal Erasmus program available to you. You can spend a
couple of months in another office and work together with your
international colleagues.
Responsibilities
● Writing well-crafted and maintainable JavaScript code
● Applying TDD to cover developed behaviour at unit, integration and acceptance levels
● Developing simple and cost-effective solutions
● Improving the Company's codebase by regular code reviews
● Participating in architecture definition
● Collaborating with web designers to build high-quality, standards-compliant web pages
● Being a proactive member of an Agile team
● Supporting the Product Owner to define functional and nonfunctional requirements for our products
● Ensure your responsibilities are aligned to the Company’s objectives and vision
Preferred Skills
● Expert
in JavaScript. You understand concepts like prototypal inheritance,
lexical scoping, closures and what is ‘this’ about. You know when and
how to apply JavaScript design patterns. Terms like hoisting don’t sound
strange to you.
● Git as version control system
● Basic knowledge about HTML5, CSS3, Sass, Bootstrap
● Very good English communication skills, Italian is a plus
Nice to have
● TDD/BDD practitioner
● Refactoring techniques
● Experience with JS build and dependency management ecosystem (Grunt, Gulp, Yeoman, Bower)
● Experience with module standards (CommonJS, AMD, ECMAScript 6)
● Ability to decouple business domain from the infrastructure code (DDD, hexagonal architecture)
● Functional programming
● Public personal projects / open-source contributor
Personality traits
● Keen to take on responsibility, take risks, not be afraid to make mistakes and to learn from them if they are made
● Proud of your work
● Disciplined and tenacious
● View change as an opportunity, we are a very dynamic company!
Contract
Full-time, permanent.
Location
You'll work in our offices in Madrid (Calle Proción 1).
Other perks
● Flexible working hours from 8am - 10am to 5pm - 7pm
● Internal transportation from Moncloa and ‘El Barrial’ train station to the office
● Vending machine card with free credit
● Medical insurance
● Relocation package