Medior Frontend Engineer, Ace & Tate
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Quality eyewear brand
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Quality eyewear brand
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
Through responsible and conscious actions, the brand is on a mission to become an engine for positive change in the eyewear industry.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of experience as a Frontend Engineer, with a focus on web application development
- Proficiency in Next.js, React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS, and a solid understanding of frontend design patterns and best practices
- Experience working with serverless architecture
- A strong focus on user experience and a good understanding of responsive design and mobile-first development
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively in a hybrid, cross-functional team environment
- Excellent communication skills, enabling you to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical team members
- A passion for staying up-to-date with the latest technologies and industry trends
Desirable
- Experience with CDNs (like Cloudflare) and other performance optimization techniques
- Knowledge of eCommerce concepts, such as cart management, payment gateways, and product catalogs
- A good grasp of SEO best practices to optimize website discoverability
- Experience in A/B testing and data-driven decision-making to improve user experience and drive conversion rates
- Experience building accessible and inclusive web experiences, following WCAG guidelines
- Experience maintaining and contributing to a component library, using tools like Storybook to develop, test and document components
- Experience contributing to a custom CMS, helping to build and expand its capabilities
- Exposure to or an interest in full-stack development
What the job involves
- Join us in our mission to become a driver of positive change in the eyewear industry
- Get ready to make a real impact in a certified B Corp as our new Medior Frontend Engineer
- As a Medior Frontend Engineer, you’ll be a key member of the team responsible for shaping our digital customer experience. In close collaboration with designers and engineers, you will not only build features for our web and retail platforms, but also help improve core internal tools that empower our colleagues
- A bit more about us: we’re a fast-growing eyewear brand, based in Amsterdam with an energetic, international and ambitious team. Our frontend technology stack is built on NextJS and TypeScript, running on Vercel — with a back-end on Ruby on Rails (Solidus)
- Building and taking ownership of new features from concept to deployment, ensuring they are robust and scalable through testing, monitoring and code reviews
- Translating creative designs from our UI/UX team into responsive, accessible, and high-quality code for our digital storefront and POS systems
- Actively contributing to in-house tools, like CMS, to empower our internal teams
- Optimising website performance with tools such as Cloudflare Workers and Vercel Edge Config enabling advanced caching and real-time API responses
- Working on integrations with other Ace & Tate systems as well as third-party services
- Working together with colleagues of all disciplines to launch new products, improve usability, and implement A/B tests
- Sharing knowledge with other developers through pair-programming and constructive feedback
Our take
Prescription eyewear can be expensive, unfashionable and overly complicated to purchase. Ace & Tate solves this problem by manufacturing and selling high-quality designer eyewear directly to customers.
Unlike more traditional optometrists and eyewear outlets, such as Specsavers, Ace & Tate's stores are modelled as bright, spacious boutiques. This appeals directly to fashion conscious customers, and has proven lucrative for the company so far. On top of this, the brand offers free eye tests, and as it cuts out unnecessary middlemen. Its glasses start at under £100, significantly less than other boutique eyewear brands.
The brand now operates in seven countries, and is looking to grow its operations considerably. The company will have to scale without endangering the sustainability of its product if it is to hold onto its already impressive following.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jul 2020
$16.5m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $16.5m
Company benefits
- The chance to be part of a young and ambitious international team
- The opportunity to push the boundaries for our international (digital) footprint
- Personal development and lots of variety in your work
- A broad scope of responsibilities
- Frequent updates to your eyewear collection
Company HQ
Jeruzalem, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Leadership
Mark de Lange
(CEO & Founder)Graduated with an MSc in Marketing from VU Amsterdam, and then founded Ace & Tate in 2012.
Camiel de Lange van Bergen
(Founder)Previously worked in Benelux Global Marketing Solutions at Facebook, and is currently also head of e-commerce at Heinken.
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