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Location

Köln | Germany

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Job description

Tick the boxes if you agree:

if ( ⬜ // I want to contribute to a product with impact. 
&& ⬜ // I know how to step-debug SPAs.
&& ⬜ // I know when to use px, em or rem.
=== true ) {  
keep_reading () ; 
} else {  
throw new Error( 'Refer a friend' ) ; 
}

We're in search of skilled web developers to supercharge our product engineering team, bringing in years of deep expertise in Web Application Development. If you know how to bend the browser to your will, let's connect and elevate our digital experiences together.

Our Tech Stack (excerpt)
TypeScript, ReactJS, Redux, Firebase, ExpressJS, Flutter Mobile, Microservices Architecture, mostly on AWS, Google Sheets is not a database – we promise

Our Methodologies
DevOps Principles, Best of Scrum and Kanban, GitLab flow, Merge Request Reviews, Pair Programming, and git push -f – unbelievable but true

Our Tools
Gitlab, Slack, Notion, Google Workplaces, maxed out MacBook Pro or a similar renewed every 24-months, Right-click → Inspect – when something does not work

In return for your expertise, we offer a competitive annual salary ranging from 75,000 to 95,000 EUR . This role would involve implementing changes and enhancements to our frontend web applications in the form of user stories, non-functional requirements and bug reports.

Currently, our web application portfolio consists of a Multi-tenant Content Management System and an Admin Panel.

Our Mission

At how.fm, we are a small – and experienced – team of long-time colleagues and friends. We have made it our purpose to give everyone a fair chance to learn no matter their background. To achieve this we are on a mission to train 1 million deskless workers across the world in their own language. And that is just the beginning!

We have a modern office in Cologne, though we primarily work remotely and encourage all our team to work where it suits them. At least once a month we have workshops or events where we meet as a team in Cologne. So even if we don't have to commute every day, it is important that you are able to do so regularly.

Your everyday activities:

Your mission is to be a major contributor to how.fm’s web applications as we continue to lift the whole system to a higher state of enterprise readiness.

• Participating in all stages of the agile software delivery lifecycle: Planning meetings, story writing, solution design, design workshops, kanban board, and retrospectives.
• Make and implement user interface and interaction design decisions.
• Undergo and execute merge request reviews – also outside of web frontend code.
• Collaboratively decide on used programming languages and frameworks to solve problems.
• Independently maintaining software documentation, automated tests, deployments, and reliability measures.
• Proactively drive improvements to the underlying code-base with experience, as well as research of best practices to improve certain system quality attributes, reduce technical debt and enable contribution from less experienced web engineers.
• Collaboratively make architectural decisions, make plans, and implement them.
• Rethink deployment and distribution of how.fm Web Applications and drive improvements.
• Ensure uptime and reliability of deployed services via effective logging, monitoring, and other DevOps practices.

You will need:

• Around 5 years or more of relevant work experience in a software team following lean & agile methodologies.
• Innate orientation towards user, customer and business value.
• Profound knowledge of software architecture fundamentals.
• Either native English or German language ability, with at least excellent English skills, both written and spoken. Any other language is a plus – even programming languages.
• Proven intercultural competence including excellent written and verbal communication for collaboration in a remote-first environment.
• High-quality software engineering skills including:
  • TypeScript, ReactJS with Redux and responsive HTML and CSS
  • Engineering of SaaS, CMS or B2B Platforms
  • DevOps: Automation, packaging, deployment & monitoring
  • Test automation with Unit Tests and E2E Tests
  • Along with a growth mindset for other technologies.

About us

You are a how.fm fit and a fit for this role if you identify with the following: 

• We are humble and goal-oriented: there are a lot of things that we still don't know, but we always want to know why we are working on a specific project.

• We work with a lean approach on a path guided by the Kaizen philosophy. Make a plan, try it out early, fail, improve it, and eliminate waste.

• We embrace change and adapt when our mission and team need it.

• We are always there for each other, like in a tribe, we know that together we are better.

If you want to know more about our team and how we work visit: .

If you like what you read and want to join us or want to apply and ask us more about the position, go ahead!

We are looking forward to hearing from you! :) 

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