Fullstack Product Engineer
Location
London | United Kingdom
Job description
Who we are ⚡
Zinc builds automated reference and background checking tools for forward-thinking companies that really care about candidate experience. Founded in 2017, Zinc has a unique approach to background checking, that's redefining industry standards. We're an early-stage startup going through rapid growth. Zinc’s founding team have spent years in recruitment, talent, and HRTech. We saw a field plagued with inefficiency, prejudice and a lack of transparency. We first sought to solve the burden of referencing, then sought to tackle the broader category of background checking.
Read more about our story here: zincwork.com/mission
We believe in transparency for candidates and true respect for privacy in background checking. We believe in a fairer, more transparent process. One which is quick, easy, and productive for every party. A process enabling candidates to own their data, and companies to access the unbiased insights they need. We're proud to be helping some of the most iconic employer brands in the UK hire. Read what our customers say about Zinc: zincwork.com/customers
We're a culture first company, we have a daily 3pm tea break where we play games, our current favourites are Skibbl, Monopoly Deal, Uno and Bananagrams 😃
Life at Zinc is: Focused, Empowered and Trusted.
We're looking for 👀
We're looking for a product-minded developer to join our engineering team, working on prototyping, frontend development, backend development, testing, and deployments. We need someone who has experience of how different teams work, who has a desire to consolidate that knowledge and use it within a small agile team. You will have the opportunity to directly impact the product, suggest changes and new featres and influence an industry-changing product.
We currently meet in our London office twice a week.
Your day to day 🗓
- Collaborate with our product team to iterate on the product specification
- Design and plan out new features with the team
- Write technical specifications
- Write efficient, maintainable and reusable code
- See your new features go live quickly, they'll be appreciated by thousands of users.
- Write unit, integration, and E2E tests
- Actively contribute to our Engineering Guidelines
- Work with our designer to iterate on designs
- 9:15 stand-up calls
Requirements
Your DNA 🧬
- Experience with JavaScript, up to date with the latest ECMAScript features (at least ES6)
- Experience with Node.js
- Values clean code and follows best practices, design principles, and avoid anti-patterns
- A good communicator - your documentation provides context, is clear, and up-to-date. If something is unclear, you'll ask for clarification.
- You care about the end-users - have empathy to customers' needs, and be able to spot opportunities to improve user experience
- Curiosity
- Take ownership - you are proactive in updating stakeholders on your progress, rather than reactively responding to their queries
Nice to Haves 🧁
- Hands-on experience with any frontend libraries (e.g. React) or frameworks (e.g. Angular, Vue)
- Hands-on experience with TypeScript (or other typed languages)
- Hands-on experience designing consistent and efficient APIs
- Hands-on experience with build and test pipelines (e.g. CircleCI)
- Hands-on experience with NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB)
- Hands-on experience integrating with external platforms
- Experience working with design and marketing teams
Our stack 🥞
- Frontend: Vue, Nuxt, Vuetify, Javascript, Webpack
- Backend: Express.js, MongoDB, Typescript
- Deployment: CircleCI
- Infrastructure: DigitalOcean, Ubuntu, Docker, AWS
- Testing: Jest, Cypress
Benefits
What we offer 🍉
Zinc offers a chance to work on a product that brings a fresh perspective on data ownership in hiring
- Hybrid working (2 days per week in London)
- Salary 50-65k
- Shares for real part ownership in the business
- Regular team socials
- 24 days holiday + your birthday off (+ bank holidays)
- Annual retreat: this year we're going to France! 🇫🇷
- Access to MoreHappi - unlimited free coaching for your work and personal goals!
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, & Adoption Leave
- Apple laptop and latest tech gear for your home workstation
- £1200 annual benefits allowance
- Early finish Fridays
- A high level of autonomy
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