Senior Frontend Engineer1 Full-time Job

More people are now involved in creating and distributing content, than ever before.

We have all become the media, the media has been marginalised and brands are now broadcasters.

Everyone has a story to tell or something to sell. A need to create and connect, post and publish, showcase and share.

So, say hello to Strapi! We exist to fuel the world’s creativity and productivity by unleashing the power of content.

Beyond a headless CMS, we are building an open, composable content platform. Infinite customisation capabilities, the largest open-source community, and a broad open ecosystem.

Why your role is important at Strapi

As a product-driven company developing open-source software, we are looking for an experienced and innovative front-end engineer to join us. We value humility, transparency and eagerness to explore and learn.

You will work closely with our engineers, product managers, engineering managers, quality assurance and product designers to grow the our product and engineering capability.

The Developer Experience team are responsible for all journeys that a developer using Strapi will encounter; our domain is large and we context switch and adapt quickly! Building Open Source Software used by thousands of developers and users around the world means every choice impacts many businesses and developers’ lives.

Location

We embrace the "work from anywhere" culture as much as possible!

This role is fully remote, CET +/-2H

Locations available: France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Poland, Romania, Lithuania - unfortunately these are the only countries that we are hiring in right now.

What will my job look like on a daily basis?

Collaborating with other engineers, product designers, and product managers in all phases of product development to deliver a high quality, stable product that thrills our users

Using your experience of the industry and a growth mindset, to drive innovation and experimentation within the team

Guiding less experienced engineers in good practices around writing robust, succinct, well-commented code

Leading cross-team collaboration and knowledge sharing, breaking down silos

Working with product designers to maintain and evolve our design system, upholding our strong branding

Reviewing PRs, answering questions and helping our community contributors through our main community channels

About you:

Advanced experience with React and its ecosystem (Redux, styled-components, storybook, React-Query)

Experience designing and implementing architectural improvements to optimise front-end performance

Confidence writing unit and E2E tests (Jest, Playwright)

Awareness of web accessibility standards and familiar with the basic principles of WAI-ARIA

A curious, empathetic and autonomous person who likes to try out new and emerging technologies, even if they are unfamiliar

Team player and excellent communication skills (empathy, humility and transparency all must haves)

Around +6 years experience in a similar position

Fluent English required

Bonus: Professional experience building a CMS (built applications/websites using well-known CMS')

Bonus: A regular maintainer/contributor to an open-source project with an engaged community of users

You don’t need to check all the boxes to apply

Please submit all applications and CVs in English - we are an international company and we work in English full time

We embrace and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply - regardless of race/ethnicity, colour, religion, nationality, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, neurodiversity, socio-economic status, culture or beliefs

Strapi benefits mindset:

Work from anywhere: We're a remote-first company, so we can work wherever home is. And WiFi!

Expanded health benefits: Including premium medical, dental, and vision coverage

Equity for everyone: We win together. On top of a competitive salary, every Strapier has equity that grows with you in the company

Parents on a mission: 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for every new Strapi parent

You'll always be up to date: we’ll cover hardware and software that you need, so you’re always up to date

Grow as you are: from day one, we provide budget and tools to learn and grow both professionally and personally

Bi-annual retreats: we gather physically once a year and virtually all together twice a year

Mental health support: we offer Moka.care one-on-one sessions with certified specialists

Emergency Days: 5 days a year for difficult and unexpected situations with no need to provide any proof of justification

Our Talent Acquisition process:

This process tends to take 2-3 weeks, but we are happy to adapt to your specific needs.

First video call with the hiring manager

Technical assessment & assessment debriefing

Team meeting (with a few Strapiers)

References check

At any moment, the process can stop. The team will be happy to share their feedback or get into more details where appropriate.

Celebrating You being YOU!

Strapi's mission is to empower the worldwide community of users to build a million tailor-made projects. To do that, we are growing a diverse team representative of the users we serve. We are committed to building a safe workplace where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic selves. By being you and bringing your unique difference, perspective, culture, experience, lifestyle, and challenge, you actually help all of us succeed and grow to be the best version of ourselves!

It is important to us to create an accessible and inclusive candidate experience. Please let us know if there are any adjustments we can make to assist you during the hiring and interview process.

Want to learn more about us?

Take a look at our open positions at our Careers Website, Join our community, read our latest news at Strapi's blog, learn more about our story and check out our Glassdoor page!

Strapi (strapi.io) is the leading open-source Headless CMS. It gives developers the freedom to use their favorite tools and frameworks while allowing editors to easily manage their content and distribute it anywhere.
Based on Node.JS, it saves days of development time through a beautiful admin panel anyone can use.
Key features:
- Open source: the entire codebase is available on GitHub and is maintained by hundreds of contributors.
- Self-hosted: security is crucial for companies. Host your data safely, on your own servers. GDPR compliant.
- Customizable: each project requires specific requirements. Easily customize the admin panel as well as the API.
- RESTful or GraphQL: Consume the API from any client (React, Vue, Angular), mobile apps or even IoT, using REST or GraphQL.
- 100% JavaScript: One language to rule them all. Use JavaScript everywhere: both for your front-end and your Headless CMS.
- Extensible by design: Plugins system included. Install auth system, content management, custom plugins and more in seconds.