Frontend Software EngineerNewBarcelona, Spain - YouGov : Job Details

Role: Frontend Software Engineer (Data Experience)

Reports to: Software Delivery Manager

Work location: Anywhere, 100% remote in Spain

Employment type: Full-time employee, direct hire

YouGov is a global online research company, offering insight into what the world thinks. We speak daily to our panel of over 24 million registered members to understand opinion and behaviors around the world. We have a strong reputation as a source of accurate data and we're trusted by the world's biggest brands to get it right, making us the most quoted market research source in the world.

With operations in the UK, North America, Mainland Europe, the Nordics, the Middle East, India, and Asia Pacific, YouGov has one of the world's largest research networks.

The Frontend Software Engineer role in the Data Experience tribe will work within the Crunch team. Crunch is the core web application for our syndicated data products, custom research, and first-party research hub.

The Crunch team is responsible for creating innovative, intuitive, accessible, and engaging experiences for the world's leading brands. This role will be a vital part of the evolution of one of our premier data products, such as YouGov Brand Index and Profiles.

We are inviting you to join our fully remote team of developers and operators helping make our platform faster, more secure, and more reliable. You would help us deliver new features and build the future for how we deploy our products faster and safer, while increasing the availability and reliability of our systems.

You will:

• Explore different ways of problem-solving
• Discover, explain, and defend your choices in implementation
• Be self-motivated and disciplined in order to work with our fully distributed team

As Crunch's employees are completely distributed, it's crucial that you can work well independently, and keep yourself motivated and focused. We move fast but carefully, with an earnest commitment to not breaking things well, not too much.

The Discovery Team is part of the Data Experience tribe and is responsible for designing and developing frontend systems to support Crunch's analytics experience for research projects and YouGov syndicated data products such as Profiles.

• Work primarily with React and JavaScript
• Collaborate closely with other frontend and backend engineers to design, build, test, and deploy new user-facing features and interactive data visualizations
• Work with Product and non-technical colleagues, as well as independently
• Contribute to code quality through unit testing, integration testing, code review, and system design
• Establish realistic estimates for timelines and ensure deadlines are met
• Assist in diagnosing and fixing system failures quickly
• Manage the application's state to ensure a predictable, consistent, and performant user experience
• Participate in improving our codebase by reviewing pull requests and maintaining high code quality and test coverage

• ECMAScript (latest specification, as needed)
• Webpack + Babel (ES6 modules)
• React + Redux
• Styled Components
• Storybook
• Unit testing with Jest (over 9000 unit tests across our app)
• CircleCI for continuous integration and deployment

• A firm command of JavaScript
• Familiarity with JavaScript frameworks and libraries for building web apps
• Commitment to high development standards and comprehensive testing
• Ability to work collaboratively with peers across various functions
• Ability to estimate work, meet deadlines, and take ownership
• Self-motivation and strong time management
• Appetite for continual improvement and growth

• Experience with data locality problems
• Implementing design specifications from Figma
• End-to-end testing using Playwright
• Previous experience with responsive design interfaces
• Bachelor's Degree in Programming, Computer Science, or Engineering-related field

Equal Opportunity Employer

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity or expression, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, HIV status, political affiliation, socioeconomic background, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law or in line with our responsibilities as a fair and ethical employer. All employment decisions are made based on occupational qualifications, merit, and business need.

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