Senior Frontend Engineer

At Kpler, we are dedicated to helping our clients navigate complex markets with ease. By simplifying global trade information and providing valuable insights, we empower organisations to make informed decisions in commodities, energy, and maritime sectors.

Since our founding in 2014, we have focused on delivering top-tier intelligence through user-friendly platforms. Our team of over 500 experts from 35+ countries works tirelessly to transform intricate data into actionable strategies, ensuring our clients stay ahead in a dynamic market landscape. Join us to leverage cutting-edge innovation for impactful results and experience unparalleled support on your journey to success.

Your future position

We are seeking an experienced Senior Frontend Engineer specialising in frontend development with expertise in React. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of successfully delivering high-quality front-end solutions for a high-traffic web application. As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our frontend architecture, driving technical excellence, and delivering innovative products.

In this team, your mission is to:

• Mentor a team of frontend engineers, providing technical guidance and coaching with close collaboration with the Product Manager.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to define technical requirements and priorities.
• Architect, design, and implement scalable and maintainable frontend solutions using React and related technologies.
• Utilise react-admin framework to continuously build & improve our internal analyst tools, customising and extending them as needed to meet the user requirements.
• Drive best practices for code quality, testing, and performance optimization throughout the development lifecycle.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement within the engineering team.
• Stay current on industry trends and emerging technologies, and advocate for their adoption where appropriate.
• Serve as an advocate for front-end engineering best practices across the organization.

It will be a match if you are or have:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent work experience).
• 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering, with a focus on frontend development using React.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3, with a deep understanding of frontend frameworks and libraries.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate team members.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to navigate complex technical challenges with creativity and pragmatism.
• Experience working in an agile development environment, with a focus on iterative delivery and continuous improvement.
• Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment

It will be even better if you have:

• Experience with react-admin framework
• Experience with backend development using python fastAPI or similar technologies.
• Familiarity with geospatial data formats, APIs, and visualization techniques.
• Understanding of cloud platforms and experience with AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure.

What you will get at Kpler

•We offer competitive compensation & benefits including work from home allowance, medical and life insurance, training and development allowance, paid volunteer work and more!

• You’ll get to work in a truly global work environment, with offices in 7 countries (UK, France, Belgium, Austria, US, Dubai and Singapore), we come from more than 50 countries and speak more than 20 languages

•We have truly embraced the new age of workplace flexibility where you can chose to work fully remote, hybrid or onsite

•You will get a company laptop and you can choose between Windows, Mac, or Linux

•Global maternity (extended leave), parental, festival and compassionate leave policies aligned to the contemporary needs of the family, and individual choices

And you REALLY want to join our Engineering team because:

• Interesting product & challenging technical problems to solve: our market is very specialised and quite complex! This means we build real algorithms and there’s some serious software engineering at work here! 

• Our growth is exponential: we build new features and products everyday! We frequently tackle brand-new business areas which means there’s always everything to build and always an interesting problem to sink your teeth into!

• We are at the cross-road of Software Engineering, Commodity, Energy and Finance. This creates an interesting cultural mix: We value the flexibility, collaboration and employee-centric approach that the Tech culture brings but we also value the pragmatism, hard-working and intellectual excellence expectation that often runs in the Finance and Energy worlds.

• Team of 85+ talented Engineers working with the most modern tech stack

Interview Process

Recruiter Screen: 30 minute video interview with a recruiter from hiring team

Hiring Manager Interview: 45 minute exchange with one of our Engineering Managers from the dedicated team

Technical Exercise: Take home technical exercise 

Exercise Debrief: 1 hour debrief to review the completed exercise

Meet the Team: An opportunity to see the fit and get to know your potential future team!

We are a dynamic company dedicated to nurturing connections and innovating solutions to tackle market challenges head-on. If you thrive on customer satisfaction and turning ideas into reality, then you’ve found your ideal destination. Are you ready to embark on this exciting journey with us?

We make things happen

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We build
together

We foster relationships and develop creative solutions to address market challenges.

We are here to help

We are accessible and supportive to colleagues and clients with a friendly approach.

Our People Pledge

Don’t meet every single requirement? Research shows that women and people of color are less likely than others to apply if they feel like they don’t match 100% of the job requirements. Don’t let the confidence gap stand in your way, we’d love to hear from you! We understand that experience comes in many different forms and are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team.

Kpler is committed to providing a fair, inclusive and diverse work-environment. We believe that different perspectives lead to better ideas, and better ideas allow us to better understand the needs and interests of our diverse, global community. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and are an equal opportunity employer.

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