Senior/Staff Product Engineer (Frontend) (m/f/d)

Are you ready to be a technology leader in the SaaS space? Join epilot!
We are looking for product minded engineers not only coders. We're seeking builders who bridge technical expertise with product strategy. If you're passionate about impactful software, apply now! (Learn more about our understanding of being a product engineer here)

epilot is building a SaaS product to sell complex products online, focusing first on solving ecommerce in the rapidly transforming energy market. Our mission: Make selling complex products as easy as selling a pair of shoes online.

As Software Engineer at epilot you will be a driving force in shaping this mission. What makes working as a Software Engineer at epilot so special? Our unique engineering culture is defined by a few core engineering principles:
Among others, you can expect freedom and r esponsibility because we hire smart people who we can trust. We operate by principles and expect our teams to cultivate a strategic mindset.

We believe in ownership: you build it, you run it. We subscribe to this core principle of the DevOps movement. There is no dedicated Ops team who you can pass on the responsibility to take your code and make sure it runs reliably and scales to customers’ needs.

You should always show, don’t tell: Deliver working software early and frequently. We believe in the basic Agile principle of “Release early and release often”. This approach helps us manage risk and make better decisions by creating fast feedback loops between ourselves and our users.

We design software API First. Before we write a single line of code, we design the APIs of a service in a way that any other team, whether internal to epilot or external, can use the APIs interface with our service without prior knowledge.

Does this sound like an environment you want to work in? Then you could bet the right person to be an engineer at epilot!

Check out our promise to you: promise.epilot.cloud

We "epilots" are a team of experts from the fields of software development, energy management, product management and sales. In order to bring our solution even faster to the top in the energy world, we are looking for you as a Senior Product Engineer (Frontend)

• As a frontend developer you will work on the new and further development of our React applications

• You are responsible for implementing user interfaces based on wireframes and screen designs by our UX designers.

• You write unit and end-to-end tests for the features and applications you develop.

• You help your team to analyze and correct errors

• You are involved in the conception of new features as well as in the optimization of existing features

• You are part of an agile, cross-functional team of backend and frontend developers as well as designers and product managers.

• You will also work with other teams to make epilot an even better product

• You’ll get familiar with our tech stack with microfrontends, serverless AWS and best-in-class developer tooling & automation. More info about our stack: Tech stack

• You have at least 4-5 years professional experience with JavaScript

• You have experiences with  React (Hooks, global state management, routing), ES6, TypeScript, Webpack, ESLint

• You enjoy implementing highly responsive user interface components using react concepts

• Nice to have: Experience with GraphQL, Node.js, AWS

• You have fun creating user-friendly UIs with CSS and HTML

• Ideally you have already gained experience in an eCommerce environment

• Basic understanding of application and cloud security principles, and how to build secure, reliable software.

• Tech Stack: React, Svelte, TypeScript, GitLab CI/CD 

• The opportunity to help building the most successful SaaS platform in the energy market.

• Start-up mentality: dynamic atmosphere and great team spirit.

• A rapidly growing company with an open communication culture, motivated colleagues and an international corporate culture.

• Exponential learning curve - epilot is growing rapidly and we expect the same from you. You never stand still, you are permanently challenged, you learn from your mistakes a la Fail Fast and Often.

• Flexible working hours and remote work - You have an important appointment in the morning? No problem! You decide where and when you want to work.

• A central location in the heart of Cologne with cool cafes around the corner (But of course full remote jobs are also available).

• Performance is rewarded with us - We take your desired salary seriously and talk openly about it with you.

• Transparency - We maintain a very flat and open corporate culture, everything is visible and open for discussion.

• Regular team events such as carnival, the summer party, Christmas party, company breakfast and many more opportunities to get to know your co-epilots outside working hours. Our highlight event is our yearly epilot summit in the summer where you will meet your co-epilots from all over the world.

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By Week 1 you will:

• Pair with a colleague and ship something. Small is fine, working is the point

• Start learning the business: who our customers are, what we're building toward, why it matters

• Connect with the team and empower the team

By Month 1 you will:

• Own a topic: have your name on a topic, be the main driver of that topic from refinement to delivery. Already shipping the first iteration of it

• Have a good understanding of the codebase and how our services connect

• Know enough about our customers and domain to push back on bad ideas, including ours

By Month 3-6 you will:

• Be the undisputed owner of your domain: the go-to person, the one who spots problems before they're reported and fixes them before they're assigned

• Have shipped something that visibly moved a metric: adoption, reliability, performance, or revenue

• Operate fully autonomously. You know when to decide and when to align

• Raise the bar for the people around you, you push us forward, you are a multiplier. Not just through your own work, but through your reviews, your feedback, and how you onboard whoever we hire after you

We welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, disability, or sexual orientation

P.S.: If you want to learn more about the application process, please read Eka's blog article: How to get hired at epilot