Frontend Developer

About what3words

Street addresses weren’t designed for 2021. They aren’t accurate enough to specify precise locations, such as building entrances, and don’t exist for parks and many rural areas. This makes it hard to find places and prevents people from describing exactly where help is needed in an emergency.

That’s why we created what3words.

What is what3words? We divided the world into 3 metre squares and gave each square a unique combination of three words. It’s the easiest way to find and share exact locations.

Position

We’re looking for an experienced Front End Developer who knows code, and enjoys creating engaging experiences that people love to use.

At what3words, we're proud of our tech stack. We have built a massively scalable, microservices-based architecture, based around Kubernetes on AWS. You'll be exposed to technologies such as ReactJS, Docker, Redis, AWS Lambdas, Prometheus, Grafana, Python, Athena, BigQuery, Java, Scala, C++, and Swift.

This is a great opportunity to join a collaborative, ambitious and Agile team, at one of the most exciting times in this company's life.

Your qualification

This role will focus primarily on the development of our map site, corporate site, developer portal and playgrounds, but we’re always looking for new platforms and products to build, opening what3words up to as many users as possible. This includes various voice assistant platforms and in-house tools & demos to assist our sales and marketing teams. You will also work closely with our product and UX teams, receiving and inputting on designs and feasibility checks, and bringing fresh ideas to make what3words a better solution.

You will have good experience of building gorgeous user interfaces on top of RESTful web APIs, using React, JavaScript, CSS. You will be able to work independently, self-motivate, collaborate well with others and keep calm under pressure.

What we expect:

• Deep expertise in ES6, TypeScript, React, HTML, CSS
• Excellent communication skills in verbal and written English 
• A passion for software engineering and continuous learning
• Strong track record of building responsive sites for desktop, tablet and mobile
• Experience of Agile working environments

Will be a plus

• Knowledge of Google Maps or Leaflet, GIS systems, AWS, Kubernetes, Hubspot or similar CRM systems
• Experience of Agile working environments 
• Experience with voice development e.g. Alexa, Google Assistant
• PHP knowledge

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working
• 6 week remote working (work from anywhere) policy
• 25 days holiday: plus the option to buy more!
• Share options
• Pension
• Private health and dental insurance
• Annual health assessments 
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing Days
• Yulife perks and rewards
• Generous parental leave policies
• Family friendly policies
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Season ticket loans
• Cycle to work scheme
• Birthday vouchers
• Weekly lunch & learn sessions
• Office perks; free breakfast, snacks & regular team lunches
• Sports and hobbies clubs

Additional details

Tier 2 sponsorship available for candidates requiring a UK work visa