Staff Frontend Engineer (f|m|d) | (80-100%) | Hybrid working model | Zurich

Company Overview

Welcome to SMG Swiss Marketplace Group!

SMG is a pioneering network of online marketplaces and a leading European digital company that simplifies people’s lives with forward-looking products. We operate leading marketplaces across real estate, automotive, general classifieds, and finance & insurance. We’re driven by our values: Better Together, Aim High, and Act Responsibly.

Role Overview

Join a dynamic team where you will take on a crucial role in shaping the frontend architecture powering our portals within the Real Estate vertical. With a focus on collaboration and innovation, you will be a hands-on technical leader, influencing company-wide strategies and initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Set the technical direction for frontend across multiple teams, ensuring alignment among engineers, product managers, designers, and senior stakeholders.
• Influence roadmaps and engineering priorities by linking frontend strategy to business outcomes and customer impact.
• Drive a culture of engineering excellence while leading the evolution of the Real Estate frontend architecture.
• Act as a trusted technical leader across teams and locations, shaping web experiences and influencing decisions.
• Design and create shared frontend libraries and tooling that are broadly adopted for practicality and reusability.
• Orchestrate complex multi-system refactors and migrations.
• Mentor and coach fellow engineers, facilitating their growth and closing skill gaps within the organization.
• Model constructive feedback culture, aiding team members in navigating challenging conversations.
• Continuously challenge and improve team processes, enhancing focus and quality.
• Engage actively in coding while amplifying the effectiveness of your peers.

Daily Tasks

• Participate in product teams, balancing responsibilities between product delivery and leadership duties based on priorities.
• Innovate and implement frontend engineering solutions across products.
• Facilitate alignment among teams with varying goals, driving clarity and shared ownership on collaborative initiatives.
• Lead the technical vision for key user journeys, emphasizing performance, accessibility, and quality.
• Identify technical bottlenecks and advocate for their resolution while collaborating on cross-functional initiatives.
• Partner with product and design teams to shape technical strategies for new features and platform works.
• Introduce new frontend technologies and ensure effective documentation of findings.
• Guide and review engineers’ work through design and code reviews, encouraging knowledge sharing.
• Promote high-quality engineering practices across areas like monitoring and operational excellence.

Technological Environment

• Frontend: Primarily Vue.js with TypeScript, utilizing a mixture of client-side, server-side, and hybrid web applications.
• Backend: Node.js with a serverless cloud architecture via AWS.
• Monitoring: Implementing practices via Datadog for observability and logging.
• AI & Tooling: Embracing new developments in AI technology within engineering workflows.

Candidate Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with Vue.js or similar frameworks, including frontend testing tools.
• Proven ability to build large-scale frontend applications using modern JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience in senior technical leadership roles, guiding cross-team initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, capable of effective communication with technical and non-technical partners.
• Exemplary English communication skills, both spoken and written.

Ideal Profile

• Collaborative team player with a growth mindset.
• Passionate about frontend architecture and cloud solutions.
• Adaptive problem solvers comfortable with change and recognizing areas for improvement.
• Creative thinkers with the ability to tackle complex challenges.

Additional Benefits

• 6 weeks of holiday per year, with the option to purchase additional time.
• Flexible work schedule capped at 45 hours per week.
• Hybrid work model allowing for remote engagement.
• Generous parental leave policies.