Front-End Software Engineer H/F Swan

Technical Excellence

- You have 2-5 years of professional software development experience, with demonstrated growth and increasing autonomy
- You're highly skilled in React, TypeScript, and GraphQL-these are your daily tools, not aspirations
- You write clean, tested, maintainable code and care deeply about code quality
- You understand modern front-end architecture patterns (component composition, state management, data fetching strategies)
- You have experience with testing strategies (unit tests with Jest/Vitest, component testing, e2e with Playwright/Cypress, visual regression)
- You're comfortable with Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and modern development tooling
- You understand responsive design, accessibility (WCAG), and performance optimization

Component Library & Developer Experience (Highly Valued)

- You'vebuilt or contributed to reusable component librariesor design systems
- You understandcomponent API design principles(composition, flexibility, sensible defaults)
- You think aboutdeveloper experience as a product: intuitive APIs, clear documentation, helpful error messages
- You're familiar withlibrary tooling(bundlers, tree-shaking, CSS-in-JS, TypeScript type generation)
- You understandversioning strategiesand how to evolve public APIs without breaking consumers
- You care aboutbundle size, tree-shaking, and performancein library contexts
- You've writtentechnical documentationfor developers (not just end-users)

Architecture & System Design (Growing Skills)

- You candesign reliable componentsthat work in varied integration contexts, considering failure modes and edge cases
- You understanddistributed systems fundamentals(async communication, event-driven patterns, error handling)
- You're learning aboutsystem design trade-offs(consistency vs. availability, performance vs. maintainability, flexibility vs. simplicity)
- You understandcommon patternslike circuit breakers, retries with exponential backoff, and graceful degradation
- You're curious abouthow front-end connects to backend(APIs, GraphQL queries/mutations, real-time subscriptions)

Collaboration & Ownership

- Youtake ownershipof features from concept to production, thinking about user impact and business value
- Youbalance product work with platform work-understanding when to build for Swan vs. when to build for partners
- Youcommunicate proactivelyabout status, blockers, and technical decisions
- You canexplain technical concepts to different audiences: engineers, product managers, and partner developers
- You're comfortableworking across the stackwhen needed (debugging backend issues, understanding database queries)
- You canwork with limited supervisionand handle ambiguity without losing momentum

Passion for Craft

- You have astrong UX/UI sensibilityand care about the details that make interfaces delightful
- You think aboutdeveloper experience as a product itself(component APIs, documentation, ease of integration)
- You staycurrent with front-end technologiesand bring new ideas to the team
- You'repassionate about building great products, whether through personal projects, open-source contributions, or professional work
- You haveprofessional-level English(Swan is an international team)

Our Ideal Teammate

- Empathetic: You understand your team, users, and stakeholders
- Skilled: You combine technical depth with growing leadership abilities
- Frank:You communicate directly and value honest feedback
- No ego: We love to challenge each other, and we leave our egos at the door

Bonus Points (Not Required)

- Experience withdesign systems(Radix, Shadcn, Material-UI, Ant Design) or building component libraries from scratch
- Familiarity withcomponent library tooling(Storybook, Chromatic, Ladle)
- Familiarity withbundler tooling(tsup, Rollup, Vite)
- Experience withmonorepo management(Turborepo, Nx, pnpm workspaces)
- Understanding ofCSS-in-JS solutions(Styled Components, Emotion, Vanilla