Senior Frontend Engineer - Mobile Apps

Merkle
Zürich, Switzerland
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
Italian, English, French, German
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Zürich, Switzerland

Tech stack

Adobe Analytics
JavaScript
Web Accessibility
Android
iOS
Application Performance Management
Unit Testing
Mobile Application Development
Software Quality
Code Review
Software Debugging
Mobile Application Software
Open Web Application Security
Scrum
Material Design
TypeScript
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Web Application Frameworks
React
Swiftui
System Availability
Pixel Perfect
Backend
GIT
Vue.js
Kotlin
Angular
Integration Tests
Jetpack Compose
Figma
GraphQL
Front End Software Development
React
REST
Es2015
Software Version Control

Job description

  • Design, develop, and maintain frontend features for our iOS and Android mobile applications
  • Implement and extend multilingual (DE/FR/IT/EN) user interfaces using internationalisation (i18n) frameworks and localisation best practices
  • Collaborate with UX/UI designers to translate Figma designs into pixel-perfect, accessible components
  • Ensure code quality through unit testing, integration testing, and code reviews
  • Optimise application performance across devices and screen sizes, with a focus on Swiss banking security standards
  • Contribute to the shared component library and design system used across all Raiffeisen digital products
  • Work in an agile team using Scrum/Kanban, participating in sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos
  • Coordinate with backend teams to design and consume RESTful and GraphQL APIs
  • Monitor, debug, and resolve issues in production, ensuring high availability and user satisfaction
  • Stay up to date with emerging frontend technologies and champion best practices within the team, 2 volunteer days for charitable activities Mental Health: Benefit from 3 extra wellness days on top of your vacation days and a Mental Health First Aider and Employee Assistance program to support your well-being 40-hour week & overtime compensation Flexible working hours model (flextime) Independent home office management State-of-the-art, creative office space with ergonomically equipped workstations Pet friendly offices (Zurich and St. Gallen) Full access to Dentsu Academy, on-site learning sessions, online language courses Referral bonus program ️Workation possibility Team events: company parties, monthly breakfasts, aperos

Requirements

We are looking for a skilled and motivated Senior Frontend Engineer - Mobile Apps to join our cross-functional digital product team. You will play a key role in building and maintaining our customer-facing applications - spanning iOS, Android. You will work closely with UX designers, backend engineers, and product owners to deliver seamless, high-quality experiences that meet the highest standards for accessibility, security, and performance., * 3+ years of professional experience in frontend or mobile development

  • Proficiency in React Native for cross-platform iOS and Android development
  • Strong command of TypeScript and modern JavaScript (ES6+)
  • Experience with React.js or a comparable modern web framework (Vue, Angular)
  • Solid understanding of iOS and Android platform guidelines (HIG / Material Design)
  • Practical experience with i18n/l10n libraries (e.g. i18next, react-intl, FormatJS)
  • Familiarity with state management solutions (Redux, Zustand, MobX, or similar)
  • Experience with RESTful APIs and GraphQL
  • Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and version control (Git)
  • Knowledge of web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1 AA)

Nice to Have:

  • Experience in regulated industries, particularly financial services or banking
  • Familiarity with Swift/SwiftUI or Kotlin/Jetpack Compose for native development
  • Knowledge of micro-frontend architectures
  • Experience with security-conscious development (OWASP, certificate pinning, biometric auth)

Languages:

  • German: Fluent (B2 or above) - working language of the team
  • English: Business proficient
  • French or Italian: Advantageous, given our multilingual product scope

About the company

We Dream. We Do. We Deliver.

Als data-driven Full-Service-Agentur mit Fokus auf Customer Experience Transformation arbeiten wir mit den Top-500-Unternehmen aus der gesamten DACH-Region und Osteuropa zusammen. Unsere Wurzeln liegen in der Schweiz: Merkle DACH ist aus einer Partnerschaft der zwei führenden Digital-Agenturen Namics und Isobar entstanden. Wir sind Teil von Merkle, dem größten Unternehmen des dentsu-Netzwerks und vereinen mehr als 66.000 Digital-Fans in 146 Ländern unter einem Dach – und gemeinsam erwecken wir Marken zum Leben.

Wir sind mehr als 1.200 Digital-Expert*innen mit Know-how in Digital-Strategien, MarTech- Plattformen, Werbemittel, UX, CRM, Daten, Commerce, Mobile, Social Media, Intranet und CMS. Dabei arbeiten wir mit unseren Partnern Adobe, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Sitecore, SAP u. v. m.

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