Frontend Engineer

Octopus Energy
Madrid, Spain
6 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
€60,000.0 - €90,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Software as a Service Software Quality Software Debugging Programming Tools Open Source Technology Performance Tuning Web Application Frameworks Data Logging Graphql Front End Software Development

Job description

You will join a fast-growing product engineering environment focused on building scalable, high-performance frontend systems for modern SaaS infrastructure. In this role, you will take ownership of a complex frontend application used by high-profile companies and contribute directly to the evolution of a critical developer-facing product. You will work closely with Product and Backend Engineering teams to design, build, and ship robust features that combine usability, performance, and long-term maintainability. The environment is highly autonomous and requires strong ownership, proactive decision-making, and the ability to navigate ambiguity. You will also play a key role in shaping frontend architecture, improving observability, and maintaining design system consistency across the platform. This is a high-impact role for an experienced engineer who thrives in fast-paced, technically demanding, and collaborative product teams. Accountabilities: Own and evolve a complex frontend application, ensuring high standards of performance, reliability, scalability, and usability across all features. Collaborate with Product and Backend Engineering teams to design and implement new features from concept through to production delivery. Build, maintain, and scale a robust design system to ensure UI consistency and efficient development across the product. Improve frontend observability by implementing monitoring, logging, and debugging practices to proactively identify and resolve issues. Drive frontend architecture decisions, ensuring long-term maintainability and technical excellence. Work autonomously in a fast-paced environment, taking full ownership of tasks and delivering them end-to-end. Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering practices, code quality, and development workflows.

Requirements

5+ years of professional experience in frontend engineering with strong expertise in modern JavaScript frameworks. Expert-level proficiency in React and its ecosystem. Proven experience building and scaling design systems in production environments. Strong understanding of frontend performance optimization, monitoring, and observability practices. Comfortable working in autonomous, fast-moving, and ambiguous environments. Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across Product, Engineering, and Design teams. Ownership-driven mindset with a proactive and solution-oriented approach. Commitment to high-quality engineering, including maintainability, scalability, and performance. Nice to have: Experience with GraphQL. Exposure to developer tools, infrastructure products, or open-source ecosystems. Background in fintech, billing systems, or data-intensive frontend applications. Contributions to or participation in open-source projects.

Benefits & conditions

Competitive salary ranging from €60,000 to €90,000 per year. Stock options as part of the compensation package. Fully remote work across Europe. Opportunity to work on a widely adopted open-source billing platform used by leading global companies. High level of autonomy and ownership over core frontend systems. Collaborative, high-performance engineering culture focused on excellence and continuous improvement. Exposure to complex, large-scale SaaS and fintech-related technical challenges. Opportunity to shape the frontend of a fast-scaling developer-first product. How Jobgether works

About the company

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer in Spain.

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