Frontend Developer (Web Apps)

To strengthen our IT team, we are looking for a Frontend Engineer (Web Apps) to develop server-side-rendered web applications.

You will join a fast-paced team driving in an international environment. The position of Frontend Engineer is a full-time and permanent position.

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Implement flexible, maintainable, well-structured and testable frontend software according to design specifications and following our frontend architecture and stack
• Work in a team on implementing the frontend for one public-facing platform / product (later, help to scale the implementation to other products)
• Contribute to the frontend stack elements (UI components library, data and content access layers, frontend caching, SEO solutions, etc.)
• Collaborate with UX designers to refine designs and provide feedback on the implementation
• Establish and improve guidelines for API design for backend developers to follow
• Help to build up processes between frontend, UX design, and IT projects
• Take over responsibility for one or more topics relating to performance, security, coding standards, documentation or testing strategies of the frontend stack

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, a Master's is an advantage
• At least 2 years of experience in architecting and implementing frontend web apps
• Knowledge in Typescript and preferably Nuxt & (alternatively & React) required
• Basic knowledge of git required
• Knowledge in frontend unit testing and e2e testing preferred
• Some experience with Docker preferred
• Knowledge in any of the following areas is a plus : backend applications, REST API design, performance optimizations, scaling, SEO, headless CMS systems (Strapi), or Javascript on the backend NestJS)
• Team player with the capability to work in a dynamic, international environment, and good interpersonal skills
• Able to think outside the box to identify and solve problems whilst developing creative and innovative solutions
• Excellent written and spoken English skills
• Detail-oriented with the capacity to see the big picture

Our stack and tools are Figma, Design System, UI Components Library, Nuxt 3, Vue 3, Pinia, Strapi, Playwright, PM2, Docker, Swagger.

We work with Scrum, code reviews, merge requests, and CI / CD pipelines.

What we offer

• Contributing to the academic community
• Professional growth opportunities through courses, trainings and conferences
• In-house projects only, created and developed within MDPI
• Private health insurance & team building activities
• Flexible working hours
• FitPass
• Working in a collaborative, diverse, and socially responsible team
• Possibility to spend time abroad and collaborate with colleagues in other MDPI offices

About MDPI

A pioneer in scholarly, open access publishing, MDPI has supported academic communities since 1996. Headquartered in Basel, Switzerland, MDPI has the mission to foster open scientific exchange in all forms, across all disciplines.

We operate currently over 400 diverse, peer-reviewed, open-access journals supported by over 66,000 academic editors. We serve scholars from around the world to ensure the latest research is openly and broadly available.

Besides our main publishing business, we develop and maintain digital platforms and software ranging from scientific exchange platforms to article databases and search engines, all focused on empowering scholars and giving them the best possible product and service.

As of the end of 2022, we count more than 6700 colleagues in 17 offices across 11 countries.

MDPI Serbia was established in 2016 to support the rapid global expansion of MDPI. Over the course of 8 years, we opened 2 offices in Belgrade (Zvezdara and New Belgrade) and 1 additional office in Novi Sad.

We now have over 600+ employees in our 3 Serbian offices, dedicated to ensuring that high-quality research is made available as quickly as possible in different fields of science.

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