Senior Frontend Engineer

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At Swiss Life Asset Managers you will contribute your own talent and expertise in a motivated and flexible working environment. You will take on a high degree of responsibility and master demanding challenges independently, with the scope to express yourself and in cooperation with professional teams.

Working at Swiss Life Asset Managers is a dynamic experience in a stable environment. Our employees make the difference. People count.
Flexible working models will enable you to reconcile your professional and personal ambitions.

Senior Frontend Engineer

About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Frontend Engineer to join the team responsible for Investment Solutions, a strategic product at Swiss Life Asset Managers.

Investment Solutions is the central portal through which investors and clients can explore Swiss Life Asset Managers' investment vehicles and monitor the evolution of their portfolios. As a core business product, it plays a key role in delivering a modern, intuitive, and reliable digital experience to our clients.

In this role, you will contribute directly to the product's development, helping drive technical excellence through hands-on coding while also supporting and mentoring other team members with your experience. You will collaborate closely with engineers, designers, product owner, and business analyst to deliver high-quality solutions that create value for our users.

Required Skills & Experience

• Several years of experience developing frontend applications with TypeScript in a browser environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work with the DOM, HTML, and CSS using modern web frameworks.
• A track record of delivering high-quality, well-tested, and maintainable code.
• Deep familiarity with modern software development practices and tooling, including:
  • Source control (Git)
  • Code reviews
  • Linting and static analysis
  • Unit and integration testing
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Docker
• Familiarity with secure software development principles and the ability to anticipate and address security concerns.
• Confidence in taking ownership of features and making informed technical decisions.
• A proactive attitude toward improving code quality, reducing technical debt, and continuously enhancing the product.
• Comfort working in Unix-based environments via WSL on Windows notebook.
• The ability to collaborate effectively within a diverse, international team across different cultures, geographies, and levels of experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Nice to Have

Experience with one or more of the following would be a strong advantage:

• SvelteKit (This is the main framework used in our front-end codebase)
• WebAssembly (WASM), particularly with Rust
• UI/visual design experience
• UX research or user experience design
• Direct interaction with customers or end users
• Open source project contributions
• REST API design and integration
• Playwright

Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave (from the year following your hire date)
• In-house Academy and professional training opportunities
• Hybrid working model (2x week in Lisbon, close to the Oriente train station)
• Pension and health benefits
• Additional allowances

Your benefits
We help our employees shape their professional development and their private life to their best advantage, throughout all phases of their life. Our attractive benefits play a part in this effort.

Your contact

Mariana Gomes Mendes

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