Frontend Engineer

About Staffbase

In a polarized world, we inspire people to achieve great things together. Our mission is to help organizations unlock the power of inspirational communication so they can thrive in the Narrative Age. Our award-winning communications channels - intranet, employee app and email - deliver experiences that drive engagement and inspire hearts and minds.

We're headquartered in Chemnitz, Germany, with offices in many locations throughout the world, including New York, London, Berlin and Dresden. Our international team counts more than 750 employees from 45+ nationalities and we have a growing base of 2200+ customers that want to transform their employee experience. We are rapidly scaling, post-Series E ($115 million funding), have strong-growing revenue, and our customers love us.

Hey there! We're on the lookout for talented Frontend Engineers to join our Staffbase team and help us build an awesome internal communications platform. We are looking for empathetic team players who are motivated by growth and ownership.

As part of our tech stack, we are using: React.js, Typescript, Javascript, Kotlin, Go, Java, MongoDB, Terraform, Docker and Playwright to name a few.

Our environment

• Working with skilled and similar-minded professionals in a team that values diversity and inclusivity.
• We aim to create a flexible and agile work environment that promotes the well-being and work-life balance of our employees.
• We believe that team events during working hours play a vital role in building an exceptionally effective team, and we encourage them.
• We are enthusiastic about technology and are committed to using it to improve the world.
• We follow the "You build it, you run it" approach and take pride in it.
  
  

The Team

• In today's digital landscape, the importance of a seamless and secure user experience cannot be overstated. Our mission is to improve and revolutionise the authentication capabilities of our products to provide our customers with the best possible experience combining ease of use and strong protection. Through thoughtful design and innovative technology, we aim to create trust and delight with every interaction. Ultimately, our vision is clear: We create the login users love and trust.
  
  

What you'll be doing

• Improve and develop both our web-based clients, including native apps, and our RESTful web services.
• Add exciting new features to our existing application to help customers realize their communication strategies.
• Work in a cross-functional Scrum team and produce high-quality, tested code.
• Promote and represent your ideas within the team and to stakeholders.
• Give and receive valuable feedback in our code review process and continuously learn and share knowledge with your peers.
• Take ownership for the topics you care about, from the features you produce to the quality of our work and the environment we work in.
• You work iteratively, frequently pushing code, ensuring a good CI/CD pipeline, and automating where possible.
  
  

What you need to be successful

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• A hands-on mentality—you're not afraid to roll up your sleeves to get things done.
• Passion for the things you build and the desire to make a meaningful difference.
• Being open to feedback and taking ownership of your work are essential.
• You have experience in React.js, TypeScript, and Javascript and have a passion for Test-Driven Development.
• Preferably, you have worked in an agile environment before.
• You value quality as well as clean code and enjoy learning new things.
• Good English communication skills.
• A self-starter attitude with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• You're not shy about having an opinion and expressing it.
• You're willing to stand up for your ideas and contribute to impactful development.
• Understand and are appreciative of diversity and inclusivity in the workplace.
  
  

What you'll get

• Competitive Compensation - we offer attractive salary packages including an Employee Stock Option Plan.
• Flexibility - we offer flexible working time models and the option of hybrid work, and support this with a yearly flex work allowance of €1560.
• Growth Budget - all employees get a yearly budget for external training of €1000, and one day off for growth per year (increase to two days in 2nd year).
• Wellbeing - in addition to our yearly vacation of 30 days, we're running a 4-day-work week every year in August with full payment.
• Support - we're offering a company pension scheme.
• Sports & Health - join our sport courses in the offices or lease a bike with Staffbase. The offices are equipped with fruits, drinks and snacks.
• Team Building - Regular team and office events including the yearly Staffbase Camp.
• Volunteers Day - you'll get one day off per year for supporting a social project. We will donate a small amount for that project in addition.
• Employee Referral Program - one of your friends is a fit to one of our full-time openings? Refer them and get a referral bonus paid.