UI/UX Front End Engineer

What we have to offer

Competitive salary (based on experience) Competitive benefits

Flexible working hours

Remote work; We don't set any concrete constraints on where you work. Some people come to the office daily, some almost never, and that's totally fine! There are a few occurrences where it's helpful to meet in person. As long as you're willing to come to Ghent when it's needed, all's good!

Our Sponsor

Bloom Equity Partners is leveraging decades of investing and operating experience to rapidly unlock transformational growth and deliver superior returns to our investment partners and management teams. Investing exclusively in lower-middle market technology, software and tech-enabled business service companies, Bloom drives enduring market value by partnering closely with founders and management teams, injecting capital to unlock growth, and providing operational resources and expertise to enable meaningful step-change to the business.

Our current stack

●    Frontend: TypeScript, React, Tanstack Query, Emotion, Styled compnents

●    Backend: NodeJS, TypeScript, Mongo, Postgres, Redis

●    Deployment & Infra: Azure, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD

●    Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Tempo

●    Version control & Pipelines: Git, GitLab, GitLab pipelines, Azure DevOps

Note: The tech we use changes all the time; A willingness and ability to learn new things quickly and adapt is much more important than any specific technology.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and perform UX research, define IA, and user journeys, and create personas
• Work closely with users, stakeholders, business analysts, product managers, and development teams to brainstorm and co-create ideas, approaches, and solutions
• Perform relevant testing to validate and inform design decisions
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-Client designs using specialist tools such as Sketch, InVision, Axure, and the Adobe suite
• Apply a positive and constructive attitude to all feedback
• Use and contribute to the approved design system
• Contribute to design standards and best practices
• Perform detailed handover to development teams, ensuring they have all they need to implement the designs
• Provide ongoing support to development, with regular UX review checkpoints ensuring quality and spec are as designed
• Keep up to date with the latest UX practices, innovations, and tools
• Deliver on time, identifying and managing risks to ensure timelines are met, and escalating

Requirements:

●    Fluency in English

●    Work in timezone UTC ± 2h

●    A commitment to lifelong learning

●    Proven 2-4 years experience in software development within complex environments

●    Strong knowledge and experience in:

●    NodeJS and related frameworks

●    TypeScript

●    React

●    Unix systems and networking

●    Containerization, Docker

●    Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills

●    Analytical, intelligent and well-organised

●    Flexible, hands-on and comfortable in a fast-paced environment

We primarily value curiosity, a willingness to learn, and a commitment to making a difference. If you are excited about tackling challenges, growing your skills, and contributing to innovative solutions, we’d love to hear from you, even if you do not tick every single item in this list!

Bonus points

●    Experience with Terraform

●    Understanding of and experience with Kubernetes & GitOps

●    Experience with observability (metrics, logs, and tracing) and related tooling

●    Fluency in Dutch

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