Lateral

Job Summary:
Lateral Group is a profitable, award-winning design and technology company with over 20 years of experience. They are seeking a Front End Developer to craft digital experiences, collaborate with teams, optimize applications, and continuously learn while contributing to various projects.
Responsibilities:
• Craft delightful digital experiences: Design, implement, and maintain front-end features using React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript. You’ll create reusable UI components and craft polished, responsive interfaces with a focus on quality
• Collaborate & communicate: Work closely with designers, back-end developers, and product managers in an asynchronous workflow. You’ll regularly communicate with clients to clarify requirements, demo features, and ensure we’re building the right thing.
• Optimize, Iterate & improve: Involve yourself in brainstorming and technical discussions. Ensure our apps are fast, accessible, and reliable. You’ll profile and improve page load times, refine animations, and tackle browser-specific quirks so that every user gets a smooth experience. When issues arise, you’ll dive in to debug and fix them, striving for robust solutions that scale (and writing tests to prevent regressions)
• Learn: Stay curious and keep up with industry trends, frameworks, and standards. You’ll be encouraged to continuously learn and bring in knowledge, evaluating new technologies thoughtfully to see if they can enhance our product or developer experience (we love learning, but avoid “innovation for innovation’s sake”). In short, you’ll help shape a culture of excellence, ownership, and growth on the team.
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Qualifications:
Required:
• 5+ years of professional front-end development experience building digital applications.
• Experience with modern Javascript libraries and tooling (e.g. React, npm, webpack...).
• Fluency in CSS.
• Proven ability to craft, polish, delight, sweat the details.
• An eye for design and UX.
• An understanding of design principles and attention to details like accessibility and responsive layout.
• You take pride in building high-quality software.
• Diligent about testing and documentation.
• Proactively debug issues before they become problems.
• Performance and browser compatibility matter to you.
• Comfortable managing your own projects and time without heavy oversight.
• Proactive problem solver who can break down complex problems, propose solutions, and drive them to completion.
• Great communication and empathy.
• Enjoy working closely with others.
• Can explain technical concepts clearly.
• Self-motivated and disciplined in a remote environment.
• Can manage your time, collaborate asynchronously, and aren’t afraid to ask questions or offer help across time zones.
Preferred:
• Demonstrating craft
• Design /delight sensibility
• AI & Gen AI experience/tooling
• Understanding Backend concepts
• CSR/SSR
• DevOps experience (continuous integration, hosting, etc.)
Company:
LATERAL (Technology with Passion) adds business value through full service technology solutions. Founded in 2008, the company is headquartered in Targu-mures, ROM, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.