Tech Lead (f/m/d) Frontend - remote possible

This is what it's about

Please note: You can work entirely remotely in Germany or use our office in Berlin. The part-time scope for this position is 80-100%.

You want to use your JS experience for a good cause? You want to contribute to a product that makes a difference? You want to shape our Touchpoints team to drive the growth of RaiseNow, an innovative Tech4Good company?

As Tech Lead (f/m/d) Frontend in our Touchpoints Team you report directly to our CTO Raphael. You will set and execute the strategy for your team and help your team members develop and grow. On top of that, you want to do good with your job.

Your mission

As our new Tech Lead (f/d/m) Frontend, you…

• Set, plan and execute the strategy for your Touchpoints team and aligning the team members on it
• Are a hands-on Engineer: You don’t shy away from implementing new features, performing maintenance of existing frontends or doing operational tasks to keep our Touchpoint Services stable. In doing so, you follow common best coding practices like SOLID or KISS
• Are the technical lead for the 3 members of the Touchpoints team, including feedback talks, team check-ins as well as 1:1s and supporting in recruiting
• Enjoy sharing your knowledge and support more junior team members in understanding the touchpoints services. You do occasional technical research to support our Product team incl. documentation and sharing your findings
• Are a great communicator: You foster cross-team coordination to bring new Touchpoint features to the organisations we support. You empower your team to communicate transparently on their daily workload, allowing for smooth processes with our POs and PMs
• Like to think holistically: You challenge technical decisions, build implementations which generally favour simplicity over complexity and know the importance of making pragmatic over complex decisions in a smaller team

Your profile

• Proficiency in the ecosystem of JS & TS together with ReactJS (or similar JS/TS frameworks)
• Several years of working experience in a similar position and team setup
• Knowledge of designing and maintaining a set of RESTful APIs to a large customer base
• Familiarity with unit and functional testing as well as code reviews, git workflows and continuous delivery approach
• Experience in developing software resulting in a SaaS system for customers
• Striving for simplicity and when it’s not possible, keeping an eye on the devil in the details
• Gathering and translating high-level requirements into technical specifications
• Fluent written and verbal English (at least C1)

Our Tech Stack:

• ReactJS, MobX, TypeScript, Cypress, Jest, Ant Design, SCSS
• In addition, we sometimes use Tailwind, Solid.js, Redux, Webpack & Vite
• Select serverless AWS services (Lambda, S3, Cloudfront)
• PHP 7.4, Symfony 4.4
• MySQL, RabbitMQ, ELK stack
• Docker containers and DC/OS

Why RaiseNow

• A future-oriented job in a meaningful environment with an international team
• Enjoy annual working time as well as temporary working abroad options all in a remote first setup
• 5 weeks paid annual leave plus additional PTO days per year with RaiseNow + your birthday as PTO
• We know that time is precious: We’re part of the pledge 1% initiative, offer sabbatical options and yearly educational leave for everyone
• The perks of joining a scaleup: short decision paths, transparent communication and regular team events + one workation per year to meet all colleagues in one spot
• An innovative working environment with a culture of transparency, trust, and mutual respect
• Project autonomy and space for personal development from the beginning