Front-end Engineer

[About us]

We are a technology company working towards digitalizing international trading, and the first

digital forwarding company in Japan (aiming to become No. 1 in Asia). We are building a

multi-faceted digital platform which allows both customers (importer/exporter) and operators

to efficiently and fluidly process international trade workflows, which today is mostly

processed through human labor. Our platform currently covers freight forwarding and we are

aiming to expand our coverage throughout the international trade supply chain.

[Our mission]

At Shippio we are focused on revolutionizing the legacy industry of logistics. We plan to

do away with tracking things on paper and by hand with a centralized platform that

provides an easy to use dashboard for automated data entry and document generation.

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[About you]

We’re looking for passionate engineers who love coding and creating great products.

Because we need to evolve fast in a sea with big fish, we are looking for highly ambitious

engineers who want to work on major aspects of the Shippio product — from the back-end

through to the end user experience.

You will develop web applications in collaboration with project managers,

designers, and back-end engineers while providing perspectives and

recommendations to enhance user experience.

[Position description]

We created our product 3 years ago and realised that it was no longer aligned with the

business strategy. Therefore, last summer we made the decision to rebuild from scratch. We

used this opportunity to move our FE stack from Vue.js to React.js as the team was eager to

learn. We currently have 2 web applications and soon will have a 3rd, each with different

user stories and challenges.

・ Develop web applications using React.js

・ Product quality improvement through code reviews and teamwork

・ Critical analysis

・ Achieve service compliance, stability, ease of use, and flexibility for continuous

improvement

[Key requirements]

・ Located in Japan

・ 2+ years of experience in web application development

・ Navigator, negotiate challenges to find optimal solutions

・ Able to work smoothly and autonomously in a multicultural environment

・ Good intra and inter-team communication skills

・ Valid work authorization or a degree in a related field for those requiring

visa sponsorship

・ Business level English

[Preferred skills]

・ Communication skills in Japanese are highly appreciated

・ Intellectually curious and eager to take on new challenges

・ Interested in working on Business to Business development by leveraging your

own development experience

・ Able to approach products from a user-first perspective

・ Understand the back-end constraints and be able to design an API call

[Our Current Stack]

Our Frontend is built with React and deployed on Firebase. We have a Ruby on Rails Back-End,

deployed on AWS that exposes APIs via GraphQL. However we are always looking for opportunities

to use new technologies and languages so we would be happy to hear about your favourite

technological stack!

[Portrait of our crewmembers]

A person who embodies our core values (Anchors)

https://lnkd.in/f67kzxs (in Japanese)

- [Be courageous and decisive] People who aren't afraid to take on challenges and

don't let precedent stand in the way of accomplishing goals

- [Strive for greatness] People who can accept constructive criticism and are willing to

continually improve themselves.

- [Believe in your fellow crewmates] People who enjoy developing as a team. Someone who

can help team members grow and learn from them.

[Portrait of our Front-End Engineers]

* You don’t fall for the hype.

* You are an HTML & CSS aficionado.

* You don’t mind peer reviews, you love them.

* You tend to solve your problems with code, not dependencies.

* You love JavaScript ES2018 (ES2015, at least).

* You are comfortable working in both a team and also independently to ensure goals are

achieved.

* Quality of code is your priority and you follow best practices.

* You have an ability to foresee where your code may need to be altered to keep in line with

the company strategy.