About Planet
Planet is a global provider of integrated technology and payments solutions for retail and hospitality customers.
We create great experiences for the millions of people who use our payments, software, and tax-free solutions every minute of every day.
Planet empowers its customers to deliver great customer experiences by combining payments and software in ways that drive greater loyalty, increase revenue and save time.
Founded over 35 years ago and with our headquarters in London, today we have more than 2,500 employees located across six continents serving our customers in more than 120 markets.
Role Overview
Planet Payment is looking for a passionate Senior Frontend Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate has several years of experience with frontend development and an ambition to raise the bar for developing cutting-edge technologies and solutions that give Planet Payment and its customers a world-class product.
What you will do
Motivation to work in an Agile Scrum team and to push the team towards the sprint goal.
Ability to coordinate effectively with other team members
Experience of working with different teams to deliver outstanding consumer facing applications
Strong opinion and continuous evaluation of new technologies and software products
Strong analytical and problem–solving attitude
Creativity to handle challenges and obstacles, innovating solutions balancing both immediate needs with longer-term ownership and maintenance of application being developed
Working knowledge and experience with software development best practices and standards
Experience of working and helping to create design systems
Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken.
Who you are
Minimum 5 years of working experience as a Frontend Engineer
Excellent knowledge in TypeScript
Experience in modern frontend frameworks like React, Angular or Vue
Experience in unit test (Jest, Jasmine or similar) and browser test development (TestCafe, Cypress, Selenium or similar)
Experience in responsive web development
Proficient with Git
Nice to Have:
Experience in full stack development (APIs, databases, …)
Experience with Docker
Experience with using and extending component libraries such as Material UI or similar
Experience with data fetching libraries such as React Query, SWR or similar
Why Planet:
Planet is an equal opportunity employer where diversity is valued, and all employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.
Come and grow your career in the most exciting, fast paced technology market, with a business that delivers feel-good connected commerce.
We would love to hear from you – Apply now.
At Planet, we embrace a hybrid work model, with three days a week in the office.
Reasonable accommodations may be made in order to allow for an individual to perform the essential functions of this role successfully.