Senior Frontend React Developer

We are blau direkt

Infrastructure service provider for brokerage companies in the insurance industry.

Our business is to provide infrastructure services to insurance brokers. We manage data, documents, claims, and most importantly: communication! blau direkt facilitates the work of over 1,400 insurance brokers and distributors.

As a technology market leader, we offer brokerage companies in the insurance industry the most modern infrastructure services and a tried and tested touchpoint management system, which fundamentally sets us apart from other broker pools in Germany.

We are just opening a new R&D center, where we build engineering teams to support the most crucial blau direkt products.

Insurance and finance are dull? Not with blau direkt!

We have made it our task to digitize and simplify the originally very paper-heavy and time-consuming work of our partners with the help of our solutions. Together as a team, we are driving new standards in the industry.

Talk to us and be a part of this experience from the beginning, which gives you the

unique opportunity to really make an impact on how we do things.

REQUIREMENTS

• At least +5 years of experience as a Frontend Developer
• Proficiency with JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS/SCSS
• Strong experience in using React 
• Understanding modern web application design architecture
• Practical knowledge of OOP, Clean Code, and SOLID principles
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices, git, docker
• Effective Communication and Teamwork
• Fluent in English (B2) and Polish (B2)
• Proficiency with Figma for layout specifications
• Strong understanding of UX/UI principles

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience with back-end technologies (PHP)
• Experiences with Scrum 
• Basic knowledge of the German language

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Being part of an agile cross-functional team focused on delivering business value 
• Developing and maintaining software applications in accordance with the best engineering standards
• Writing high-quality, clean, and functional code
• Troubleshoot, debugging and bug-fix reported issues 
• Testing the implemented code, writing and maintaining tests
• Writing and maintaining documentation

OUR STACK

• Technologies: PHP 8.0+/ Symfony 6.1+ /Laravel 9.0+ , JS/TypeScript, React
• Databases: MySQL, MariaDB 
• Infrastructure: UNIX, Kubernetes 
• Queue: RabbitMQ 
• Tests: phpunit + codeception 
• CI/CD - Gitlab 
• Containerization

ENGINEERING PRACTICES

• OOP, TDD, DDD, SOLID, Clean Code 
• Pull requests / Code review (Gitlab)

AGILE WORKFLOW

• Scrum + elements of eXtreme Programming 
• PO + SM

TOOLS

• Git + Gitlab 
• Figma 
• Jira, Confluence, AHA!, Slack, G Suite/Google workspace 
• Mostly PhpStorm but freedom to choose tools 
• Docker

QUALITY ASSURANCE

• Test manager 
• Cross-functional teams QAs on the board 
• Test automation / Python

BENEFITS AND PERKS

• Private healthcare
• Cafeteria system & Sport Card
• Training budget €800 per year
• Integration meetings (internal training, hackathon, integration trips and meetings)
• Referral Bonus
• Startup atmosphere
• No dress code
• Flexible hours
• Flexible working format - remote or hybrid 
• Modern office, Chillout zone, Standing desk, parking for bicycles, and a cloakroom with showers
• Regular office lunches and integration meetings
• Some international travels included