Web Developer

About Algolia

Algolia is a fast growing company that helps users deliver intuitive search and discovery experiences on their websites and mobile apps. We provide APIs used by thousands of customers in more than 100 countries. Today, Algolia powers 1.5 Trillion searches a year – that’s 4 times more than Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Baidu and Yandex combined!

Position Summary

Are you passionate about modern web development and design? We are hiring for a Front-end Developer who understands how to use data to inform design and functionality decisions to create exceptional user experiences for the web and drive desired business outcomes. We are seeking someone who is hands-on, creative, and analytical with the ability to quickly turn ideas into results while collaborating closely with team members and internal stakeholders. Our web stack includes: React, TypeScript, Next.js, Utility-first CSS with Tailwind, Netlify/Vercel, and a headless CMS called Kontent.

Responsibilities

Meet with content owners and stakeholders to define project requirements and create a plan that demonstrates a solid understanding of goals and objectives. Design, create, and maintain web content to meet company and stakeholder requirements while adhering to brand guidelines.Create and test web pages to ensure that they are working effectively.Assist team with management of staging live site.Craft solutions for layout and styling issues across multiple browsers and mobile devices.Bring best practices in design and user experience and bring innovative ideas for website enhancements.Work with Web and Design teams to develop new concepts and put them into production.

What You Bring To The Team

Minimum 1-3 years of professional experience in website design and development.Knowledge of current web design and development best practices for desktop and mobile.Experience with tooling such as JavaScript, React, Node and Typescript and/or similar technologies.Experience with developing, maintaining, and updating website code and content.Knowledge of UX/UI or HCI best practices.

We’re looking for someone who can live our values:

GRIT - Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment.TRUST - Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership.CANDOR - Ability to receive and give constructive feedback.CARE - Genuine care about other team members, our clients and the decisions we make in the company.HUMILITY - Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside.

Remote Strategy

Algolia’s flexible workplace model is designed to empower all Algolians to fulfill our mission to power search and discovery with ease. We place an emphasis on an individual’s impact, contribution, and output, over their physical location. Algolia is a high-trust environment and our team members have the autonomy to choose where they want to work and when. We know community comes in many forms and strive to create opportunities for intentional in-person connection in our offices and virtually for our remote colleagues around the world.

We have a global presence with physical offices in San Francisco, NYC, Paris, London, Sydney and Bucharest.

About Us

Algolia prides itself on being a pioneer and market leader offering an AI-powered, API-First Search & Discovery platform that empowers 17,000+ businesses to compose customer experiences at internet scale that predict what their users want with blazing fast search and web browse experience. Algolia powers more than 30 billion search requests a week – four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex and DuckDuckGo combined.

Algolia is part of a cadre of innovative new companies that are driving the next generation of software development, creating APIs that make developers’ lives easier; solutions that are better than building from scratch and better than having to tweak monolithic SaaS solutions.

In 2021, the company closed $150 million in series D funding and quadrupled its post-money valuation of $2.25 billion. Being well capitalized enables Algolia to continue to invest in its market leading platform, to better serve its thousands of customers–including Under Armor, Petsmart, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens, to name just a few.

Who We're Looking For

We’re looking for talented, passionate people to build the world’s best search & discovery technology. As an ownership-driven company, we seek team members who thrive within an environment based on autonomy and diversity. We're committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace. We care about each other and the world around us, and embrace talented people regardless of their race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability and socioeconomic background.

READY TO APPLY?

If you share our values and our enthusiasm for building the world’s best search & discovery technology, we’d love to review your application!

Key Skills

• Backend
• Frontend
• TypeScript
• JavaScript