Senior Front-end / JS Developer (Milan, Italy)

We're looking for a senior Javascript developer to take the lead of all our JS assets. The widgets that iubenda distributes (the privacy policy widget and the cookie solution) are delivered across billions of page views every month, we're always looking for smart and motivated people to join our development team. If you're excited to work with one of the very few Italian companies offering SaaS solutions internationally, you're looking at the right place. We're used by thousands of clients in the US and in more than 100 other countries. The Javascript that you'll write will be used on hundreds of thousands of websites.

Location

Bologna and Milan, Italy or remote - preferably not exceeding 3 hours from the Central European Time (CET).

Both our offices are incredibly nice places to work from, both located in the center of their respective cities.

Benefits

• LEARNING BUDGET - We'll sponsor your professional growth by providing a budget that can be used for courses, events, workshops and books.
• REMOTE WORK - You can work from one of our offices in Italy or remotely. We are used and fully structured to onboard people who rather work full-time remotely.
• WORKPLACE FLEXIBILITY - Aside from having two offices in Italy, in Bologna and Milan and both being incredibly well located nice places to work from, we have a remote work policy for those not under a remote contract (52 days per year).
• COMPANY RETREATS - Twice a year (summer and winter) we get together in amazing destinations to work, bond and enjoy team building activities. We offer a fully paid week-long retreats to places like Val D'Orcia, Capri, the Dolomites or the Tonnara di Scopello.
• WORK EQUIPMENT - We'll provide an equipment allowance so that you can perform at your best.
• GREAT WORK ENVIRONMENT - Work in a casual (no dress code!) but continuously growing environment. Besides, you will be part of a multicultural team full of talented and expert people and you will find a team spirit, which you would rarely find elsewhere.
• ENGLISH CLASSES - We offer English classes in a weekly basis at our Bologna office, in 3 different levels, within working hours.
• COMPETITIVE SALARY - We offer a highly competitive salary when compared with other Italian startups since we have high standards on finding the best people to join our team. Besides, we offer a generous paid time-off (+25 weekdays/year).

Skills & Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant programming experience;
• Deep knowledge of JavaScript and related modern technologies in web development. Includes deep understanding of the DOM, JSON, OOP JavaScript, CORS and common JavaScript libraries, mainly jQuery (including plugin development);
• Experience w/ the Vue.js framework;
• Proficient in understanding web markup, including HTML5, CSS3;
• Experience in unit testing with JavaScript;
• Proficient in understanding cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.

Added values

• Experience with CDNs and with Akamai in particular;
• Experience with other MVC/MVVM frameworks such as AngularJS, Ember.js or Backbone.js;
• Experience with server side technologies such as Ruby on Rails, Node.js and PHP;
• Experience with GitHub and a solid understanding of Git core concepts;
• Basic understanding of server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS;
• Familiarity with server stack configuration and optimization (Apache/Nginx), and platform as a service solutions such as for example Heroku;
• Proficiency in English.