Senior Frontend Developer (m/f/d)

Senior Frontend Developer (m/f/d)

Skoobe is currently looking for a talented and experienced frontend developer with strong skills in HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, REST, responsive web design, build management and UI testing tools for our office in Munich, Germany. Applicants should be based in Germany (preferably Munich area). You are able to apply your technical skills that you have acquired over many years (5+) effectively and you have great communication skills to advance our projects together with Skoobe’s project managers, designers and the back-end team.

Key responsibilities

  • Work as a part of our front-end team and be responsible for diverse and challenging front-end development efforts
  • Implement robust front-ends for mobile and web
  • Think about security, performance, caching and SEO

Skills & Requirements

  • 5+ years experience designing and writing web front-end applications
  • Extensive development experience in HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript (ES6/7)
  • Good knowledge of back-end web interface in REST
  • Extensive knowledge of build tools like grunt, gulp or web-pack
  • Extensive knowledge of UI testing tools like Jasmine, Karma, Mocha, Jest
  • Experience with Docker is a plus
  • You are smart, adaptive and resourceful in finding good and practical solutions
  • You are a good communicator
  • You feel comfortable in an English-speaking work environment

About us

Skoobe is a Munich based start-up, financed by the publishing groups Georg von Holtzbrinck, Random House and bookselling chain Thalia. We spark passion for reading with the best app to discover (audio)books, an excellent reading and listening experience on different mobile devices, a fair price and an outstanding service. We focus on quality, speed and the needs of our customers.

Skoobe offers fast realisation of your ideas, space for open discussions, a goal-oriented work style and a supportive environment with flat hierarchies. You help to bring a global product forward and get free access to more books than you could ever read in your life. Our quiet and nicely collaborative open-plan office is located in the city center of Munich, close to a number of public transport options.

What's included?

  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible working hours and home office option
  • Skoobe VIP account – free access to our digital library
  • Regular attendance on industry events and trade shows
  • Access to Campus Success, the online learning platform from Holtzbrinck Group
  • Dynamic work environment
  • German language class for international applicants

Data Protection

When you apply for this position you give us personal data about yourself like your name, contact information, CV and certificates. We use this personal data solely for the application process. We save and process your data strictly confidential according to general data protection guidelines. We automatically delete your application 6 month after hiring for this position. Until then we evaluate if your profile fits also other positions and would contact you in case of a match. By sending your application you explicitly agree that we save and process your data according to this paragraph. Of course, you are always entitled to withdraw your agreement and ask us to delete your data. In order to do so, please send an email to recruiting@skoobe.de

Become part of our success!

If you have a passion for books as well as digital devices and want to become part of a young company in a traditional field, we are looking forward to receiving your application including your expected salary!

Ingrid Pecher
Tel. 0151 - 57 84 67 16