Proton - Frontend Engineer (Payments)
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Requirements
• Differently than many other stacks at Proton, the Payments stack depends largely on external services such as payment providers, tax-information providers, currency-conversion providers... As such it is critical, for the success of the service, to build with resilience. • Internally our backend code is in general based on PHP/Symfony, our frontend is based on React, our mobile code is based on Kotlin (on Android) and on Swift (on iOS), with a growing shared codebase in Rust. • All our client-code is open-source and GPL3. • We are migrating our infrastructure to Kubernetes. • Everything runs on premise in Proton's data-centers. • To organize our work we use classic tools such as Jira and Confluence. • Future Plans: • Future Plans: • With payments being the backbone of any subscription business, we have ambitious plans to expand the team to cover a wide breadth of topics ranging from demystifying payment performance data across regions/products, to thinking about the holistic strategy of product catalogs, and everything in between. This particular team requires someone who is a strong generalist, who thrives with ambiguity. There's huge potential for growth no matter the domain, and the outcome for any candidate is an in-depth view into how money moves globally. • Deep understanding of JavaScript methodologies and design patterns • Proficiency with TypeScript or any typed language • Experience with React or 2+ similar frameworks, developing performant and reusable components • Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, such as SOLID, Design Patterns, CI/CD • A product mindset with a focus on offering the best user experiences • Experience working in a distributed team • Awareness of common security issues in client-side development, such as those in the OWASP top ten, and how to mitigate them • Familiarity with UX, accessibility, internationalization, and localization concerns and solutions • Experience with Grafana or other monitoring platforms • Experience with breaking down product requirements into architecture design and implementation • Experience with NodeJS • High-level understanding of cryptography concepts such as key exchange and the difference between symmetric and asymmetric encryption
Responsibilities
• Build features in all of Proton's products. • Close interactions with products and engineers across the company. • Build scalable software architecture through software engineering best practices. • Optimise user experience and design. • As a Front-end Engineer at Proton, you will play a crucial role in developing Proton's most vital services and serving over 100 million users worldwide. We expect you to be customer-centric, continuously learning, passionate about technology and usability. You are adept at turning technical complexities into seamless user experiences. Effective teamwork, collaboration with Product, Design, APIs, and your team, and data-driven decision-making are essential aspects of this role. • Develop new features: Developing, deploying and supporting high-quality user experiences, including feature development and implementation. • Develop new features: • Collaboration: Work closely with backend, product owners, designers, QA, and other engineers to take initiatives from ideation to completion. • Collaboration: • Collaboration: • Code review and optimization: Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality, maintainability, and performance optimization. • Code review and optimization: • Testing: Develop and implement comprehensive testing strategies, including unit tests and integration tests, to ensure the reliability of core libraries. • Testing: • Testing: • Management: Break down large initiatives into smaller milestones to gather stakeholder feedback quickly, allowing us to course-correct immediately. • Management: • Management:
Benefits
• Office First: Collaboration is easier and more effective in person, which is why we have offices in Geneva, Zurich, Prague, Barcelona, Paris, London, Vilnius, Skopje, and Taipei. You can also enjoy working from home up to 30% of the time, while enjoying great company during our three core days in the office. • Office First: • Office First: • Technology: We provide all the devices and software you need to excel in your role, ensuring you have the best tools at your disposal to achieve your goals. • Technology: • Technology: • Food: Lunch and snacks are provided by Proton every day at our offices. • Food: • Food: • Transport: We will always support our employees with transport costs through subsidizing public transport, bike allowances, or parking spaces based on your office location. • Transport: • Transport: • Stock Options: At Proton, we are all owners of the company and you get stock options when you join us. • Stock Options: • Stock Options: • Flexible Working: You can define your own working hours as long as it works with team meetings. • Flexible Working: • Flexible Working: • Learning and Development: We are committed to your professional growth. Proton offers various learning opportunities, including training programs, conferences and events, and continual learning. • Learning and Development: • Employee Benefits: Comprehensive health insurance plans, competitive retirement savings options, generous vacation and leave policies, and wellness programs. • Work that Matters: Proton is a community-first organization, started with the support of a crowdfunding campaign and built with community input. To this day, Proton’s only source of revenue is user subscriptions. Over 100 million people trust and support Proton, and we put our users and community first in everything we do. Read more about our impact here. • Work that Matters: • Work that Matters: • Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
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