Mid-Senior Front-End developer (Remote - UK/EU based)

We are seeking a UK (or potentially Europe-based), mid to senior level front-end developer who is looking for opportunities to work with a variety of Shopify e-commerce builds and have ownership with the team of upcoming projects. As part of Pixelcabin’s front-end engineering team, you will build e-commerce solutions predominantly on the Shopify platform. Your role will also involve receiving business problems from stakeholders and translating these into elegant technical solutions and helping progress our technical stack and team knowledge over a medium to long term horizon.

 

This is a role for someone who has Shopify development experience in a professional context, building maintainable codebases and has strong problem-solving skills. You will also have an exceptional level of attention to detail – both from a code quality/approach perspective, as well as the visual or functional result that is delivered to the end client. At Pixelcabin we also have to balance this with delivering highly robust solutions in a defined timeframe to clients across a range of industries and sectors. 

 

We are seeking someone who is looking to step into a team-leader role, where you will be responsible for overseeing the general health and processes around our codebases. You will also work with the leadership team on roadmaps for implementing new technologies reliably, and devising approaches for helping continuous learning across the development team.

At Pixelcabin, our team is small, steadily growing and fully distributed. Because working remotely has been part of our DNA since day 1, we believe in offering a great remote working environment for everyone in our team. You will get support with setting up your work routine so that it’s enjoyable, even easy, to do your best work. We use excellent tooling (Slack, Notion, Figma, Clubhouse.io, and any that you suggest) and help you to create a unique setup that works for you. This way, you’ll be able to work efficiently, feel inspired, and collaborate smoothly with the team.

 

Whilst the global pandemic has forced most people to have to work remotely for some amount of time over the past year, at Pixelcabin we have been working remotely for 9 years and counting. Our team and our ways of working have truly been built around this paradigm. For those selected for an interview, we will be more than happy to hear how remote work has or has not worked for you so far, and discuss how we at Pixelcabin do things a bit differently to really lean into a fully remote team. 

 

Every year, we organise a retreat/meetup so that we can bring everyone together, get away from our desks, and bridge the remote-working gap for a few days (in past years, we’ve gathered in Hong Kong, San Francisco and Miami). On these meetups, we also explore ideas for the future direction of the company. Since our clients are also remote, we occasionally travel to spend time embedded in their offices. This also provides time for us to come together and hang out as a team. 

In 2020 we were lucky enough to be able to get the team together in late January before travel was restricted, and we hope to be able to start retreats again from some time in 2022. In the interim we have been holding more weekly catch ups with the whole team where we play some Among Us, or just have a hangout to take a break from the work day.

 

On a day-to-day basis, you will be communicating frequently with other team members through a range of channels (daily video calls, demoing / pairing via screen-share and Figma). Since we believe that good teamwork relies on open dialogue, we always encourage our team members to raise questions and concerns, suggest new solutions, or question what has been proposed so far.

 

While we may work hard throughout the week, we value a healthy work-life balance. We know that we are only as strong as our team members are inspired. We thus encourage continuous learning and personal development, in addition to emphasising collaboration and the sharing of ideas (e.g. by actively encouraging paired sessions of programming or other skills, impromptu video chats with other team members and a healthy amount of ‘off topic’ conversation!). Outside of work, we love our sports, photography, language learning, book clubs, and time with friends and family.

 

Whilst Pixelcabin has previously hired across global locations, we are currently seeking someone who is either UK or Europe-based and legally eligible to work in that region without further visa sponsorship. Whether you are on the Isle of Skye or Isle of Wight, though, is up to you! You will primarily work with team members on UK and Asian time zones, so being an early riser is also a plus. 

Pixelcabin is committed to building a culturally diverse company, and we value a broad set of opinions in our team. As we grow, we are looking to build a team with a range of viewpoints at its core, and we encourage applications from female and minority candidates.

To apply: Please send all applications to jobs@pixelcabin.io, including your Github, LinkedIn, and any other relevant links. The email body should include cover letter content, with a CV as an attachment (only required if no LinkedIn). The subject of your email should be ‘2021 Mid-Senior Front-End Developer Application’. Application emails without this subject will be automatically screened-out and not read.