Contract Senior Software Engineer (React/Node)

About YLD:

Our goal is to help our clients keep moving forward. We work with them to build the skills and capabilities they need to stay ahead of the competition, and we know our success only happens when they succeed. We’re a team of curious, talented people, and we’re committed to making YLD a place where great people want to work, grow, and stay.

We’re a remote-first consultancy specialising in software engineering, product design, and data. Our teams are based across London, Lisbon, and Porto, and we create digital solutions that continue to deliver value long after our work is done.

About the role:

As a Senior Software Engineer at YLD, you’ll be part of a client team building innovative products. We’re looking for someone curious, passionate, driven, and enthusiastic. You should be skilled in problem-solving and experienced in designing scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant architectures. You’re also an effective communicator and a strong team player. Together with your team, you’ll thrive in a fast-paced engineering environment, delivering outstanding results and exciting projects.

You’ll have the following skills and experience:

• Commercial experience working with React and Node;
• In-depth knowledge of CSS in its multiple applications (Tailwind, CSS in JavaScript, CSS Modules, etc);
• Thoughtful about Component composition and state management, with experience in multiple patterns (e.g. MobX, Redux, Context, etc);
• Knowledge and experience with the up-to-date transpiling, bundling, and packaging ecosystem (e.g. esbuild, vite, yarn, turborepo, etc);
• Experience with documentation generation tools, both for libraries and for components;
• Opinionated and experienced with linting and formatting tools;
• Strong and vast experience with Continuous Integration and Delivery, as well as Infrastructure as Code tools and techniques;
• Experience in testing your products with Unit, Integration, End-to-End, and Visual Regression tests;
• Used to design tools (e.g. Figma) and its API and integration tools;
• Extensive experience working with Design Systems.
• Knowledge of Typescript;

You’ll be:

• Self-motivated, proactive and continually looking for ways to improve and develop yourself;
• A good communicator, both in writing and verbally. You’ll be able to explain technical ideas and concepts in business-friendly language;
• Detail-oriented;
• Used to working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment;
• Analytical and problem-solving oriented;
• A genuine believer in diversity and fairness.

What you’ll get in return:

• The chance to work with a forward-thinking, ethical, and fun group of people and to develop and grow your skills in a fast-moving business

Our typical Recruitment Process looks like this:

• 1st Interview with someone from the Talent team (30/45 mins)
• Technical Interview with our Senior Engineers (1h30)
• Meet our Client Partner and Engineering Operations Manager (30 mins)

We live and breathe our values, and know you will too:

• Growing every day
• Including everyone
• Relationships built on honesty and ethics
• Inspiring solutions
• Winning together

We’re an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity in all its forms. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, age, marital status, or disability. We also offer a remote-first working environment, with flexible working and work–life balance as standard for all employees.