Front-end/Javascript developer

Full-time · Dutch or English language · Zoetermeer

Join our team of enthusiastic software developers who are highly committed to building and maintaining a robust and user friendly product. Spending every day making our product better, more fun, more beautiful, more useful and more dummy-proof. Making a large group of users able to intuitively work with WebinarGeek and making the product fun to work in and on. This job is available to both Dutch or English speakers and we are open to remote in Europe.

Working as a developer at WebinarGeek

About WebinarGeek

WebinarGeek was founded in 2015, in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands. Back then, we'd never expected our organization to grow as fast as it has grown! We work hard every day to make our software even better.

The goal is to create the most user-friendly and easiest webinar solution and to become a standard on the market.

The inspiring work environment gets the best out of our coworkers. We follow the work hard, play harder rule. So, not to worry about the work-life balance. We train just as often with our PT as we are enjoying fries every Friday.

Software should never be a barrier for someone to start hosting webinars. And that is why the software is so important to us. We spend as much time as we need to make sure that the things we build are good, they solve real problems, they make the product better and help us to reach new markets. Quality is embedded into every process, and it starts with people. We want people on our team who live this philosophy and who write code that works and is maintainable in every possible aspect. And as important, we want people who create a nice work atmosphere, having a critical eye on the work, but always encouraging their teammates.

We work with Ruby on Rails as our core framework, we always use one of the most recent versions.

As for the front-end, we work with Typescript, React, Tailwind, Styled components and do component testing with Jest. We also maintain a legacy front-end in Rails, which contains jQuery and Scss.

Other tools, protocols or languages that make our stack are MySQL, Redis, websockets and Git. We also have tools written in or built upon Gatsby, Java, PHP, WebRTC, AWS Lambda, Phoenix and Elixir.

Who you are

• Bachelor's degree
• At least 2 years of experience with HTML, CSS & Javascript (ideally with a framework like React or Vue)
• Experience with Typescript, Tailwind or Jest would be a plus
• Strong sense of responsibility
• Dutch or English speakers
• You want to be given a problem or challenge, you will be thinking about the specifications
• You are a team player

• You preach this aspect of Scrum: iteratively improve products based on user input & experience
• You love to work with Javascript and love to see your work result in nicely structured HTML & CSS.
• Quality over quantity: make sure the foundation of the software is solid. Bugs over features.
• Interested in working with innovative technologies such as WebRTC

Your responsibilities

#1

To lead. You lead the way on building a new user interface using the latest technologies working closely with other (front-end) developers.

#2

To improve. User experience is key. You help improve the user experience and design of our website and web application together with our UX/UI designer.

#3

To care. As a team we are responsible for the health of our code. You help the team and yourself towards everyone's shared goals such as application health.

From us for you

• Competitive salary
• 32 - 40 hours per week
• Flexible working hours
• 25 days of paid time off
• Transportation subsidies
• Work in our office in Zoetermeer, remotely in Europe or mixed possible
• Education and training opportunities with available budget
• A laptop and all the tools you need
• Every Friday means Friesday!

Your week as Front-end/Javascript developer

Who you will be working with

Why did you want to work at WebinarGeek?
To find a new and exiting challenge where i can continue to improve my programming skills. What is your favorite WebinarGeek feature? The kind and skilled colleagues with whom you can laugh while still getting work done. What do you do in your spare time? In my free time, I mostly work on personal software projects, such as my own browser vieb, but I also play piano and bass guitar. Jelmer Full Stack Developer

Why did you want to work at WebinarGeek?
I can make the WebinarGeek product a little bit better every day. I think that is the best thing about WebinarGeek, that together we can make a better product based on the input of our users. What is your favorite WebinarGeek feature? My favorite WebinarGeek feature is the ability to stream live. The magic of live, where everything comes together in one moment. What do you do in your spare time? I have two hobbies that I spend a lot of time on. One is watching football, and the other is following the band U2. I have seen U2 live more than 70 times but it never gets boring! Remy CTO

Why did you want to work at WebinarGeek?
I’ve been a freelance web developer for the past 2 years and I really enjoyed working as a freelancer, but I never really worked in a team. That’s how I arrived at Webinargeek! What is your favorite WebinarGeek feature? The quiz feature! I really liked working on this feature. It will be a game changer for our webinar software! What do you do in your spare time? Besides my full-time developer job at WG, I also work on freelance projects. I'm always working! Matthijs Full Stack Developer

Why did you want to work at WebinarGeek?
I was originally hired as a freelancer to build the new WebinarGeek website. Upon it's completion, I was offered to stay on as a Frontend developer. I really like the product and the team so now I am here! What is your favorite WebinarGeek feature? I like being able to do a dry run before a webinar broadcast. It makes you feel calm and allows you to test your interactions before going live. What do you do in your spare time? I like to play and listen to music, play video and board games and walking in the scenic parts of Edinburgh. But I often end up learning and creating stuff with new web development technologies. Nick Front-end Developer

Why did you want to work at WebinarGeek?
I was looking for a company where I could do a graduation internship and at WebinarGeek I saw the opportunity to learn a lot! During my internship I got to know the company well and I chose to continue working here. What is your favorite WebinarGeek feature? Channels of course! This is the project I've been working on for my internship and I'm really looking forward to the launch of the new channels! What do you do in your spare time? I really enjoy making music, I play a lot of guitar and recently I also started learning to play the piano! Anouk Front-end Developer

Why did you want to work at WebinarGeek?
Because of the cool tech and cool product! What is your favorite WebinarGeek feature? Adding interactions to my webinars, such as quizzes and polls. I also like the simulated chat. What do you do in your spare time? Programming, drumming, learning new things, such as playing the ukelele and longboarding. I also like walking, running, hiking, and going to my favorite football club sc Heerenveen. Bouwe Full Stack Developer