Senior Frontend Engineer, Web Publishing

About Wolt

At Wolt, we create technology that brings joy, simplicity and earnings to the neighborhoods of the world. In 2014 we started with delivery of restaurant food. Now we’re building the delivery of (almost) everything and you’ll find us in over 500 cities in 30 countries around the world. In 2022 we joined forces with DoorDash and together we keep on dreaming big and expanding across the globe.

Working at Wolt isn’t always easy, but it’s definitely exciting. Here you’ll learn more, build more, and ship more than in most other companies. You’ll be challenged a lot, but also have a lot of fun on the way. So, if you’re a self-starter with drive and entrepreneurial spirit, this could be the ride of your life.

Senior Frontend Engineer, Web Publishing team

We’re looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to join our Web Publishing team at Wolt. Our mission is to build and maintain a platform for publishing content on web in multiple Wolt domains.

We’re a small and mighty team of engineers. We mainly work with React, Typescript, NextJs, and Contentful . We own the tools around web publishing letting our users own the content. We work independently, and partner with other teams in bigger projects.

This role is based in our tech hub in Helsinki . Read more about our hybrid setup here.

Feel free to check out the Wolt Tech Blog for more insight into our culture and technology.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Developing a platform and shared components covering and supporting multiple parts in Wolt web domains.
• Keeping our toolset and libraries evolving and up to date.
• Ensuring brand consistency and UI/UX/design across our domains.
• Ensuring security, privacy and accessibility in web.
• Supporting our international expansion.

As a member of the team you will:

• Play a pivotal role in contributing to our growing platform and toolset of libraries.
• Collaborate with engineering teams across the organization to understand their needs and implement effective solutions.
• Extend capabilities of Contentful.
• Support and guide our users.

Must haves

• Proven experience in web development and broad TypeScript and React knowledge.
• Deep understanding of modern web technologies and performance optimization techniques.
• Interest in the engineering side of front-end development since the team owns Github actions, CI/CD configuration, test automation, and shared libraries.
• Ability to lead and drive technical projects and improvements across an engineering organization.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to write efficient, maintainable, and scalable code.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• You have solid eyes for beauty in UX, and minimizing user pains is a standard way of building things.
• CMS experience is a big plus.
• Experience with accessibility.
• You’ll be successful in our teams if you quickly grasp new concepts and thrive in an environment of continuous learning and co-operation.

We value developers who can own projects, embrace modern web technologies, write testable, maintainable code, and collaborate across teams. You should be comfortable with both greenfield and legacy projects, understand the product lifecycle, and balance scalability with shipped value.

In addition to technical expertise, we cherish those who take ownership beyond the obvious, have an insatiable hunger for knowledge, make collaborative decisions, and enthusiastically collaborate with diverse teams Woltwide. We value the unique perspectives and skills you bring to our adventure, and we're excited to see what you can achieve with us!