Front-End​ ​Engineer

Synthesio​ ​helps​ ​global​ ​brands​ ​and​ ​agencies​ ​discover​ ​what​ ​is​ ​said​ ​about​ ​them​ ​on​ ​social​ ​and mainstream​ ​media.

Thanks​ ​to​ ​the​ ​data​ ​collected​ ​Synthesio​ ​provides​ ​data​ ​vizualization​ ​that​ ​will​ ​enable​ ​marketing professionals​ ​optimize​ ​their​ ​decisions​ ​and​ ​strategy.

You​ ​will​ ​join​ ​an​ ​engineering​ ​team​ ​of​ ​26​ ​(brilliant)​ ​persons​ ​and​ ​take​ ​on​ ​many​ ​challenges, such​ ​as:

• provide​ ​customizable​ ​dashboards​ ​with​ ​real​ ​time​ ​metrics,​ ​all​ ​orchestrated​ ​by​ ​native and​ ​modern​ ​Javascript​ ​ecosystem
• work​ ​on​ ​the​ ​user​ ​interfaces​ ​of​ ​our​ ​products​ ​while​ ​being​ ​in​ ​constant​ ​contact​ ​with​ ​the data​ ​engineering​ ​team
• improve​ ​our​ ​development​ ​workflow
• take​ ​care​ ​about​ ​our​ ​continuous​ ​integration​ ​and​ ​error​ ​tracking
• build​ ​a​ ​consistent​ ​ecosystem​ ​with​ ​different​ ​Web​ ​products
• automatize​ ​the​ ​process​ ​so​ ​much​ ​that​ ​we​ ​deploy​ ​to​ ​production​ ​almost​ ​everyday (continuous​ ​delivery)

Our Tech Stack

• Javascript​ ​stack​ ​based​ ​on​ ​node​ ​v8,​ ​ES6,​ ​Webpack​ ​and​ ​Yarn
• Multiple​ ​projects​ ​with​ ​either​ ​Angular​ ​or​ ​React
• Docker​ ​images​​ ​to​ ​be​ ​ready​ ​the​ ​first​ ​day​ ​to​ ​push​ ​and​ ​deploy
• Legacy​ ​part​ ​with​ ​Backbone,​ ​Browserify​ ​grunt,​ ​gulp...
• Lots​ ​and​ ​lots​ ​of​ ​Unit​ ​Tests​ ​to​ ​be​ ​safe​ ​with​ ​Jest,​ ​Mocha,​ ​Enzyme...
• Continuous​ ​Integration​ ​with​ ​Gitlab​ ​CI​ ​and​ ​Jenkins
• An​ ​​internal​ ​Sass​ ​framework​​ ​to​ ​avoid​ ​to​ ​redesign​ ​buttons​ ​each​ ​weeks
• Documentation​ ​Driven​ ​Development
• A​ ​​cli​ ​toolchain​​ ​to​ ​automate​ ​and​ ​simplify​ ​all​ ​the​ ​things
• Spotify​ ​squad​ ​inspiration​ ​to​ ​release​ ​every​ ​2​ ​weeks
• Monitoring​ ​dashboard​​ ​built​ ​with​ ​chart.io​ ​(next​ ​time​ ​with​ ​Grafana)
• Massive​ ​data​ ​querying​ ​(100TB+​ ​Elasticsearch,​ ​25TB+​ ​MySQL​ ​cluster)
• Service​ ​monitoring​ ​(20+​ ​HTTP​ ​APIs,​ ​25+​ ​Processing​ ​Daemons)
• Data​ ​engineering​ ​based​ ​on​ ​Go,​ ​Docker,​ ​Vagrant,​ ​Ansible,​ ​Elasticsearch,​ ​Kafka...

​Skills​ ​and​ ​Experience​ ​We​ ​Are​ ​Looking​ ​For

• You​ ​have​ ​a​ ​deep​ ​experience​ of designing and building highly scalable modern​ ​web​ ​application ​with the​ ​Javascript​ ​Ecosystem
• You have also learned when and when not to build things from scratch completely on your own
• You strive for higher quality
• You deal with loosely defined, abstractly problems or features, fast changing requirements etc by solving them​ ​as​ ​if​ ​they​ ​are​ ​simple
• You always track of the code, document it and let non-dev people know what’s going on
• You’re​ ​excited​ ​to​ ​mentor​ ​other​ ​teammates​ ​and​ ​teach​ ​them​ ​what​ ​you've​ ​learned,​ ​how you've​ ​succeeded​ ​and​ ​where​ ​you've​ ​failed
• You​ ​have​ ​a​ ​point​ ​of​ ​view​ ​-​ ​without​ ​trolling​ ​-​ ​with​ ​the​ ​patience​ ​to​ ​explain​ ​it
• Legacy​ ​codebase​ ​VS​ ​Unit​ ​Tested​ ​codebase:​ ​it​ ​doesn’t​ ​affect​ ​your​ ​way​ ​of​ ​working
• You found the balance between "do things right" and "getting things done" to deliver features that work as expected on-time
• You learned to trust your "inner knowing" and intuition to take (quick, good or bad) technical decision

What​ ​we​ ​offer

• Laptop​ ​of​ ​your​ ​choice
• True​ ​big​ ​data​ ​experience​ ​with​ ​more​ ​than​ ​50​ ​millions​ ​of​ ​crawled​ ​mentions​ ​by​ ​day
• True​ ​startup​ ​experience​ ​in​ ​center​ ​of​ ​Paris​ ​1er​ ​(Food​ ​enthusiasts​ ​take​ ​notes!)​ ​or Brussels
• Working​ ​in​ ​English​ ​with​ ​a​ ​multi-disciplinary​ ​international​ ​team

Interview​ ​Process

1. Phone​ ​call​ ​(30​ ​min)
2. On-site​ ​immersion​ ​(3h)​ ​or​ ​Challenge​ ​at​ ​home
3. Interviews​ ​with​ ​team​ ​members​ ​(you​ ​are​ ​going​ ​to​ ​work​ ​with)
4. Offer