Frontend Engineer; Europe

Overview

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Lateral stands for technology excellence. We’re a profitable, award-winning design and technology company with over 20 years of experience launching bold ventures and transforming businesses. A globally distributed team of 200+ experts united by a shared purpose: the continuous pursuit of quality. Our clients come to us for results, quality and craft - and stay because we keep raising the bar.

What sets us apart isn’t just the talent of our team – it’s the way we work:
We Have A Bias For Action & Results. We are doers — we move fast, stay focused, and let the results speak for themselves. We work on time, on budget, on quality. Discipline is our edge, and we care deeply about our work and each other. Every detail matters. Every design, every line of code. Thoughtful by default. We do things right, keep improving, and remain obsessed with agility, ownership, and growth.

What you’ll do and what we’re looking for are described in the sections below.

• Craft delightful digital experiences:
  Design, implement, and maintain front-end features using React and modern JavaScript/Type Script. Create reusable UI components and polished, responsive interfaces with a focus on quality.
• Collaborate & communicate:
  Work closely with designers, back-end developers, and product managers in an asynchronous workflow. Regularly communicate with clients to clarify requirements, demo features, and ensure we’re building the right thing.
• Optimize, iterate & improve:
  Participate in brainstorming and technical discussions. Ensure apps are fast, accessible, and reliable. Profile and improve page load times, refine animations, and handle browser quirks; write tests to prevent regressions.
• Learn:
  Stay curious and keep up with industry trends, frameworks, and standards. Be encouraged to continuously learn and evaluate new technologies thoughtfully to enhance product and developer experience.

• Large scale B2B2C Commerce Platform:
  Build a responsive, mobile-first experience for an international e-commerce client, e.g., dynamic search or smooth checkout flow.
• Develop from scratch an application:
  Collaborate with a senior backend engineer/architect to build a modern application from components to API definitions.
• Real-Time Medical Dashboard:
  Front-end features for a real-time analytics dashboard; use visualization libraries, live updates via websockets, and ensure high performance.

Whatever the challenge, you’ll be building software that changes lives and moves industries forward.

In the first two weeks:

• Set up your development environment and tools.
• Push your first meaningful contribution.
• Familiarize with async workflows and communication style.
• Participate in your first client sync and understand project context.

In the first 3 months:

• Contribute to architectural decisions and design documents.
• Establish trust with clients through clear communication and technical guidance.
• Improve performance, code structure, or tooling in meaningful ways.

After 3 months:

• Initiate broader improvements (e.g., shared component library, new testing standards).
• Unblock teammates, elevate code quality, and identify risks.
• Balance speed and quality in delivery.

We measure success through: impact of contributions, leadership and mentoring, code quality, performance and maintainability, and growth mindset and communication.

• 5+ years of professional front-end development experience with modern JavaScript libraries and tooling (e.g., React, npm, webpack). Fluency in CSS.
• Attention to polish, UX, accessibility, and responsive design; ability to deliver delightful, pixel-perfect interfaces.
• Quality and reliability: strong testing, documentation, debugging, and performance across environments.
• Self-driven and accountable: able to manage projects and time with ownership and initiative.
• Great communication and empathy: collaborative, able to explain technical concepts clearly and work well in a team.
• Remote work skills: self-motivated, disciplined in a remote environment, comfortable with asynchronous collaboration…