Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer - Miami/Hybrid

This position is a Full-Time role with Boats Group.

Boats Group is the fastest-growing digital business in the recreational boating space. We are a talented team of techies, creatives, marketers, closers and customer advocates who spend each day pushing the boundaries of technology to make buying and selling boats easy. We spend each day surrounded by 500,000 boats from across the globe.

Our passion and unyielding dedication to getting people on the water influence our culture in ways you won’t find at other companies. We’re the best at what we do because we’re working in an industry we love. When you walk through our doors, you’ll find smart, dedicated people who consider one another family.

If you want to work in an inclusive, innovative environment where we encourage employees to collaborate, leverage their talents and actively shape the future of the company, then you will enjoy working here!

As a Senior Software Engineer you will use your existing strong React and NodeJS skills to build and enhance our current and future portfolio of exciting brands. You’ll be joining a team of international engineers at an exciting time as we accelerate our product development and leverage tools like AI to enhance how we work and also offer new and exciting features to our customers.

You’ll be encouraged to develop your skills and given the opportunity to grow your career.

We use tools like Github, Slack, Jira, Cursor and Co-Pilot; with technologies like React, NodeJS, Typescript, Cypress, AWS Services and Cloudflare. We work as an agile product team from our central Barcelona office right next to the Cathedral in the heart of the action.

• Understand the short and long term direction of Boats Group and work as part of a product team to deliver success.
• Contribute to the continued development and maintenance of some of the largest marketplace websites in our industry.
• Communicate effectively with other employees both inside and outside the development team.
• Periodically apply your analytical, and problem-solving skills to help identify, communicate, and resolve critical production outages and issues.
• Stay current on software development trends and help identify which we should adopt to continue our success.

• B.Sc. in Computer Science/related field of study or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional experience developing and maintaining complex enterprise web applications in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Strong knowledge of React, Next.
  
  JS and NodeJS application development, including both SSR (server-side rendering) and CSR (client-side rendering), with a strong focus on UX, quality and usability.
• A solid understanding of Unit Testing and End-to-End testing with frameworks and libraries like Jest, React Testing Library, and Cypress.
• A solid understanding of developing and operating web applications in a cloud environment like AWS.
• Experience working with and developing React UI component libraries and CI/CD (Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment) pipelines.
• Awareness of:
  • Security Best Practice:
    Secure software development patterns, standards like OWASP and the ability to identify and resolve potential vulnerabilities in web applications.
  • Web Performance Optimization:
    Ability to optimize front-end performance with an understanding Core Web Vitals and tools like Lighthouse and RUM (Real User Monitoring).
  • SEO Best Practice:
    Search engine optimization (SEO) techniques, including on-page optimization, meta tags, and schema markup.
  • Web Accessibility Standards: WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) and the ability to develop accessible websites that provide equal access to all users, including those with disabilities.

• Hybrid Work Flexibility:
  Embrace a balanced work model with remote work on Mondays and Fridays and in-office collaboration from Tuesday to Thursday.
• Generous Time Off:
  With a strong focus on work/life balance, we offer all employees paid time off starting on day one, multiple paid holidays throughout the year, your birthday off, and a winter break at the end of the year.
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