Job Vacancies at Upwork

This is a long term contract position.

We are looking for a Senior Frontend Developer to build up one of our most complicated website’s SPAs! You will be working on sophisticated UI applications such as recording candidate applications, messaging, and lots of real-time interactions and resolving client needs to complete the hiring process.

We’re taking advantage of Vue.js, Nuxt.js, Angular.js, Web Components, AWS, Docker, microservices, Symfony to help build apps that millions of freelancers use every day.

Work/Project Scope

• you will be working with teams of 15+ engineers, product managers, and designers to build outstanding features for our users!
• you will ensure and maintain a high-level of quality for UI components
• you will need to attend at least three meetings weekly (often in Eastern time, and lasting 1-2 hrs each)

Must Haves (Required Skills)

• 8+ years of software development experience
• deep knowledge of modern JavaScript (ES6+), CSS, and HTML
• extensive experience with a modern JS framework, such as Vue (preferred), React, or Angular
• experience with unit testing and end-to-end UI testing
• basic understanding of accessibility (WCAG) guidelines and engineering principles
• self-motivation, self-organization and self-education skills
• English on at least an intermediate level (should be able to pass the technical interview in English)
• basic knowledge of PHP, Node.js, or other server-side languages
• basic understanding of system design principles

Upwork is proudly committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. We never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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This role is a long-term contract position.

Work/Project Scope

• You will be working with Engineering teams, Product Managers, and Designers to build outstanding products for our users!
• Our setup requires collaborative work which includes code reviews and writing supporting documentation
• You’ll share the ownership of our code domain and will actively work to increase its quality and reduce technical debt

Must Haves (Required Skills)

• Solid software development experience using Java
• Extensive knowledge of REST
• Experience in writing well-structured, easily maintainable unit tests (such as JUnit, Mockito, etc)
• Experience with relational databases
• Consistent track record of collaborating with large, distributed teams of engineers over documentation and code
• A desire to learn new technologies and continually develop your professional skills
• Comfortable working with AWS
• Experience building / supporting high load web applications and solving scalability issues

Upwork is proudly committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. We never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.