Senior Front End Developer

As a Senior Front End Developer at Bellroy, your responsibilities include collaborating with design and UX teams to create user-friendly interfaces, developing and maintaining components for our design system, and advocating for best practices in accessibility and performance. You'll also have the opportunity to participate in workshops and ideation sessions to innovate solutions for enhancing the user experience on bellroy.com.

To qualify for the Senior Front End Developer role at Bellroy, you should have a minimum of 2+ years of experience in a functional programming language like Elm, alongside expertise in HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript frameworks. Previous collaboration with UX and design teams is essential, and familiarity with tools such as Figma and Storybook would be advantageous.

At Bellroy, we believe in continuous learning and professional growth. As a Senior Front End Developer, you'll have access to company-wide learning events, the opportunity to collaborate with skilled team members, and the chance to work on interesting projects that challenge your capabilities while expanding your knowledge in cutting-edge technologies.

Yes! The Senior Front End Developer position at Bellroy offers flexibility in terms of work location. You can work from our Collingwood office or choose to work from anywhere globally, making it easier to maintain a work-life balance while contributing to our exciting projects.

A Senior Front End Developer at Bellroy should be familiar with web technologies and standards, have hands-on experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks, and show knowledge or interest in using tools like Figma, Storybook, and Jamstack technologies like Astro. Being capable of ensuring accessibility and speed on web applications is also of high importance.

When answering this question, explain your familiarity with functional programming concepts, any projects you've worked on using Elm, and how these experiences have shaped your approach to coding. Highlight specific instances where you utilized Elm to solve problems or enhance user interactions.

Discuss your understanding of accessibility standards such as WCAG and how you incorporate practices like semantic HTML and ARIA roles into your development. Provide examples of previous projects where you prioritized accessibility and how it contributed to a better user experience.

Emphasize the importance of communication and alignment with design principles. Mention how you contribute to design discussions, gather feedback, and iterate based on user testing to ensure that the final product meets user needs while maintaining technical feasibility.

Share a specific example of a project that posed challenges—whether technical, team-related, or time constraints. Explain the steps you took to tackle those challenges, the tools or methodologies you employed, and the outcomes that resulted from your innovative solutions.

Talk about your routines for learning, such as following influential blogs, participating in online courses, and attending workshops or conferences. Mention any communities you engage with for knowledge sharing and how these resources help you stay ahead in front-end technologies.

Outline your approach to structuring code, commenting, utilizing version control systems, and following industry standards. Provide examples of coding standards or methodologies (e.g., BEM for CSS) you apply and why they are essential for maintainability.

Discuss your familiarity with design systems and how Figma helps in prototyping and design handoff. Share how using Storybook allows you to develop, test, and document UI components effectively and how this improves collaboration with design teams.

Detail your strategies for optimizing web performance, such as minimizing JavaScript payloads, using lazy loading techniques, optimizing images, and making use of content delivery networks (CDNs). Mention any tools you use to measure performance metrics.

Explain your project management strategy, whether using Agile methodologies, sprints, or other tools to track progress. Discuss your experience with balancing multiple tasks and communicating with stakeholders to set realistic deadlines.

Talk about your systematic approach to debugging, including tools you use (like browser dev tools), how you replicate issues, analyze logs, and communicate interim findings to your team. Provide examples where your troubleshooting led to successful resolutions.