Front-End Developer

XWiki is a remote-first company contributing for more than 20 years to an Open World by having created and continuously building two 100% Open Source projects: XWiki and CryptPad, that respond to two important society needs: Knowledge Sharing and Individual Privacy.

XWiki believes in Open Source, independence and social achievement more than in financial success. We value transparency, openness, meritocracy and collaboration, knowledge and privacy. We focus on ensuring employee happiness and work-life balance.

Join us to contributing to Open Source, European Digital Sovereignty and a Human Centric Technology world!

What differentiates this position from other roles ?

• Have a real impact on the orientation of the project
• Work in a small team of experts, building innovative technology
• Flat hierarchy, flexibility, autonomy and lean management
• Possibility to participate in product architectural challenges

Your mission

As part of a round of public research funding, you will be joining our research and development team to build a new Open Source knowledge management tool. As part of this activity, you will :

• Work directly on the project in Open Source,
• Engage with the community through issue tracking or through public chats,
• Work with modern web technologies
• Develop new features with a strong accent on extensibility

Expected skills

• Experience in working with Web Components and Progressive Web Application frameworks. Knowledge of VueJS is a plus.
• Work experience with automated tests (Jest, Karma, Jasmine, Mocha, …)
• Strong understanding of the concepts behind web, web browsers, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Positive and solution-oriented mindset
• Clear and concise communication skills when it comes to complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems
• Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, sufficient for success in a remote and asynchronous work environment
• Experience using Git

What we offer

• A competitive package with performance-based and seniority bonuses
• Flexible work schedule with the possibility of working from home and/or from our offices in Paris, France, or Iaşi, Romania
• Choice of hardware, work from home budget
• Monthly remote events and one offsite with the whole company once a year
• Work/life balance: a 4 day week every two weeks

If we’ve piqued your interest, here’s also a glimpse at our hiring process:

• The first interview with our HR team and hiring manager
• A technical interview with one or two squad members that you’d work with if hired
• Final discussion and decision