Frontend Engineer

Job Description

Hey! We’re Huel and we’re pleased to meet you! 👋 We're going to start by talking about our exciting new Frontend Engineer position, but if you'd like the quick low down on us first including our growth story then just head to the bottom of this page!

Our team handles millions of requests every week and ensures our Hueligans in countries all over the world have an exceptional online experience. Sounds good, right?

Well if you like a challenge, are comfortable building applications in modern web technologies and are eager to learn, come and be a part of it. We're now looking for a Frontend Engineer to join the team in Digbeth, Birmingham.

The role

Working within this unique team of 7 frontend developers*, everyday is different. Apart from the table tennis tournaments and after work social activities in our wonderful city of Birmingham, the day-to-day life as an developer at Huel looks like:

- Building and maintaining components for our UI Kit that are shared between multiple frontend projects

- Creating new features/softwares for customers and internal systems

- Contributing to processes improvements during sprint retros

- Planning projects with other frontend engineers / PMs / backend team

- Learning new tech/libraries/frameworks that we feel can add value to our stack (dedicated time is given for courses on new tech if needed)

- Suggesting improvements or changes to any of the websites and tools that we own as a team

- Being part of a positive team-driven environment in a new office, situated close to the city centre, with the option to work from home a couple of days a week

Not yet convinced it's the role for you? Well, then you can click 👉HERE to read a more detailed job description and learn about the team!

What we're looking for in you

First and foremost, we don’t expect everyone to know everything. We are just keen for individuals who are enthusiastic to learn, work hard and are real team players. We're a rocket ship here at Huel, meaning you have every opportunity to grow and expand your knowledge in areas you are passionate about, whether that is something you’re already interested in or something new!

What we’re looking for in you:

- 2+ years of industry experience as a dedicated frontend developer/engineer

- Good understanding of TypeScript with commercial experience

- Strong responsive UI creation skills

- Good understanding of web fundamentals

- Experience with using git for version control

- Commercial experience with React

- Ability to consume external APIs

- Good understanding of modern JS (ES6+)

What do we offer in return?

We have a high-performance culture which is balanced evenly with world-class well-being initiatives and benefits that are tastier than our Salted Caramel Black Edition (and trust us, that’s saying something!)

⏰ 4 and a half day working week - We finish at 1 pm on a Friday!

🌴 30 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays

🕖 Flexible working - including up to 2 days per week at home

🥤 Free Huel to keep you going

🏖️ 2 weeks a year to work remotely from anywhere! One week in the Summer and one week at Christmas

🐾 Dog friendly. If you've seen Daddy Day Care the movie, that's basically our HQ but for doggo's!

🙋 Paid Volunteering Days

🏋️ Free use of our onsite gym plus free group classes. We will also give you your own nutrition plan!

🧠 Free 1-on-1 therapy provided by Self-Space.

🏥 Private Medical and Health insurance for you and your loved ones, including free life insurance covering up to 4x your salary

⚡ Electric Car Scheme with onsite charging when you visit HQ

🚴 Cycle to Work Scheme

🤰 Enhanced Family Leave

👪 Workplace Nursery Scheme

🎓 Huel Academy

🎉 Quarterly events to celebrate success - Have you heard about Huelchella?

So what next?

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, then we’d love to hear from you! Click on apply to this job to send us your CV and cover letter and Sam from our talent team will be in touch with you! 🙌🏼

We are Hueligans

We're all made up of our Huel DNA, but what makes us unique is our individual differences. We've created a culture of belonging and we celebrate the diversity our Hueligans add to our teams. We encourage authenticity, different views, and new ideas to enable us to create products that our customers around the world enjoy and love. Read more about our culture here.