Full Stack Engineer - Nextjs/ Java

Who We Are:

At VML, we are a beacon of innovation and growth in an ever-evolving world. Our heritage is built upon a century of combined expertise, where creativity meets technology, and diverse perspectives ignite inspiration. With the merger of VMLY&R and Wunderman Thompson, we have forged a new path as a growth partner that is part creative agency, part consultancy, and part technology powerhouse. 

Our global family now encompasses over 30,000 employees across 150+ offices in 64 markets, each contributing to a culture that values connection, belonging, and the power of differences.  Our expertise spans the entire customer journey, offering deep insights in communications, commerce, consultancy, CRM, CX, data, production, and technology. We deliver end-to-end solutions that result in revolutionary work. 

We are VML Enterprise Solutions - a group of talented engineers, tech experts, and creators who combine our passions and contribute to the IT world. You may know us better as Wunderman Thompson Technology – in 2024 we changed our name, but at the same time, we remained a great team of people who deliver our best. We design, build, manage and run complex technology platforms and help our clients to benefit from our work and creativity.   

If you love the latest tech and want to be part of shaping the tech for one of the biggest brands in the UK, then this might be the role for you. Our underlying technologies are: Next JS; TypeScript; Golang, Java Jest; React Testing Library; Storybook as well as various linting and pipeline tooling.

This is using the latest Architecture adhering to MACH principles, serverless functions, leading software and ways of working.

What you’ll be doing:

• Create prototypes and production-ready code adhering to our coding standards
• Rebuild the entire frontend application in Next.js.
• Develop modular layouts, reusable code and libraries for future use
• Part of entire software development process with backend implementation in Golang and java microservices.
• Focus on user needs, accessibility and optimum user experience
• Work within an agile team, contributing to daily stand-ups, sprint planning and estimations
• Forward thinking, focused on performance initiatives and driven to implement headless solutions
• Driving quality through unit testing, coding reviews, automation
• Cradle to grave ownership
• Stay current with evolving standards and technologies, learning new skills as needed

What we want from you:

• Commercial experience of serverless development and server-side development with NextJS
• Expert in TypeScript, HTML, CSS
• Expertise in 1 backend language preferably golang.
• Commercial experience working on SPA solutions, ideally within e-commerce
• Knowledge of current trends and best practices in front-end architecture, including performance optimization, accessibility, and usability.
• Willingness to contribute to both large, complex projects and smaller tasks as directed.
• Experience of using Git version control in a large development team performing Continuous Integration
• Great attitude, strong work ethic, excellent communication skills
• Excellent communication skills and capability to interact directly with the customer (show and tells/requirement analysis sessions/retrospectives etc)
• Experience using Unit Testing Frameworks such as Jest, enzyme and react-test-library

If you know some of this, even better:

• Experience in deploying applications in AWS.
• Solid information, interaction, and visual design skills
• Experience creating site architecture diagrams, wireframes, process flows
• Experience of implementing TDD/BDD methodology
• Good understanding of SEO principles including web analytics
• Commercial Ecommerce platform experience – Magento/Hybris/HCL commerce /Shopify
• Experience in contributing to the architecture of SPA ecommerce solutions

Experience of mentoring junior members of the team

You will collaborate with our UK project team, so we’ll need you to be available until 18:00 PL

What we offer:

• Salary depending on presented skills: 18 000 - 25 000 PLN monthly (B2B contract) 
• Work equipment with delivery to your door 
• Opportunity to work with some of the most exciting brands around the world 

Please note that this job is a full-time position located in Poland, but the selection process will be conducted in English. 

Please send over your CV in English. 

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