Senior/Staff Product Engineer (Frontend) (m/f/d)

About the Position

Are you ready to be a technology leader in the SaaS space? Join epilot!

We are looking for product-minded engineers, not just coders. We're seeking builders who bridge technical expertise with product strategy. If you're passionate about impactful software, apply now!

epilot is building a SaaS product to sell complex products online, focusing first on solving ecommerce in the rapidly transforming energy market. Our mission: Make selling complex products as easy as selling a pair of shoes online.

As a Senior/Staff Product Engineer (Frontend) at epilot, you will be a driving force in shaping this mission. What makes working as a Software Engineer at epilot so special? Our unique engineering culture is defined by a few core engineering principles:

• Freedom and Responsibility: We hire smart people who we can trust.
• Ownership: You build it, you run it.
• Show, Don’t Tell: Deliver working software early and frequently.
• API First: We design the APIs of a service before writing any code.

Does this sound like an environment you want to work in? Then you could be the right person to be an engineer at epilot!

Responsibilities

• Work on the new and further development of our React applications.
• Implement user interfaces based on wireframes and screen designs by our UX designers.
• Write unit and end-to-end tests for the features and applications you develop.
• Help your team to analyze and correct errors.
• Be involved in the conception of new features as well as in the optimization of existing features.
• Collaborate with an agile, cross-functional team of backend and frontend developers, designers, and product managers.
• Work with other teams to make epilot an even better product.
• Get familiar with our tech stack with microfrontends, serverless AWS, and best-in-class developer tooling & automation.

Requirements

• At least 4-5 years of professional experience with JavaScript.
• Experience with React (Hooks, global state management, routing), ES6, TypeScript, Webpack, ESLint.
• Enjoy implementing highly responsive user interface components using React concepts.
• Fun creating user-friendly UIs with CSS and HTML.
• Ideally, experience in an eCommerce environment.
• Basic understanding of application and cloud security principles, and how to build secure, reliable software.

Nice to Have

• Experience with GraphQL, Node.js, AWS.

We Offer

• The opportunity to help build the most successful SaaS platform in the energy market.
• Start-up mentality: dynamic atmosphere and great team spirit.
• A rapidly growing company with an open communication culture, motivated colleagues, and an international corporate culture.
• Exponential learning curve - epilot is growing rapidly and we expect the same from you.
• Flexible working hours and remote work - You decide where and when you want to work.
• A central location in the heart of Cologne with cool cafes around the corner (But of course, full remote jobs are also available).
• Performance is rewarded with us - We take your desired salary seriously and talk openly about it with you.
• Transparency - We maintain a very flat and open corporate culture, everything is visible and open for discussion.
• Regular team events such as carnival, the summer party, Christmas party, company breakfast, and many more opportunities to get to know your co-epilots outside working hours. Our highlight event is our yearly epilot summit in the summer where you will meet your co-epilots from all over the world.

About the Company

epilot is a team of experts from the fields of software development, energy management, product management, and sales. In order to bring our solution even faster to the top in the energy world, we are looking for you as a Senior Product Engineer (Frontend).

We welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, disability, or sexual orientation.

P.S.: If you want to learn more about the application process, please read Eka's blog article: How to get hired at epilot

What to/we expect in your first 180 days

• By Week 1: Pair with a colleague and ship something. Small is fine, working is the point. Start learning the business: who our customers are, what we're building toward, why it matters. Connect with the team and empower the team.
• By Month 1: Own a topic: have your name on a topic, be the main driver of that topic from refinement to delivery. Already shipping the first iteration of it. Have a good understanding of the codebase and how our services connect. Know enough about our customers and domain to push back on bad ideas, including ours.
• By Month 3-6: Be the undisputed owner of your domain: the go-to person, the one who spots problems before they're reported and fixes them before they're assigned. Have shipped something that visibly moved a metric: adoption, reliability, performance, or revenue. Operate fully autonomously. You know when to decide and when to align. Raise the bar for the people around you, you push us forward, you are a multiplier. Not just through your own work, but through your reviews, your feedback, and how you onboard whoever we hire after you.