Software Engineer

At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together.

We are seeking an experienced Front-End Developer to join our team for the development of our design system. This role requires deep technical expertise in modern web technologies, with a strong emphasis on accessibility and web component development.

YOUR CHALLENGE

• Design, develop, and maintain our organisation's design system
• Build reusable, accessible web components using Web Component APIs
• Implement and enforce accessibility standards across all front-end components
• Develop and maintain end-to-end tests with integrated accessibility testing
• Collaborate with designers and developers to ensure consistent implementation of design patterns
• Conduct accessibility audits and remediation using industry-standard tools
• Document component usage, accessibility features, and best practices
• Stay current with web standards, accessibility guidelines, and emerging front-end technologies

YOUR PROFILE

Professional

• Minimum 8 years of hands-on development on FE for data driven products
• Experience leveraging open-source libraries and software
• Well organised and ability to prioritise and carry out multiple tasks. Able to influence and drive projects to meet key milestones and overcome challenges
• Able to translate functional requirements to efficient and fit-for-purpose technical solutions
• Preferably, have experience in finance/banking domain
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to gather and analyse data for informed decision-making
• Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures, with the ability to apply this knowledge to solve technical challenges
• Comfort in a polyglot development environment, adapting to different programming languages and technologies as needed
• Strong technical writing skills and experience creating tutorials, guides, and developer documentation
• Commitment to producing high-quality code and adherence to best practices
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
• A passion for delivering exceptional developer experiences and a customer-focused mindset
• Ability to document approaches, write code comments and give proactive feedback to developers
• Review code, manage pull/merge requests of multiple developers and pair programming cultures

Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in front-end development (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript/TypeScript)
• Minimum 8 years of hands-on development on FE for data driven products
• Extensive experience with Stenciljs, Web Component APIs and custom element development
• Familiarity with design tokens and theming systems
• Experience with Shadow DOM and styling encapsulation
• Proven track record in design system development and maintenance
• Expert knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1/2.2 Level AA or higher)
• Knowledge of ARIA specifications and semantic HTML
• Hands-on experience with accessibility testing tools (e.g., axe DevTools, WAVE, Lighthouse, NVDA, JAWS)
• Proficiency in end-to-end testing frameworks with accessibility integration (e.g., Playwright, Cypress with axe-core)
• Experience collaborating with UX teams using Figma
• Prior experience building and maintaining design systems or component libraries
• Demonstrated experience implementing accessibility best practices in production applications

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with modern build tools and bundlers
• Experience with Nx tooling or equivalent monorepo solutions (e.g., Turborepo, Lerna, pnpm workspaces)
• Understanding of responsive and adaptive design principles
• Contributions to open-source accessibility or component library projects

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