Full-Time

Staff Front-End Engineer

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Sotheby’s

Sotheby’s

1,001-5,000 employees

Auction house for fine art

Real Estate
Consumer Goods

Senior, Expert

Remote in UK

Category
Frontend Engineering
Software Engineering
Required Skills
Kubernetes
React.js
Jest
GraphQL
Docker
TypeScript
AWS
Next.js
Development Operations (DevOps)
Requirements
  • 8+ years of relevant software development experience building, optimizing, and scaling responsive web applications
  • Extensive experience with the following technologies: React, Typescript, Next.js, Jest (plus points for Rescript knowledge) as well as front-end CI/CD tool chain.
  • Significant working knowledge of GraphQL.
  • Experience building and maintaining design libraries with an emphasis on accessibility.
  • Deep familiarity with DevOps and application deployment models (Kubernetes, Docker, AWS).
Responsibilities
  • Lead architectural design and implementation of front-end related solutions, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and performance.
  • Build responsive, accessible, and dynamic web interfaces using React with Typescript and Rescript. Build, maintain and optimize our shared design library.
  • Promote best practices in front-end engineering including clean, modular, and maintainable code. Conduct code reviews, ensure coding standards, and optimize the development workflow.
  • Ensure high performance of applications across a variety of browsers and devices. Optimize code for speed and scalability.
  • Stay current with emerging front-end technologies and trends, recommending new tools and frameworks to improve the development process. Thrive in a collaborative remote-first environment.
  • Communicate technical challenges and solutions to technical as well as non-technical stakeholders. Provide guidance on complex technical issues.
  • Identify and drive initiatives to increase productivity across the front end engineering organization. Build, optimize, and maintain elegant abstractions, shareable libraries, robust APIs and internal tools.

Sotheby's is a global auction house that focuses on selling fine art, luxury items, and collectibles. It serves a variety of clients, including private collectors and investors, by organizing both live and online auctions, as well as offering private sales for direct transactions. Sotheby's makes money through commissions on sales and fees for appraisals. The company is distinguished by its expertise in valuing rare items and providing online estimates to potential sellers. Auctions are held in major cities worldwide, attracting a diverse audience of bidders. Sotheby's also curates special collections and offers a more private buying experience through its gallery network, catering to clients who value discretion.

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$4M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

1744

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

3%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

3%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Sotheby's groundbreaking $700 million securitization backed by art-secured loans demonstrates their innovative approach to art financing.
  • The company's strategic partnerships, such as with Art UK, enhance their cultural influence and market reach.
  • Sotheby's ability to attract high-profile collections and items, like the Tamotsu Yagi Collection, underscores their strong market position and appeal to elite collectors.

What critics are saying

  • Recent layoffs in the UK and potential further cuts could indicate financial instability and affect employee morale.
  • The departure of key figures, such as Brooke Lampley, may lead to a loss of expertise and impact the company's leadership in certain art categories.

What makes Sotheby’s unique

  • Sotheby's dual approach of live and online auctions, along with private sales, allows them to cater to diverse client preferences, unlike competitors who may focus solely on one method.
  • Their global presence in major cities like New York, London, and Hong Kong ensures a competitive market and attracts a worldwide audience, setting them apart from regional auction houses.
  • Sotheby's expertise in valuing and selling rare and valuable items, combined with their online estimate service, provides a unique value proposition for potential sellers.

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