Front-End Software Engineer @ Altium

⚡️ Why Altium?

Altium is transforming the way electronics are designed and built. From startups to world’s technology giants, our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before.

Constant innovation has created a transformative technology, unique in its space
More than 30,000 companies and 100,000 electronics engineers worldwide use Altium
We are growing, debt-free, and financially strong, with the resources to become #1 in the EDA industry

About the role:

Our Front-End Sofware Engineer role will be embedded on a team focused on octopart.com, working on features that directly impact users and building tools to support our internal teams who interact with customers. We would like to meet you in our office twice a week (we are located at Cambridge Science Park).

A day in the life of our Front-End Software Engineer:

Develop, design, and implement the delivery of enhancements to the Octopart platform’s front-end design and architecture, using your experience with the latest tools and best practices to ensure successful delivery
Making the 24/7 availability of our platform an absolute priority and carefully analyzing all decisions regarding front-end construction and infrastructure, deployment, maintenance, and monitoring in that light
Working at speed and under deadline to dissect complex problems and design efficient solutions
Remaining flexible to ever-changing needs of our customers, yet never deterred from getting things done and delivering results
Communicating technical issues and decisions in clear language, understandable to all stakeholders

Who you are and what you’ll need for this position:

3+ years in software development / solving complex problems, designing and implementing front-end software systems
Experience with React.js and at least one other front-end framework in designing, building and maintaining a complex, feature-rich website
Comfortable using GraphQL, REST, JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, and HTML
Experience with end-to-end testing, as well as tests frameworks. We would like you to know how to test and what to test
An excellent communicator with a strong conceptual and analytical mindset, able to think in an abstract context and then communicate and sell ideas in clear language and with sound reasoning

UK Benefits

🏥 Private health insurance via Axa (+ subsidized family cover)
🌅 Pension scheme via Aviva, matched up to 9% of salary
🧘 Mental health and wellbeing support via Nilo.health
📚 Professional development of up to £3,500 per year
🏖️ 28 days’ holiday + public holidays
🛜 Home internet allowance of £40 per month
🥪 Free lunch, snacks and drinks every day in office
🚗 Free parking at our Cambridge office

🎯 What Matters to Us

Big-thinking in pursuit of purpose
Diversity of thought
Courage of conviction
Transparency of intent
Ingenuity of AND
Agility in action
Adaptability of approach
Grit in pursuit of mission

🌍 Also, we would like you to know

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

💡 Learn more about why a career at Altium is an opportunity like no other:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAYCOLpPLPE

✈️ Altium Benefits: https://careers.altium.com/#s-benefits

👏 Are you already an Altium employee? Please apply directly through our internal Greenhouse job board. If you have questions, please contact HR.

⚡️ Why Altium?

About the role:

🎯 What Matters to Us

🌍 Also, we would like you to know

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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