Senior Software Engineer - Frontend

As a Senior Software Engineer at Blacklane with a front-end focus, you will play a pivotal role in crafting seamless, user-focused experiences across our digital platforms. Focusing on areas like Guest Booking Experience, Guest Ride Experience, and Discovery & Engagement.

Your Challenge:

• Collaborate closely with cross functional teams to shape and deliver impactful user experiences that align with business goals.
• Build and enhance user-centric solutions, ensuring seamless experiences throughout the user journey.
• Provide technical leadership, including code reviews, mentoring junior developers, and offering strategic input beyond coding tasks.
• Tackle complex technical challenges, delivering scalable solutions while working in a fast-paced scale-up environment.
• Be open to on-call responsibilities, supporting critical systems when needed.

About You

• Experience: A seasoned developer with 3+ years of experience as a Senior Software Engineer, ideally in a scale-up environment.
• Technical Skills: Strong expertise in React.js or any other Front End languages and a solid understanding of user-focused design principles.
• Leadership: Proven ability to lead, mentor, and collaborate with team members, driving initiatives that go beyond individual contributions.
• Problem Solver: Skilled at providing thoughtful input, solving challenging problems, and driving team success through innovative solutions.
• Mindset: Passionate about creating high-quality user experiences, with a proactive approach to delivering impactful results.

MORE THAN A JOB:

We are Blacklane, providers of premium global chauffeur services. Our mission is to create true peace of mind for discerning travellers by delivering perfect experiences around the world and to inspire a better future. Blacklane is offering airport transfers, City-to-City commutes, In-city mobility chauffeur hailing and Chauffeur-by-the-hour in over 50 countries globally, either pre-booked or on-demand. Whether it’s for business or pleasure, Blacklane and its 300 employees and tens of thousands of chauffeur partners have the right premium transportation service for you. By changing how people move, we opened up new opportunities for our chauffeur providers and set industry standards for climate protection in the travel industry. 

Working at Blacklane: We prioritize fostering a strong company culture that promotes collaboration, innovation, and meaningful connections among our employees. Our offices in Berlin and Dubai serve as a central hub where employees come together to collaborate, build relationships, and participate in cultural events that reinforce our shared values. For our employees outside these geographies we promote having a hub life where our employees come together in their specific locations as we believe this plays a crucial role in supporting employee well-being, facilitating career development opportunities such as shadowing and mentorship programs, and nurturing a sense of belonging within our team. We are committed to creating a workplace where every individual feels valued, supported, and empowered to contribute their best work. Through our dedication to cultivating a strong company culture, we aim to drive engagement, productivity, and success across the organization as seen below:

• Continuous Learning: We believe that open and actionable feedback is the essential component of continuous development. Set your personal development plan and take an active role in our internal learning communities to progress your career. 
• Flexible Working: Even the most ambitious Blacklaner needs some time to unwind. Find out what works for you and your team with flexible working hours and home office days.
• Become Part of the Crew: Get to know your fellow Blacklaners through our regular team socials. Our success comes from a collaboration of more than 350 people from 70 nations and we are looking for more exceptional people to join us! 
• Employee Stock Options Plan: We want all Blacklaners to benefit from the company's success, so every employee gets virtual stock options.
• Fair Remuneration: We’ve banded salary levels and matched them to the local costs of living, meaning you’re always paid fairly and you know that the rest of the crew is too.
• Sustainability: We care for both people and the planet, having launched the mobility's industry-first global carbon offset scheme in 2017. Blacklane plans to deliver 35% of global rides in EVs by year-end 2024, and 50% by the end of year 2025.
• Equal Opportunity: We are committed to inclusion and diversity. A company is only as strong as its crew, so we developed a work environment that is inclusive, inspiring and open. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

• Blacklane Cares day: Every crew member receives 8 hours of paid leave per year to participate in volunteering initiatives of their choice or lead employee-driven community outreach projects. Utilize your time to lend hands to a cause that drives your passion.

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