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Senior Frontend Engineer helping shape user experiences for millions at Smallpdf. Delivering complex product features and collaborating closely with Product, Design, and Data teams.
Responsibilities:
- Play a major part in delivering complex product features, experiments, or systems, from discovery and planning all the way to rollout and analysis
- Build fast, reliable, and user-friendly interfaces using modern frontend technologies
- Create experiments and prototypes to quickly validate assumptions and guide product decisions
- Look at problems deeply, identify patterns, and propose solutions that are both scalable and maintainable
- Work closely with Product, Design, and Data to align on goals and deliver meaningful outcomes, even in ambiguous problem spaces
- Influence product direction through technical insight and user empathy
- Contribute to how we work as a team, including our engineering standards, rituals, and processes
- Support teammates, share knowledge, and help maintain a collaborative, open, and inclusive culture
- Communicate clearly and thoughtfully, explaining decisions, trade-offs, and risks in an approachable way
Requirements:
- Strong experience building modern web applications at scale
- Deep knowledge of React and TypeScript, combined with a pragmatic approach to architecture
- Able to bring clarity to ambiguous situations and move work forward with confidence
- Comfortable making decisions based on context and data
- You actively question whether we are solving the right problem, propose alternatives, and help the team course-correct early
- Passionate about product and motivated by solving real user problems
- Keen to work closely with Product, Design, and Data to help shape what we build
- Enjoys iterative work, simplifying scope, and learning through experimentation
- Strong communicator (in English) who thrives in cross-functional collaboration
- Humble, open, and eager to help others succeed
- Energized by ownership and motivated to create real impact
- Based in Zurich or willing to relocate (this is an on-site role, 2-3 days in office min.)
- Swiss or EU passport holder (or another permit that allows you to work in Switzerland)
Benefits:
- 30 vacation days - yep, you read that right - you can take them whenever you need them.
- Flexibility: we have flexible working hours.
- Need a long break? We offer sabbatical leave to employees who’ve been with us for over two years.
- 16 weeks parental leave - 100% of your salary - for all new parents.
- Don’t leave your four-legged friends at home; our Zurich office is pet-friendly.
- A well-being budget of up to 2,000 CHF every year that can be used for training and development (plus days off for courses or training) and for physical and mental well-being purposes.
- Possibility of a Phantom stock option plan - PSOP (Conditions apply).
- Hack days to challenge you and your team, plus build amazing things.












