Frontend Engineer
Bloq.it
- Location
- United States
- Job Type
- full-time
- Salary
- Unknown
- Posted
- July 7, 2025
Job Description
At Bloq.it, we’ve created the world’s leading smart locker solution. Solving online deliveries by enabling everyone to participate easily, reducing delivery costs and making them more sustainable.
We’re quickly expanding, and after growing at 1000% for three years in a row, we’re now the fastest-growing Smart Locker company in the world and one of the fastest growing scale-ups in Europe.
We are in search of a Frontend Software Engineer to join our innovative team as new a #bloqstar. In this role, you'll play a pivotal role in developing and enhancing our frontend applications to deliver seamless user experiences to all our stakeholders.
What will be your responsibilities
- Participate in all stages of the development, and post-development, lifecycle;
- Proactively provide creative, thorough, and practical solutions to a wide range of technical problems;
- Design, write, and maintain code that is well organized, scalable, testable, and doesn’t generate new problems (most of the time);
- Proactively identify issues, bottlenecks, gaps, or other areas of concern or opportunities and work to either directly affect change, or advocate for that change to be made;
- Be self-motivated to learn and show strong initiative;
- Contribute to an engineering-wide culture of healthy principles and practices, code quality, and shared responsibility for testing;
- Contribute to refining our technical vision, ensuring alignment with business objectives and advocating for innovative solutions.
What are the requirements to join us in this position
- Demonstrated hands-on experience with frontend development and engineering, particularly with modern frameworks like Svelte, React.js or others;
- Demonstrated experience with building responsive web-based applications and consuming APIs;
- SOLID experience in writing clean code that works;
- Experience with testing approaches, strategies, and implementation (at several levels);
- Experience with continuous integration, deployment, and delivery;
- Familiarity with logging, tracing, and monitoring tools;
- Familiarity with version control best practices.
Extra valued skills
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically to address complex technical challenges;
- Proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement and learning;
- Flexibility and willingness to adapt to changing priorities, technologies, and project requirements.
What will you get if you join us in this position
- The opportunity to join our Code team and play a pivotal role in delivering intuitive, responsive, and high-performance user-facing applications and contributing to innovative solutions that redefine Bloq.it's revolution in the smart locker industry
- A dynamic and fast-paced work environment with a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning
- Competitive salary and benefits package, tailored to your experience and skills, including performance-based bonus and Portuguese health insurance
- Flexible work conditions, including a remote-friendly policy and a flexible schedule that allows you to balance your work and personal life
- Regular meetings in-person at our HQ Office in Lisbon, PT, giving you the chance to connect with the team and immerse yourself in our company culture
- Make a tangible impact by contributing to the continuous improvement of our core software solutions, actively supporting our mission to provide affordable and sustainable solutions
If you're a passionate Software Engineer ready to shape the future of smart locker solutions, Bloq.it is the place for you.
Join our team of #bloqstars and help us redefine the last-mile delivery experience!
🎯 Who is this job for?
This role suits a Frontend Engineer with hands-on experience in modern frameworks like React or Svelte, skilled in building responsive web apps and consuming APIs. Candidates should write clean, testable code, be familiar with CI/CD, logging, and version control best practices, and have a proactive mindset for continuous learning and improvement. The position offers remote-friendly work with regular team meetups in Lisbon and focuses on delivering high-performance user experiences in a fast-growing tech scale-up.
💬 Potential Interview Questions
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How do you approach building scalable, responsive frontend applications using frameworks like React or Svelte?
Design modular components, implement responsive layouts with CSS frameworks or custom styles, optimize rendering performance, and ensure accessibility across devices. -
What are best practices for consuming and integrating APIs in frontend applications?
Use async/await with proper error handling, manage loading and error states in UI, cache responses when appropriate, and maintain clear separation between data and presentation layers. -
How do you ensure code quality and maintainability in frontend projects?
Write clean, well-documented code following SOLID principles, use linting and formatting tools, enforce component reusability, and conduct thorough code reviews. -
What testing strategies do you implement for frontend applications?
Combine unit tests for components, integration tests for workflows, and end-to-end tests to validate user journeys, using tools like Jest, Testing Library, or Cypress. -
How do you integrate CI/CD pipelines for frontend deployment?
Automate builds, run tests on pull requests, deploy to staging and production environments, and use monitoring to verify successful deployments. -
How do logging, tracing, and monitoring improve frontend application reliability?
They provide visibility into user issues, performance bottlenecks, and errors in production, enabling proactive debugging and enhancing user experience. -
How do you handle changing priorities and technologies in a fast-paced startup environment?
Stay flexible by continuously learning, prioritize tasks with the team, adopt new tools incrementally, and communicate openly about challenges. -
What are key considerations for designing user-friendly interfaces in smart locker solutions?
Ensure intuitive navigation, real-time status updates, clear feedback, accessibility, and responsiveness for diverse user devices. -
How do you contribute to a positive engineering culture focused on quality and shared responsibility?
Participate actively in code reviews, share knowledge, uphold testing standards, and promote collaboration and continuous improvement. -
What motivates you to innovate and improve core software in a rapidly growing company?
A passion for problem-solving, desire to impact user experience positively, eagerness to learn new technologies, and commitment to the company mission.
📋 Job Summary
Bloq.it, Europe’s fastest-growing smart locker company, is seeking a Frontend Engineer to build scalable, responsive web applications using modern frameworks like React or Svelte. This role offers a flexible, remote-friendly schedule with regular meetups at their Lisbon HQ. Join a dynamic, innovative team focused on transforming last-mile delivery with sustainable tech, competitive salary, bonuses, and health benefits. Become a key player shaping the future of smart locker solutions in a fast-paced scale-up environment.