Frontend Software Engineer (React & Typescript)

We are hiring a Mid-level Frontend Engineer (React & Typescript) who will drive the implementation and optimization of user-facing features for our AI-driven career guidance solution, focusing on technical integrity, high performance, and cross-functional collaboration.

About SkillLab

At SkillLab, we envision a world where everyone has a pathway to employment. We enable and lead a radical change - a transition towards skill-based labor and education markets. Our AI-driven technology creates more inclusive and efficient markets by connecting people with jobs and education through the universal language of skills. SkillLab is working with employment and career services in 35+ countries and seeks to transform labor and education markets globally.

SkillLab’s innovative use of AI was recognised with awards like Google AI for Impact, UNESCO Top 10 uses of AI and the European Social Innovation Competition 2021, among other awards.

Your Responsibilities

• Product Implementation: Drive new feature implementation from specification to deployment, ensuring code quality, that directly supports a seamless, accessible and personalized user experience.
• Code Quality & Integrity: Elevate engineering standards by actively reviewing code, adhering to established testing protocols, and safeguarding codebase maintainability, security and robustness.
• Design & System Partnership: Act as the technical partner to the Design and Product teams, translating designs into highly performant and scalable software solutions.
• Performance & Scalability: Own front-end performance metrics, continuously optimizing application speed, responsiveness, and resource utilization for a world-class global experience.
• Technical Evolution: Propose, evaluate, and champion new tools, libraries, and modern practices to future-proof the front-end stack.
  
  
  

Your Skills

• 3–5 years of experience in front-end development.
• Expertise in TypeScript, React(function components with hooks) and Web/DOM APIs.
• Strong experience with Progressive Web Apps (PWAs).
• Proficiency with key React ecosystem libraries: state management(Redux/Zustand/SWR), styling(emotion/TSS), animation frameworks(GSAP/react-spring), testing(Vitest/Playwright).
  
  
  

Extra awesome

• Working knowledge of SSR frameworks (e.g., Vike, Next.js, Remix).
• Experience with Ruby and Rails, Storybook, bundlers, service workers, or Google Cloud.
  
  
  

Salary & start date

• We use a salary benchmark for the Dutch high-tech sector to set your salary based on your experience. We expect that the annual gross salary for the experience we are looking for ranges from €55k - €65k per year.
• We accept applications on a rolling basis, and we envision a start date as soon as possible.
  
  
  

Benefits

• You will enjoy 25 paid vacation days per year (20 days as the statutory minimum holiday entitlement in the Netherlands plus 5 extra days from SkillLab).
• You can work flexibly from our office in Amsterdam and home within the Netherlands. You can also extend your holiday stay in a different country and work from abroad for a limited period of time.
• You will get an extensive relocation support to move to Amsterdam including visa sponsorship, 30% ruling application, your plane tickets, covered real estate agent fees, etc.
• You will have a personal learning budget to invest in your professional development.
• You will have access to mentors & coaches (SkillLab is part of the Google for Startups SDG accelerator).
• You will have access to a monthly flexible budget of benefits via Alleo app. You can spend this budget on a large selection of providers, ranging from gym memberships to bike subscriptions and online stores.
• You will join our bi-annual company offsite retreats in different locations like Belgium, the Netherlands etc.
  
  
  

What Else To Know

• Get 4 tips for your job application at SkillLab: https://skilllab.io/en-us/news/skilllabjobapplication
• Read more about our compensation framework: https://skilllab.io/en-us/news/skilllab-compensation
• Learn more about SkillLab’s social life: https://skilllab.io/en-us/news/social-life-at-skilllab
• SkillLab is committed to diversity, equality and inclusion at the workplace. We welcome applications of candidates from all backgrounds. Read more about DEI: https://skilllab.io/en-us/news/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-skilllab