
Senior Front-End Engineer
€70,000 - €85,000 per year
Key Skills
Job Description
Company Description
We’re Ace & Tate – and yes, we make glasses. But more than that, we make working here worth your while.
We’re looking for a Senior Front-End Engineer (12-month interim) at our Amsterdam HQ, 32-40 hours.
What our Senior Front-End Engineers do
- Own the digital storefront spend most of your time hands-on in the codebase, driving the technical decisions that keep our customer experience and internal tools fast, reliable, and sharp
- Ship from end to end lead features and initiatives all the way from scoping and architectural design through to deployment in production
- Elevate code quality review pull requests and provide constructive, actionable feedback that helps other engineers grow and level up
- Champion performance & stability continuously monitor, profile, and improve site performance, reliability, and technical health
- Prioritise security & privacy integrate best-in-class security practices into every release to protect customer and company data
- Bridge tech and product collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders across the business to translate requirements into pragmatic, scalable solutions
- Share knowledge & mentor foster a strong engineering culture through knowledge sharing, documentation, and technical guidance
You have
- Senior-level expertise proven experience building, architecting, and maintaining large-scale, high-traffic web applications in production
- Tech stack fluency hands-on experience with modern front-end technologies, ideally including TypeScript, Next.js, Cloudflare, Vercel, MongoDB, and PayloadCMS (or comparable headless setups)
- Sound technical judgment a strong track record of architectural decision-making and the ability to articulate trade-offs clearly
- Pragmatic problem solving strong engineering foundations and the ability to balance clean code with commercial reality
- System ownership comfort taking full accountability for system reliability, performance, and uptime
- Collaborative communication clear, candid communication skills with the ability to partner effectively with both engineers and non-technical teammates
- Languages fluency in English, both spoken and written
What we offer
- Competitive salary, €70-85k gross per year (incl. holiday allowance)
- Flexible hybrid work environment
- Time off that counts 25 holidays per year (full-time) plus tenure-based extra days (2 after 1 year, 3 after 2 years)
- Company pension plan
- Travel support reimbursement if living more than 10 km from HQ
- Wellbeing support collaboration with ClassPass and unlimited mental health support via OpenUp
- Optical perks continuous free updates of your eyewear collection plus great discounts
- Benefits at Work access to a discount platform for products and services.
- Healthy lunches & snacks daily nutritious lunch and healthy snacks
- A culture to love participation in events planned by our CultureClub
Additional Information
Core Responsibilities
The Senior Front-End Engineer will own the digital storefront, driving technical decisions and leading features from architectural design to production deployment. They will also focus on elevating code quality, mentoring team members, and ensuring site performance, security, and reliability.
Requirements
Candidates must have senior-level expertise in building and maintaining large-scale, high-traffic web applications. Proficiency in modern front-end technologies like TypeScript, Next.js, and headless CMS setups is required, along with strong architectural judgment and collaborative communication skills.
Benefits
- Flexible hybrid work environment
- 25 holidays per year
- Company pension plan
- Travel support reimbursement
- Wellbeing support
- ClassPass access
- Mental health support
- Optical perks
- Discount platform
- Healthy lunches and snacks
About Ace & Tate
Industry: Optometrists
Company size: 501-1,000 employees
Hi, we're Ace & Tate and we make glasses. It sounds fairly simple, and that’s the whole point. From well-designed eyewear to personalised, expert eye care, we’re here to inject a good dose of common sense into our industry. Great styles that last, at a fair price.