Senior Front-End Developer
Company: HITACHI ENERGY SPAIN, S.A.U.
Location: Barcelona, Spain; Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain; Madrid, Spain
Job Schedule: Full time
Remote: No
The opportunity Hitachi, Ltd. is seeking a talented Senior Front-End Developer to design, develop, and maintain modern, high-quality user interfaces for critical enterprise applications, ensuring excellent user experience and seamless interaction with backend systems.
How you’ll make an impact
- Design, develop, and implement responsive, high-performance, and accessible user interfaces using modern JavaScript frameworks (Angular).
- Translate UI/UX designs and business requirements into clean, maintainable, and reusable front-end code.
- Collaborate closely with backend developers, UX/UI designers, product managers, and other stakeholders to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Ensure cross-browser compatibility and optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
- Apply best practices in front-end architecture, state management, and component-based development.
- Participate in code reviews, providing constructive feedback and ensuring adherence to coding standards and architectural guidelines.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve UI-related issues across different environments.
- Implement and maintain front-end testing strategies (unit, integration, and end-to-end tests).
- Contribute to continuous improvement of development processes, tools, and front-end best practices.
- Stay up to date with emerging front-end technologies, frameworks, and industry trends.
- Coach and support junior front-end developers, reviewing their work and promoting knowledge sharing within the team.
A holistic range of competitive benefit programs to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us – in work and out.
For this role, depending on grade and experience, we offer the following employee benefits (subject to the respective plan rules): Annual Incentive Plan, Flexible Working, Meal Allowance, Life Insurance, Medical Check-up, Psychological assistance, Language training, Coaching & Assessments.
Your background:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Minimum 5 years of proven experience as a Front-End Developer, preferably in enterprise or large-scale applications.
- Strong proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Hands-on experience with modern front-end frameworks. Mandatory experience with Angular; experience with other frameworks such as React or Vue.js is desirable.
- Solid understanding of responsive design, cross-browser compatibility, and web performance optimization.
- Experience working with RESTful APIs and integrating front-end applications with backend services.
- Familiarity with state management libraries (e.g., Redux, NgRx, Vuex) is a plus.
- Knowledge of testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Cypress, Playwright) is desirable.
- Experience with version control systems, preferably Git.
- Understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG) and UX best practices is a plus.
- Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a proactive mindset.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative, cross-functional team.
