Senior TypeScript Developer

We are looking for a senior JS/TS engineer who can punch out some mean code as well as elevate the team with wisdom and knowledge. You will be given a central role in one of Fonto’s teams who work on our high-tech front-ends or a newer product. Together with leadership you will, amongst other things, review your team’s output, suggest and implement quality control measures, mentor your juniors, and help the team lead bring the team’s endeavour to a success.

About Fonto  
 
Fonto, the providers of the leading cloud-native, data-driven authoring solution for mission-critical documents. Fonto’s easy-to-use, browser-based authoring environment makes structured content authoring and review possible for anyone in an organization. 
 
RWS and Fonto have built a long-lasting strategic collaboration to leverage our collective strengths. Together, we are changing how organisations create high-value, intelligent content. Fonto’s rich experience in intuitive authoring platforms helps us bring the true value of Tridion Docs to subject matter experts. 
 
For more information, please visit RWS Fonto 

Key Responsibilities

• You’ll start with straight up development and design while you get familiar with your new working environment.
• From the beginning you’ll be involved in the heavier decision making amongst your team, and any architectural questions that come up.
• You’ll probably co-design API’s with other teams regularly. As soon as you’re able, you’ll be given review tasks, time to mentor your juniors, and asked to participate in software architecture.
• We expect that you’ll contribute your ideas on quality control, roadmap, development processes, and so on.

Skills & Experience

We’re looking for people who:

• Are fluent in TypeScript and enjoy a challenge that involves languages, frameworks, techniques and concerns that you may not have dealt with before.
• Are Dead set on high quality standards and the staying power to execute them with the team.
• Are good communicators, and are able to talk to colleagues from different backgrounds and with varying levels of seniority.
• Have no problem putting their team mates first, helping them thrive, and share the credit with.
• Are willing to collaborate with third parties directly, or even educate them when it comes to Fonto’s niche.
•  Can present their ideas to a wider group of decision makers, focusing not only on the hottest tech but smart business and healthy team goals as well.
•  Can have easy and hard conversations in English.
•  Are an EU citizen or working visa to work in the Netherlands or EU.

At RWS, we’re here for one purpose: unlocking global understanding.

As a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services, we remove the barriers to communication to make global connection possible. Our unrivalled experience and deep understanding of language have been developed over more than 60 years. As we look to shape the future, our ambition is to create a world where understanding is universal for everyone.

We work with over 80% of the world’s top 100 brands, more than three-quarters of Fortune’s 20 ‘Most Admired Companies’ and almost all the top pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific and North and South America. Our 65+ global locations across five continents service clients in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications sectors.   

Over the past 20 years we’ve been evolving our own AI solutions as well as helping clients to explore, build and use multilingual AI applications. With 45+ AI-related patents and more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, we have the experience and expertise to support clients on their AI journey.

If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about breaking down language barriers and giving back to their communities, then you’ll love life at RWS. Our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong.

We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner with colleagues and clients, to adopt a pioneering spirit, to be positive in progressing the work we do, and always to deliver what we promise. 

RWS Values

Get the 3Ps right – Partner, Pioneer, Progress – and we´ll Deliver together as One RWS.

For further information, please visit: RWS   

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