Frontend Developer (Remote - Portugal)

Our Mission

We make it easy for everyone to build healthy habits and eat more fruit and vegetables by creating innovative products that are highly nutritious, sustainable, and delicious.

How We Do It

Just 1 in 10 US adults eats the recommended minimum of 5 cups of fruits and vegetables every day. We're helping solve that problem with convenient, organic, and mouth-watering products. We transform fresh, organic fruits and veggies into handy single-serving meal moments such as instant smoothies and delicious ready-to-eat fruit snacks and oatmeal.

The Impact You'll Have

As part of kencko’s engineering team, you’ll create digital experiences that promote healthier living. Your work will help make nutrition sustainable, empowering users to eat more fruits and vegetables while reducing waste.

Responsibilities

• Develop responsive user interfaces using Next.js, React, and TypeScript, ensuring a seamless experience across web and mobile platforms.
• Build and maintain reusable UI components with efficient state management (e.g., Redux, Context API).
• Transform Figma mockups into interactive, pixel-perfect web interfaces.
• Integrate frontend components with APIs (RESTful, GraphQL).
• Write clean, modular code focusing on performance optimization and cross-browser compatibility.
• Contribute to the continuous delivery process by writing tests, conducting code reviews, and ensuring high-quality code is deployed to production.
• Actively participate in enhancing application performance, scalability, and user experience.
  
  

Experience You Bring

• 4+ years of software development experience focused on frontend technologies like React and Next.js.
• Expertise in Server-Side Rendering (SSR) with Next.js for better performance and SEO.
• Experience with modular CSS and building responsive, cross-browser compatible interfaces.
• Proficient in state management using tools like Redux or Context API, with API integration experience (RESTful or GraphQL).
• Ability to turn Figma design prototypes into pixel-perfect web interfaces.
• Proven track record of writing clean, maintainable code and implementing testing strategies in a continuous delivery process.
• Strong communication skills and fluent in English for effective team collaboration.
  
  

Nice-To-Haves

• Familiarity with Figma or similar design tools for effective collaboration.
• Experience with Shopify and other e-commerce platforms to enhance user experiences.
• Knowledge of cloud providers like AWS or GCP for deploying and scaling frontend applications.
• Proven experience in improving the continuous delivery process for better deployment and code quality.
  
  

Here is a video from Charchris, our Tech Lead, providing an in-depth look at the role.

What we offer

• The opportunity to join a B-Corp team that is shaking up the nutrition industry for the better!
• An employee stock equity award
• 25 days of paid time off
• 6 sick or well-being days
• 9.60 euros per day for a meal allowance
• Steep discounts on kencko products for you and friends/family
• Nutrition Consults
• Generous Maternity/Paternity and Marriage Leave policies
• Donation to your favorite charity on your birthday!
• Wellness perks via our kencko-er assistance program (legal, financial, work/life balance, and mental health services)
• A casual, dynamic, ambitious, and for real fun work environment
  
  

How To Apply

Along with your CV, in English, please answer the questions found in the application.

• kencko is committed to bringing together individuals from different backgrounds and perspectives. We strive to create an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do great work together. As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against a job applicant on the basis of their race, color, religion, veteran status, sex, parental status, gender identity or expression, transgender status, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetic information. We are dedicated to going above and beyond in fostering diversity across our company."