Senior Frontend Engineer

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Hello ✨

We're Happy Scribe, a 100% bootstrapped and profitable startup, based in Barcelona.

We are on a mission to break language barriers globally and bring audiovisual content to all.

We are building the #1 Audiovisual Platform by combining state-of-the-art AI with trusted language experts to produce high-quality transcriptions, subtitles, and closed captions at speed.

We're 40 people at the moment, and we're building the team thoughtfully and with a lot of care. How would you like to join us on this journey?

This is a hybrid role, based in Barcelona. Happy Scribe is office-first, remote-friendly. In other words, we aim to spend most of our time collaborating in person.

What you will do…

We’re expanding our engineering team and are looking for a talented engineer who has a strong focus on frontend development. Our team is composed of full-stack product engineers with the ability to take entire features from concept to completion, and we collaborate closely across projects. While we all work across the stack, we’re on the lookout for someone with a special passion for the frontend to help us build beautiful, seamless user experiences.

• Where You’ll Shine: You’ll play a major role in our editors, especially in crafting complex, user-facing interactions. This means you’ll work closely with designers, bringing a keen eye for frontend detail and a passion for delivering exceptional user experiences.

What you will bring…

• Full-stack engineering experience, with a strong frontend focus.

• Expertise in Javascript, React and user-interactive designs.

• Familiarity with Ruby on Rails + Hotwire or a willingness to learn and thrive in our stack.

• Experience working closely with designers to bring complex user experiences to life.

• You're product focused. You want to listen to customers, and build the product that will solve their needs.

• You care about the business implications of anything you build. You don't go after the shiny stuff, but see it as a balance of craft, speed, and the bottom line.

• You love steep learning curves, and are not afraid to learn about subjects that are outside of the comfort zone.

• You are excited about our engineering principles. Or at least curious about them, if they seem very different from what you've been doing in the past.

Company Culture

✨ Have an impact on millions of people — Change how users and language professionals make transcriptions, translations and subtitles.

👫 Work with a small team of bright people — When we talk with most people, they have a hard time understanding how we got so far with so few people. We're close in ARR to a typical Series B company, but our ARR per employee is 10x the industry average.

🤝 A company culture built on trust, autonomy, and independence

🛫 Infinite runway, no investment pressure. We are 100% bootstrapped and profitable. Every penny spent comes from happy customers who are paying for a product they value. Many tech companies are laying off staff because they grew too fast and need funding to survive. We prioritised profitability and sustainable growth, and are not impacted by funding shortage.

🍽️ In-Person culture — We believe nothing beats the magic of great people working together in person, in and outside of working hours. We work together, and spend time together: expect laughter-filled conversations over shared meals. The rule of thumb is 80/20 (80% in the office and 20% where you want); you have flexibility to work from abroad or at home when needed.

✊ We make it work — Have kids? Live far away? Do you have a non-normative life setup? The thing we care the most about is the team. Once we know we want to work with you, we make it work and we can flex the 80/20 rule.

⏱️ Flexible working hours — Work on the schedule that makes you the most happy and productive. Here's more info.

🏰 Beautiful office in Gràcia — One of the best areas in Barcelona. Our offices are much more than just a place to work. We like to see them alive 24/7, filled with friends and creative activities. Want to organise a community event, a breakfast with other designers, developers, etc.? The place is yours. Take a sneak peek here.

✈️ Team Retreats — So far we've been to Paris, Mallorca, the Pyrenees, Aran Islands, Dublin, and Sweden, where we had a small island to ourselves!

🌏 International, English-only speaking environment — We're building an international team and want to create an inclusive environment where anyone can join any conversation at any time, even if it’s just kitchen talk. That's why you'll find Italian, French or Catalan people talking in English to each other.

What we offer...

💰 Competitive salary — our salaries are in the top percentiles of the Barcelona startup scene.

📈 Equity — By joining the company when the team is so small, you’re helping us set the foundations of our future success. We're asking you to come on an adventure, so if we find a treasure, we want you to get a piece.

🌏 €1,000 per year travel bonus — We live in a distributed world where most people have friends and family spread around the globe. We don’t want finances or distances to get in the way of spending time with the people you care about. This perk will help you stay closer to them.

🧠 Mental health support — We have partnered with Oliva to offer you the best mental health support, from day 1. You can access 1-1 online therapy as often as you need to and it’s 100% confidential.

🏖️ 30 days per year vacation time — To relax and recharge your batteries whenever you need to.

🚚 Visa sponsorship and Relocation help — We want to work with the best people, regardless of where they're from. We'll help with your relocation costs and getting set up in Barcelona and will sponsor your visa if needed.

💻 The hardware that you need to be most productive.

📚 1 book/mo + e-learning platforms, conferences or courses of your choice — We truly want you to learn.

🍏 Private Health Insurance - We have partnered with Alan to best take care of our team both in Barcelona and while they’re on the road, covering half of the full price of the medical coverage.

Interview Process

We see this as a two way process and value the time you invest in considering working with us. We are committed to replying to everyone who applies, giving feedback to everyone we interview, being respectful of your time and giving you all the information you need to be able to make a decision.

• Step 1 - TA Screening Call - 20-35 minute video call with our talent team to dive deeper into your skillset.

• Step 2 - First Tech Interview. 60 minutes with a Senior Engineer from our team; we will focus on several key areas that are crucial for the Senior Frontend Engineer position.

• Step 3 - Second Tech Interview. 60-90 minutes. Live coding interview with 2 of our engineers, focused on a real world problem you might actually need to solve at Happy Scribe. No take home exercises or preparation required.

• Step 4 - Values and Meet The Team. 60 minutes with a co-founder and another team member followed by another 45 minutes to meet some of the amazing people you’d be working with to help you know if you want to join our team.

🕊️ Happy Scribe is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all people and all walks of life.

We believe a diverse team will be key to our success and **we strongly encourage applications from under-represented groups in tech and marginalised groups in general: women, people of colour, LGBTQIA+, parents, career changers, refugees, people with disabilities… we want to hear from you!