Frontend Software Engineer

Zicasso is a leading luxury travel company that creates personalized, life-enriching experiences for discerning travelers. Founded in Silicon Valley, our unique approach to travel blends cutting-edge technology and the unsurpassed destination expertise of our top travel specialists worldwide. 

As a member of our team, you'll contribute to creating experiences that consistently earn us thousands of 5-star reviews. You'll be part of a company recognized as "Best in Travel" by TRAVEL+LEISURE magazine and regularly featured in notable publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, BBC, and CNN. By joining Zicasso, you'll play a key role in bringing travel dreams to life – pushing the boundaries of what's possible in luxury travel experiences.

As a fully remote company spanning five continents, we foster a dynamic, progressive global work environment that values creativity, initiative, and continuous learning. We're seeking passionate, data-driven individuals who thrive in a high-performance environment and are eager to contribute to our innovative company culture underpinned by the pursuit of excellence, integrity, and teamwork.

Our global team comes together bi-annually for an international company retreat in various locations, providing a unique opportunity to share ideas, collaborate in person, and strengthen our culture. This event embodies our commitment to both professional growth and the transformative power of travel.

Join us in shaping the future of luxury travel while working towards our vision: to create a more connected humanity through travel. To learn more, visit www.zicasso.com.

The Role

Zicasso is looking for a highly skilled Frontend Software Engineer to join our team. As a Frontend Software Engineer, you will play a key role in developing and maintaining the core infrastructure that powers Zicasso's innovative travel platform. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and collaborate with a talented team of engineers. The role reports to the VP of Engineering.

This is an international, fully-remote, freelance contractor position, working from home, at a location outside of the United States. We are particularly seeking candidates who are based in Latin America (Brazil, Argentina).

There is flexibility in your work hours but we expect that you will generally maximize your overlap with California, eg. until 2pm Pacific Time Zone (GMT -8).

The work will all be conducted in English.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and develop highly scalable and performant web applications using advanced HTML, CSS, Sass, JavaScript, TypeScript, Angular, and/or React.
• Evaluate, suggest, and outline improvements to existing interface flows
• Build and maintain scalable web applications using custom, reusable, and responsive UI components
• Write unit and integration tests, ensuring quality as we go
• Use modern debugging tools to set watch-points, break-points, and step the code. Tweak web applications to make them extremely fast (Google PageSpeed Insights)
• Evaluate innovative technologies, libraries, frameworks, architectural patterns, etc.
• Proven experience of leading initiatives and exchanging technical knowledge with team members.
• Work closely with the product team and business to define, and implement features
• Attend agile team meetings, provide work estimates, participate in code reviews, pair coding, prepare demos, provide technical documentation

Required Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• 6+ years of experience in frontend software development, ideally in multiple languages
• Experience in Programming and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts
• Expertise in React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS
• Experience working with source control systems such as Git.
• Experience in working with API's and integrating with Back-End Services
• Ability to write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Experience in Agile development methodologies is considered a plus
• Passion for the travel industry and desire to create exceptional user experiences

What We Offer:

• Remote work and flexible hours that allow you to enjoy a great work-life balance.
• Innovative, fast-paced and collaborative culture that values diverse voices and opinions.
• Learning and development annual stipend.
• Enjoy two company-sponsored business trips each year at international destinations we serve!

We are looking for a creative problem-solver with a passion for travel to join our team! If you're eager to contribute your skills and help shape the future of personalized travel experiences at Zicasso, we encourage you to apply with your resume in English.