Ciklum is looking for a JavaScript Engineer to join our team full-time in Ukraine.
We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.
About the role:
As a JavaScript Engineer, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the technical direction, architecture, tooling, and governance of the design system
- Collaborate with Design, Product, Architecture, and Engineering to ensure components are reusable, accessible, performant, and aligned to standards
- Support developers, review implementation quality, manage releases and breaking changes, and maintain clear technical documentation
- Develop product, deliver features and defects fixes according to the product roadmap with defined standards
- Create tests for the features and follows the established code quality rules/metrics
- Identify and suggest possible solutions to resolve different types of issues (performance, CI/CD, etc)
- Develop and review feature design documentation and provide inputs/updates to specifications for the solution
Requirements:
- HTML - Understands the purpose and use of all HTML elements. Able to explain the importance of the correct HTML for subjects such as SEO and Accessibility
- CSS - Advanced/expert level skills. Understanding of CSS architecture best practice. Knowledge of all aspects of the language and up to date with the latest features
- JavaScript - Core understanding of the native language. Proficient in TypeScript. Knowledge of web components. Ability to assess third-party libraries or frameworks for their appropriateness and can explain the pros/cons of their use
- Usage of modern framework React or Angular or Vue and its ecosystem
- Strong knowledge of Web Components, design systems, component libraries, and scalable front-end architecture
- Practical accessibility experience, including WCAG 2.2 AA, ARIA, keyboard navigation, focus management, and screen reader testing
- Strong understanding of web performance, Core Web Vitals, optimisation techniques, and resilient web design
- Experience with automated testing, release management, documentation, and engineering governance
- Following best practices and defined standards for implementing the web application
- Hands-on experience in writing unit/integration tests
- Ability to spot the issues using the DevTools
- Experience in following the CI/CD process and identifying potential errors
Desirable:
- Experience with Contentful or similar headless CMS platforms
- Familiarity with Jira, Confluence
- Internationalisation practices (i18n)
- Performance optimization techniques (critical CSS extraction, lazy loading etc.)
Personal skills:
- Works under general direction, accepts guidance and has work reviewed at agreed milestones
- Has working-level contact with customers and colleagues
- May supervise others or make decisions which impact the work assigned to individuals or phases of projects
- Performs a range of work, sometimes complex and non-routine
- Demonstrates effective communication skills
- Plans, schedules and monitors own work (and that of others where applicable) competently
- Contributes fully to the work of teams
What’s in it for you?
- Strong community: Work alongside top professionals in a friendly, open-door environment
- Growth focus: Take on large-scale projects with a global impact and expand your expertise
- Tailored learning: Boost your skills with internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy access, language courses, and company-paid certifications
- Endless opportunities: Explore diverse domains through internal mobility, finding the best fit to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies
- Flexibility: Enjoy radical flexibility – work remotely or from an office, your choice
- Care: We’ve got you covered with company-paid medical insurance, mental health support, and financial & legal consultations
About us:
At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting-edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress.
As one of Ukraine’s largest IT companies and a top employer recognized by Forbes, we’ve spent over 20 years delivering meaningful tech solutions. We proudly support diverse talent and military veterans, recognizing their unique skills and perspectives they bring to shaping the future.
Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum!
Interested already? We would love to get to know you! Submit your application. We can’t wait to see you at Ciklum.
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