Technical Lead Frontend @ Unity

Technical Lead Frontend @ Unity

• Workload: 100%
• Contract type: Full time
• Model of Work: 3 days Home office
• Start: 03.06.2024

Tamedia: Beyond the Headlines.

As Switzerland's strongest editorial network, we help shape the country's topics and debates.

Our bespoke software, Unity, serves as the core platform for our editorial teams, empowering hundreds of journalists to seamlessly create, review and manage news content across our various publications and distribution channels.

We're in search of a frontend technical team lead to spearhead the continuous enhancement of our news editor, integrating cutting-edge AI features, productivity enhancements, and other exciting CMS updates.

What you can expect

• Close collaboration with cross-functional teams, notably the Product Owner, Requirements Engineer, Backend, and Content Distribution teams spread across various locations, to actively shape and drive the implementation of new features
• You’re able to lead an international team by maintaining a culture of curiosity, helpfulness, continuous improvement and general good spirits
• Expect a culture of analysis, development, learning from failures, and embracing new technologies
• Utilize senior expertise to address technical debt and enhance the product
• You drive productivity and ensure architectural flexibility to meet future product requirements
• Opportunity to contribute to the roadmap and shape the product's evolution with each release

We are looking for

• An experienced software engineer with a proven record of delivering successful product releases, adept at anticipating and mitigating challenges
• You’re able to lead an international team by maintaining a culture of curiosity, helpfulness and general good spirits
• You possess a forward-thinking mindset, shaping code architecture and influencing development with your expertise
• Effective communication is a strength, enabling you to convey technical concepts convincingly and support team members effectively
• Your ability to craft a compelling technological vision guides our decisions and drives innovation within the codebase
• Specifically, we're seeking individuals with proficiency in modern React, Typescript, MUI, Styled Components, React-Query, Redux and React Hook Forms
• Your curiosity, enthusiasm, and commitment to supporting independent journalism align with our values and mission

Benefits

What we offer: Attractive additional benefits and discounts for our employees

• Five weeks vacation with option for seven weeks and vacation purchase
• Flexible working models and mobile office options
• A market-, performance- and success-oriented compensation package
• Numerous discounts e.g. cell phone subscription, digital TV, bicycle rental, car purchase
• Wide range of free health promotion services (social counseling, health coach app, flu vaccination, various trainings)
• Possibility for unpaid vacation up to max. six months
• Additional half days off before certain holidays
• Wide training and development offering (leadership, mentoring, development programs, language courses, self-competence, methodological competence, project management, change management and much more)
• Digital and print subscription / free and discounted subscription offer

Recruitment Process

From application to success: Our hiring process

Preselection

We review our applications on an ongoing basis. To ensure a fast response time, we create a preliminary selection. The decision on advancement or departure from the recruitment process is done by the hiring manager and communicated via mail.

Technical Interview

Here you will get to know your potential manager and/or colleagues. We will test specific knowledge relevant to the execution of the job. Depending on the situation, this will be either conducted virtually or in person. Also this step can be split into several smaller interviews.

Coding Challenge

This gives you the chance to showcase your technical knowledge and approach and provides us with the opportunity to evaluate your programming skills. For this purpose, you will be given a task or problem to solve using your programming abilities.

On-site Iinterview

Our on-site interview is all about building a connection and getting to know each other better. You'll have the chance to meet face-to-face with supervisors and team members, gain valuable insights into the position and get a feel for our workplace culture.

About Tamedia Publikationen Deutschschweiz AG

Tamedia is a Swiss media company founded in 1893 with the Tages-Anzeiger. Today, the company includes the paid daily and Sunday newspapers, magazines and publishing services. Its best-known publications include 24 heures, Basler Zeitung, Bilan, BZ Berner Zeitung, Das Magazin, Der Bund, Finanz und Wirtschaft, Le Matin Dimanche, Schweizer Familie, SonntagsZeitung, Tages-Anzeiger and Tribune de Genève. Tamedia also operates Switzerland’s largest newspaper printing plants in Zurich, Berne and Bussigny. The company employs people in German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland.