Front-end Engineer, Enterprise Success

About Us

At Hiya we are on a mission to secure the voice call with trust, identity, and intelligence. We’re protecting everyday people from spam and fraud calls, connecting businesses with their customers, and helping mobile carriers secure their networks for all.  In early 2016, brought its Hiya Protect product to market through Samsung Smart Call, AT&T Call Protect (now Active Armor) the first-ever network-based spam solution, and the Hiya consumer app for iOS & Android. Three years later in 2019, we brought Hiya Connect to market, a B2B branded call SaaS solution that enables companies to connect to the consumers they are trying to reach. The combination of Protect, Connect, and the Hiya app has resulted in the world’s largest Voice Security Platform with over 450M users.

About the Position

The Frontend Engineer is an individual contributor position responsible for implementing features for customer and internal facing web applications based on designs and specifications, and maintaining these systems, and who partners with software engineers, UX designers, and product managers.

We’re excited about you because you’re the kind of person that has the skills and desire to understand our entire stack, from our build and deployment processes through user authentication and automated testing all the way to the React applications we work on.

What You’ll Do

• Work at a supportive and fast-growing startup with a fantastic team.
• Make an impact in the lives of tens of millions of consumers.
• Partner with software engineers, UX designers, and product managers to design and develop web applications
• Be on top of the latest and greatest technologies, tools, methodologies, and frameworks for frontend software engineering

What You’ll Need to Succeed 

• BSc or M.S in a relevant field; 2-3+ years relevant work experience
• Excellent communication and self-organization skills incl. working within and with other remote teams.
• Experience in modern JavaScript (ES6+) and/or TypeScript
• Knowledge of at least one component-based frontend framework
• Familiarity with Node.js based build tooling
• Appreciation for great UX and clean design
• Proficient at collaborating and communicating with both local and remote team members in English and Hungarian
• Experience with back-end technologies, including building HTTP services (advantage but not required)

The person in this role must embody Hiya’s key values of: Serving our customers, Doing rather than observing, Improving ourselves and our business, Owning and holding ourselves accountable for success and Leading by showing up with a POV, engaging in discussion, listening respectfully to others opinions and committing to decisions. 

You will have a fast start if you have experience with:

• Typescript
• React
• Next.js
• GraphQL
• Cypress

The requirements listed in the job descriptions are guidelines. You don’t have to satisfy every requirement or meet every qualification listed. If your skills are transferable we would still love to hear from you.

More Details

• Start Date: Immediately
• Status: Full-time (40 hours per week)
• Type: Hybrid (2 days per week/8 days per month in office)
• Location: Budapest 
• Department: Engineering
• Reports to: Engineering Manager of Enterprise Success team
• Direct Reports: No

 Benefits

• Private Retirement/Pension program 
• Generali Private Health Care
• Donation Matching for a charity of your choice (up to $500/ year)
• WFH equipment stipend 
• $1,000/year in Professional Development funds, Online English Classes
• Gym membership
• Flexible working model (8 days a month is required in the office. In the rest of the month you decide whether you are working from home or from the office.)

This position is based in Budapest, Hungary

We are building a team with a variety of perspectives, identities, and professional experiences.  We evaluate great candidates through a business lens and we strongly believe that diversity and unique perspectives make our company stronger, more dynamic, and a great place to build a career.

Our team has won various awards over the last 4 years from Built-in Seattle and Seattle Business Week to #86 on Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and Forbes #1 Startup Employer. Here at Hiya, we are a people-centric company focused on helping each and every one of our employees grow both personally and professionally. We feel that creating a team culture of support and empowerment to challenge the status quo results in an energized and passionate team that is continuously challenged and passionate about the work they are doing. You'll love working here if you are looking for an innovative challenge that is disrupting an industry. Come  join us!