Software Development Engineer (SDE I), Front-End

LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN) is the global leader in enterprise conversations. Hundreds of the world’s leading brands — including HSBC, Chipotle, and Virgin Media — use our award-winning Conversational Cloud platform to connect with millions of consumers. We power nearly a billion conversational interactions every month, providing a uniquely rich data set and safety tools to unlock the power of Conversational AI for better customer experiences. 

At LivePerson, we foster an inclusive workplace culture that encourages meaningful connection, collaboration, and innovation. Everyone is invited to ask questions, actively seek new ways to achieve success and reach their full potential. We are continually looking for ways to improve our products and make things better. This means spotting opportunities, solving ambiguities, and seeking effective solutions to the problems our customers care about. 

 
Overview:

Engineering at LivePerson is an inspired, customer-obsessed organization dedicated to building solutions that redefine the Conversational AI industry. We work in small, collaborative, agile, and mission-driven teams with a clear mission empowering quality, continuous feedback, testing, monitoring, and end-to-end ownership. 

You will: 

• Work collaboratively in a cross-functional team (PM, UX, engineering, science) team to transform user stories into prototypes & production code
• Thoughtfully apply UI design principles & best practices for RWD
• Building & deploying user-facing features for multiple browsers
• Identifying & eliminating perf. & scale issues that ripple from front-end to back-end
• Be globally minded & inclusive - we are a global team and value the diverse contributions of others.

You have:

• 2+ years of experience in Web Intensive applications
• Deep knowledge and understanding of client-side architecture and experience in building large scale and high performance web applications
• Proficient in understanding of web markup, including HTML5, CSS3
• Experience using CSS preprocessors such as SASS or LESS
• Experience using build tools such as Webpack, Gulp or Grunt.
• Good understanding of asynchronous request handling, partial page updates, and AJAX
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Good understanding of scalability design principles
• Understanding principles of design and knowledge of user experience and accessibility
• Self-starter with strong motivation and execution capabilities
• Knowledge of frontend testing frameworks such as Jasmine and Karma is a plus
• Proficiency with JavaScript ES6 and Typescript is a plus
• Familiarity of Vanilla Javascript is a plus

Note: You will have to be located in Germany for this position with a valid work permit.

Benefits: 

• Time away: Vacation, public holidays and care days.
• Financial: Pension, deferred pension and ESPP.
• Family: Parental leave.
• Development:  Generous tuition reimbursement and access to internal professional development resources.
• Additional: Exclusive perks and discounts.

Why you’ll love working here: 

As leaders in enterprise customer conversations, we celebrate diversity, empowering our team to forge impactful conversations globally. LivePerson is a place where uniqueness is embraced, growth is constant, and everyone is empowered to create their own success. And, we're very proud to have earned recognition from Fast Company, Newsweek, and BuiltIn for being a top innovative, beloved, and remote-friendly workplace. 

Belonging at LivePerson:

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.

We are committed to the accessibility needs of applicants and employees. We provide reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants with a disability who require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should inform their recruiting contact upon initial connection.