Kitopi Hiring for Senior Frontend Developer at Dubai Full Time

Senior Frontend Developer

Krakow / Global – Product & Tech / Full-Time / Hybrid Kitopi is the world’s leading tech-powered multi-brand restaurant.

With a mission to satisfy the world’s appetite, Kitopi operates a portfolio of both invested and franchised F&B brands, serving as enablers in the food market by helping brands to grow and scale, both in the delivery and dine-in space.

Launched in Dubai, UAE in January 2018, Kitopi has grown to become one of the greatest success stories in the cloud kitchen and food tech space.

In July 2021, Kitopi announced its $415 million Series C funding round, led by the world’s largest technology-focused investment fund, Softbank Group Corp’s Vision Fund 2.

This investment catapulted Kitopi to the prestigious Unicorn status, making it the fastest Unicorn to have emerged from the MENA region.

As a leading food-tech business, Kitopi’s growth has been largely fueled by its innovative and scalable software solutions.

Kitopi’s kitchens are powered by its proprietary Smart Kitchen Operating System (SKOS) – an in-house suite of applications that optimizes cloud kitchen operations in real-time.

As part of its growth roadmap, technological innovation, data science, artificial intelligence, and robotics will take center stage as Kitopi continues to reinvent the food industry as we know it today.

With over 4,000 employees, Kitopi currently operates 200+ locations across the UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar, and runs its engineering hub in Krakow, Poland, its robotics hub in Denmark, and its global customer experience center in Dubai, UAE.

You will be working on an innovative and highly scalable Tech-Powered Meal Plans solution, first in class in the healthy food industry.

+ Deep knowledge and experience with ES2015 or newer, most of the codebase is in Typescript already,

• Hands-on experience with libraries like , React, Redux, React Testing Library, Styled Components or CSS Modules,
• Knowledge of how to integrate the frontend with the backend using REST/JSON, and WebSockets,
• Understanding of how browsers work under the hood (event loop, threads in browsers),
• Experience with troubleshooting and application maintenance in production environments,
• A basic sense of UX/UI, to be able to propose visual solutions for given problems using HTML&CSS mockups,
• Good communication skills and experience in an Agile environment. We are working in teams and the most important is what we deliver to the business at the end,
• Good analytical skills, which are important, while working in a product company,
• Good command of written and spoken English as well as Polish (min B2).
• Working in the Tech Hub located in Kraków (or remotely from Poland), to help to bring frontend solutions to a whole new level of experience and reliability,
• Working with a small, experienced team of engineers,
• Working in a Product company managed by product engineers (PM frontends backends QA),
• The innovative vibe within a small and fast-moving team (~100 engineers),
• Processes based on Agile methodologies,
• Dev-friendly processes such as Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Code Review, and bug bashes,
• The constant development of your hard and soft skills (e.g. internal webinars/workshops, external conferences, technology-specific learning meetings),
• Passionate people sharing their vast product and technology experience,
• Business-oriented goals – the most important thing is what Tech Team delivers to the business at the end,
• Having a smooth start:

your leader and people team will support you from day one onwards.

Perks & Benefits

• Expanded tech stack and no legacy code
• You choose a form of employment (26 paid days off on B2B)
• ESOP – Employee Stock Option Plan
• Additional paid days off for volunteer activities
• U-Day – time for medical check-ups, examinations, or diagnosis
• Top-notch equipment: high-end MacBook Pro additional accessories
• Support for your development: 2 000 PLN growth annual budget available to every employee, internal initiatives: webinars/workshops, knowledge sharing sessions internal conferences (Kitopi Academy)
• Mentoring program
• Freedom Day – time for things you are passionate about
• Free English classes with a native speaker
• Worksmile benefit platform (private medical healthcare, Multisport card, vouchers, etc.)
• Life insurance
• Wellbeing program (psychological care, physical health, and socializing activities)
• Referral bonus
• Flextime and Flexplace:

adjust your daily schedule to your individual needs

• Great office with fruit & snacks, rented football pitch, social budget for every team & awaydays, and more

Recruitment Process and Timeline First, you apply and let our recruiters review your profile. After reviewing, you will receive a link to book a meeting with a recruiter at your convenience to share more about yourself and for us to get to know you better. If you have been shortlisted, you will have the opportunity to meet our hiring managers. Depending on the scope of the role and the function, you may need to attend 2-3 rounds (which might include case study, role-play, trial, or live coding – this will be communicated to you in the initial conversation). Upon successful completion, your recruiter will get in touch with you to discuss the offer. We aim to take you through this process within 2-3 weeks.

We are constantly striving to make Kitopi the best place to work in the world, by empowering you to be the best version of yourself every day.

Our company values act as our guiding principles to help ensure that everyone feels safe, included, and like they truly belong.

Kitopi is an equal opportunity employer. While we currently operate in 6 countries, we are over 70 different nationalities of talented Kitopians.

We celebrate our rich diverse backgrounds, lifestyles, and cultures and have a 0 tolerance policy towards racism, bigotry, and hate.

Please apply if you see a position that makes your heart skip a beat and help us build a company where we’re all proud to work for.

Along with offices in all the markets we operate in, we also believe in a “work from anywhere” policy – you get to choose the environment you operate in because we believe this will help you deliver work you’re proud of.

Tech-enabled and customer-obsessed, at Kitopi, we are a team of passionate humans who are on a mission together to satisfy the world’s appetite.