Front-end developer

At Clay we’re building the future of access control. Our front-end developers work on challenging projects to build optimal, user-friendly interfaces for our business customers. As part of our dynamic team you will contribute to a large scale, complex product and see real-time impact of your work on hundreds of thousands of users worldwide. 

Ready to grow your career and make an impact from day one? Join us and let’s win the battle against mechanical keys!

As a platform company we build world-class APIs and facilitate industry leaders to integrate cloud-based access control to their businesses. Clay’s front-end team builds logical, user-friendly interfaces for businesses building on top of our locking platform.

We aim to provide exceptional interfaces for managing business access and fulfilling customer needs.

What you'll do

Working within the Clay software development team, you will be in close collaboration with other developers as well as our UX designer, translating design into optimal interface. Everything you create should be built with quality, consistency and usability in mind.

We’re looking for front-end developers with a strong vision on what makes a great application; experienced in understanding technical designs, managing timelines, specifications as well as coding and performance tuning standards.

Technical skills and expertise

• Excellent understanding of front-end web technology stack, e.g. HTML, CSS, session management and http headers
• Experience in Agile/Scrum, good communication skills and the ability to work well in a team
• Knowledge of working with REST API’s is a bonus
• Experience with SCSS compilers: Sass/Less
• Good understanding of the JavaScript ecosystem, libraries, and tooling (ES6/7), ReactJS and Redux 

Working at Clay means becoming a ‘Brick’, and that means joining an international team of passionate professionals (we’re proud to say we have 10 nationalities in our small team of 23) who take initiative, own responsibility and share expertise. 

At Clay we live by our core values

• Innovation is in our veins; we strive for the best, we aim high.
• We communicate openly, transparently and thoughtfully.
• Each of us takes ownership and responsibility for our work.
• We lead with kindness and by example; we bring out the best in each other.
• When in doubt we act with courage, take intelligent risks and make wise decisions.
• With endless curiosity we keep learning and improving, while knowing to seek assistance for rapid advancement.
• We’re stronger together. As a team we’re passionate, collaborative, playful and proud.
• To achieve the greatest we keep it simple, take small steps and always work smart.

We expect everyone in our team to bring 

• Team spirit; enjoying working with a diverse group of people with different expertise
• A keen eye for detail; working at a fast-pace environment, managing and prioritizing goals
• A high bar for excellence and pride in work
• Eagerness to learn and investigate possibilities and applying insights from past experience
• Self-discipline, professional attitude and collaborative spirit
• Individuality and willingness to share ideas and new perspectives

Wondering what it’s like to work at Clay? 

Clay is a tight-knit team of technology lovers and innovative thinkers. Our team consists of 10 nationalities (and growing), from a wide variety of backgrounds, working on some of the most challenging problems in the access control industry.

To read some of the benefits Clay offers us check out our Careers page. But to give you some more insight into life at Clay here it goes; it’s great to have the ability to make an impact from day one, share ideas and shape the road map together. We work from our awesome office in the heart of Amsterdam, collaborate closely with Salto Systems in Spain, and serve our customers globally.

At Clay we are encouraged to build ourselves along with our fast-growing company. This can be in the form of trainings, coaching, conferences and more. We grow together! We know best is yet to come. We support each other’s curiosity; we have tech talks, hackathons and open-invite dinners to talk about our company’s road map. Everyone on this team has a voice and we’re encouraged to not only participate and speak up, but also to lead and drive.

Beware; we work hard, play hard. Don’t underestimate either of those! We are honest, love a good joke, and don’t take things personally. And as a tight-knit team, together we form the solid house that is Clay.