smartlyio

Helsinki

Fullstack Engineer (Creative Editor)

FULL TIME ON-SITE MID
Posted 4 months ago

Quick Summary

Role Overview

This role is for an ambitious backend-oriented Fullstack Engineer to join the Editor team as a Software Engineer. You will be at the forefront of transforming the company's creative production tooling. The Editor team builds the engine that brings advertising to life, providing essential tools for scaling creative post-production.

Key Responsibilities

  • Own features from technical design to completion, ensuring clean code and best practices.
  • Work fluently with Product Managers and Designers, actively supporting product discovery.
  • Drive your own work independently, prioritizing tasks effectively to ensure steady progress.
  • Contribute to technical planning, mapping how new features fit into the frontend monorepo.
  • Be self-sufficient in large areas of the codebase, understanding Editor connections to other components.
  • Solicit feedback and drive continuous improvement in personal growth and team ways of working.

Requirements Snapshot

  • Minimum 3 years of experience building web applications with a strong frontend focus.
  • Solid expertise in React and TypeScript is required for immediate productivity.
  • A self-driven mindset with the ability to manage time and prioritize work independently.
  • Strong collaborative skills are essential for working with Product and UX teams.
  • Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English are necessary.

Expected Impact

As a Software Engineer, you will be central to enabling the world's largest brands to scale creative post-production and turn single designs into global campaigns. Your work will directly influence customer success by providing robust tools for designing, animating, and scaling millions of assets. You will contribute to mastering complex state management and high-performance canvas-based interactions, significantly impacting the platform's capabilities and business growth.

This summary was generated from the original job posting (AI-assisted, human-reviewed). For full details, see the description below.

Job Description

Are you an ambitious Fullstack Engineer ready to take on new challenges and grow exceptionally in your career? Join our team Editor as a Software Engineer and be at the forefront of transforming our Creative production tooling!

About the Team:

Smartly proudly houses Editor, the creative heart of our platform. We build the engine that brings advertising to life, providing the essential tools for scaling creative post-production through image, video, and HTML templates. Our customers rely on our creative production tooling to design, animate, and scale millions of assets, and your future team will be placed in the center of all of this effort.

We are a Helsinki based group of experts passionate about solving high-level frontend challenges. Our squad enables the world's largest brands to turn a single design into a global campaign by mastering complex state management and high-performance canvas-based interactions. We are tech-agnostic at heart but rely heavily on React and TypeScript to build a seamless and powerful design experience. We are constantly looking for ways to improve and are dedicated to taking our product and our craft to the next level.

Check out our Engineering at Smartly site to learn how our engineering and product development work.

As a Software Engineer, You Will:

  • Own features from technical design to completion, ensuring that your code is clean and follows best practices.
  • Work fluently with Product Managers and Designers, actively supporting the product discovery process and identifying potential issues with requirements early on.
  • Drive your own work independently, prioritizing tasks effectively to ensure steady progress on stories and team goals.
  • Contribute to technical planning, helping the team map out how new features fit into our frontend monorepo and core packages.
  • Be self-sufficient in large areas of our codebase, while maintaining a high-level understanding of how the Editor connects to other components.
  • Solicit feedback and drive continuous improvement, both in your personal growth and in the team’s overall ways of working.

What We’re Looking For:

  • Minimum of 3 years of experience building web applications, with a strong focus on frontend development and clean code.
  • Solid expertise in React and TypeScript, with the ability to be productive and deliver high-quality work immediately.
  • A self-driven mindset, with the ability to manage your own time and prioritize work without needing constant oversight.
  • Strong collaborative skills, enjoying the process of working with Product and UX to bridge the gap between design and technical implementation.
  • An eagerness to learn and improve, showing a track record of learning from mistakes and applying best practices to your work.
  • Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English
  • Ability to work in a hybrid capacity from our Helsinki office 3 days a week.

What We Offer You:

  • Inclusive Culture: Join a team of over 850 Smartlies representing more than 60 nationalities across 24 locations in 13 countries, we foster a culture built on trust, transparency, and open feedback.
  • Global Impact: Be part of a company making a global impact, directly influencing our customers and business growth.
  • Wellbeing Focus: Enjoy generous healthcare packages, mental health services, and a healthy work-life balance with paid holidays and family leave.
  • Total Rewards: Benefit from equity options, performance-based rewards, competitive compensation, and ample career development opportunities.
  • Hybrid Workplace: We work in a hybrid model, balancing office and remote work, with the option to work abroad for up to 30 days.

Smartly is committed to being the best place to work for growth-minded individuals to thrive - explore more in our Culture Handbook!

What to Expect from Our Recruitment Experience:

  • Meet your Recruiter: Get to know each other and learn about working at Smartly.
  • Meet the Team Lead: Gain deeper insights into your future team.
  • Meet the Team in Technical Interviews: Engage in an interactive coding interview followed by a discussion around Systems Design and Architecture.
  • Meet the Leadership in a Final Meeting: A brief discussion with our VP of Engineering.

Apply Now and Shape Your Future with Smartly!

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About Smartly

Smartly is the AI-powered advertising technology company transforming ad experiences for brands and their consumers. Our comprehensive advertising platform seamlessly integrates the capabilities of media, creative, and intelligence to power more than 800 billion impressions and generate more than 300 billion creatives annually, delivering tangible business outcomes for brands and advertisers.

Smartly is the only company in the industry recognized as a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Creative Advertising Technologies with PwC validating the results it delivers for brands. We manage creative and media for 700+ brands worldwide and $6B in ad spend across the largest media platforms, including Facebook, Google, Instagram, Pinterest, Snap, and TikTok. Our end-to-end technology, unmatched access to media platforms and exceptional customer service help Fortune 500 brands to reach and engage consumers and learn what performs best.Smartly is a multinational and diverse team of 750+ Smartlies from 60+ nationalities, working in 13 countries. Together, we want to create and maintain an inclusive environment where everyone feels respected and heard. Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion approach is at the heart of it.

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