Senior Web Developer - Messaging

Hej, Truecaller is calling you from Stockholm, Sweden! Ready to pick up?

Truecaller transformed how we communicate when we launched in 2009 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Our mission is to build trust everywhere by making communication smarter, safer and more efficient. We focus on bringing smart services with big social impacts, like protecting people from fraud, harassment, and scam calls or messages. We identify new numbers from anywhere in the world and build a space for trustworthy conversations, for those that matter. Truecaller is loved by over 280 million people around the world and is growing very rapidly across regions.

Who we are:

• The world’s #1 caller ID and spam blocking service for Android and iOS.
• A team of +200 people from ~35 different nationalities, spread across our headquarters in Stockholm and offices in Bangalore, Mumbai, Gurgaon, and Nairobi.
• Backed by some of the most prominent investors in the world such as Sequoia Capital, Atomico, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

We, at the Messaging team, own everything under the messaging domain at Truecaller - building, transforming, optimizing existing and new features to make messaging more reliable and secure for our users. With over 270 million users, we currently operate one of the world's largest Instant Messaging (IM) services.

As a senior web developer, you will play a pivotal role in bringing the Truecaller IM service to a brand new Truecaller experience for the Web. Here’s an opportunity to work on something new with the guarantee that it will be used by millions the day it’s launched!

You will work closely with the Product Team to finalize the scope for Truecaller for Web, bring these requirements to life. Long term, you will be responsible for the maintenance as well as the future development of the said service.

What do we expect from you

• 5+ years of experience in Web development
• Experience in creating responsive websites using HTML and CSS/ SASS
• Experience working with frameworks such as React or Vue
• Good understanding of modern JavaScript development including application lifecycle, asynchronous server communication, and UI components
• Comfortable writing server-side code in Node.js and have experience using Web frameworks such as Express.js
• Know how to work with and configure build tools and bundlers such as webpack och rollup
• You are passionate about writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code
• Self-motivated

What will you work on

• Work with the Product team to identify requirements and execute them
• Lead design and implementation of a brand new Truecaller experience for the Web
• Write simple, understandable, testable, and efficient code with a focus on solid technical stability and great user experience

It would be great if you also have:

• Experience writing universal JavaScript applications with frameworks such as Nuxt.js or Next.js
• Experience with application state handling such as Redux
• Experience working with mobile applications
• Experience working on a product that’s used by millions of users
• Knowledge of end to end encryption; safe communication between backend and frontend and general security

Life at Truecaller - Behind the code: https://www.instagram.com/lifeattruecaller/

Sounds like your dream job?

We will fill the position as soon as we find the right candidate, so please send your application as soon as possible. We are excited to hear from you, don’t hesitate to apply!

This position is based in Stockholm, Sweden. We provide full visa sponsorship and relocation assistance for eligible candidates.

We only accept applications in English.

What we offer

• An international team - ~35 nationalities are working together!
• Competitive salary
• Medical insurance
• Learning & sharing environment
• Flexible working hours
• Exciting company parties & team activities – Running team, Geek lunch!
• Start the day with fresh fruit and cereals.
• Stay refreshed: get juice, tea, coffee, and soft drinks

Come as you are:

Truecaller is diverse, equal and inclusive. We need a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs and experiences in order to keep building our great products. No matter where you are based, which language you speak, your accent, race, religion, color, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, etc. All those things make you who you are, and that’s why we would love to meet you.