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How to Apply for Senior Frontend Engineer - Catalog (f/m/x) — remote

at refurbed

🏢 About refurbed

Refurbed is a mission-driven company focused on making high-quality refurbished tech accessible while reducing electronic waste. Their 'save the planet' ethos combines environmental impact with consumer tech, creating a unique B2C marketplace where engineering directly supports sustainability goals. Working here means contributing to both technical excellence and positive environmental change.

About This Role

This Senior Frontend Engineer role specifically owns the Catalog and Delivery/Returns flows using Vue and TypeScript, with direct impact on SEO, conversion rates, and post-purchase experience. You'll be modernizing legacy code while improving Core Web Vitals and collaborating across backend, platform, and design teams to enhance the component library and overall UX performance.

💡 A Day in the Life

You might start by reviewing performance metrics for the catalog pages, then pair with a backend engineer to refine API contracts for a new delivery feature. After lunch, you'd refactor a legacy Vue component to improve accessibility scores, then collaborate with designers on the component library before ending the day mentoring a junior engineer on TypeScript best practices.

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🎯 Who refurbed Is Looking For

  • Has 6+ years building customer-facing Vue applications with TypeScript and can demonstrate specific improvements to Core Web Vitals metrics
  • Possesses hands-on accessibility experience and can articulate how semantic HTML/CSS impacts both SEO and user experience
  • Has evolved frontend architectures (state management, routing) and modernized legacy systems through refactoring
  • Is a strong communicator who enjoys mentoring engineers and collaborating with PMs, designers, and backend teams on API boundaries

📝 Tips for Applying to refurbed

1

Quantify your Core Web Vitals improvements (e.g., 'reduced LCP by 40%' or 'improved CLS score from 0.25 to 0.05') with specific metrics

2

Highlight any e-commerce or marketplace experience, especially with catalog systems, delivery flows, or post-purchase experiences

3

Showcase Vue 3/TypeScript projects and mention specific architectural decisions around state management (Pinia/Vuex) and component libraries

4

Demonstrate how you've collaborated with backend teams on API contracts or worked within design systems

5

Reference refurbed's sustainability mission and how your technical work could support their environmental goals

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

["Your experience with Vue-based catalog systems and how you've improved conversion rates through frontend optimizations", 'Specific examples of modernizing legacy codebases while maintaining business functionality', "How you've mentored engineers or contributed to frontend standards in previous roles", "Why refurbed's mission resonates with you and how your skills align with their sustainability-focused tech platform"]

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Explore refurbed's marketplace interface - test their catalog filtering, product pages, and checkout flow to identify potential UX improvements
  • → Research their tech stack through engineering blog posts or GitHub repositories (if public) to understand their current architecture
  • → Understand their European market presence and how localization might impact frontend decisions
  • → Learn about their sustainability metrics and how technology supports their environmental claims

💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Deep dive into your Vue/TypeScript architecture decisions for a catalog or e-commerce system
2 How you'd approach improving Core Web Vitals for their specific product pages and checkout flows
3 Collaboration scenarios: working with backend teams on API design or with designers on component library implementation
4 Accessibility implementation strategies for a marketplace serving diverse European customers
5 Modernization strategies for legacy Vue code while maintaining SEO and conversion metrics
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Focusing only on React/Angular experience without strong Vue/TypeScript examples
  • Generic performance optimization talk without specific Core Web Vitals metrics or e-commerce context
  • Presenting as purely an individual contributor without mentoring or collaboration examples with non-engineering teams

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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