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Front-End Engineer

  • Hybrid
    • Gent, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium
  • R&D

Job description

About Us:

ONTOFORCE is creating intuitive data and technology solutions. We transform complex data into actionable insights, streamline drug development, and accelerate new treatments to patients. Our product, DISQOVER, is a cutting-edge platform that empowers users to navigate and extract insights from a complex knowledge graph spanning terabytes of data.



Position: Front End Engineer


Together with your team, you develop new functionality and features end-to-end: from design, over defining a good user experience, to developing and testing your features. You develop software products to help your customers and your users, and you use technology to make that happen. For you, technology is your passion, but at the same time you realize it's just a means-to-an-end. First and foremost, you want to design functionality that helps the lives of your users!

The main technologies that you will be working with are Javascript ES6, React, React hooks, TypeScript, React Query, zustand, Jest, webpack, Babel,... To build the functionality, you will have to solve the complex problem and you will expose the functionality optimized for our APIs and our user interfaces!


Your primary responsibilities include:

  • You will take challenging business problems, and come up with and build elegant, intuitive and user friendly solutions for these challenges..

  • You boost usability and effectiveness through clear and easy to understand user journeys, and designs that look and work just great.

  • Together with your Product Owner, your team and the Product Designer you are responsible for ensuring that the functionality you create is user friendly and appealing for people to use. You constantly evaluate every design on how it impacts your users.

  • You also review pull requests, ensure knowledge is shared, write maintainable code, coach and guide less experienced members…

  • You share your ideas to innovate in our technologies, our product, and our way of working

Job requirements

Our ideal colleague

  • holds a masters or bachelor degree in Computer Science/Informatics (or equal through a proven track record).

  • has experience with Javascript ES6, React, React hooks, TypeScript and React Query.

  • is  familiar with industry standard code principles like Clean Code and Clean Architecture and you have a solid grasp of common software engineering practices, like OO principles, modern design patterns, test-driven development, continuous integration and continuous deployment.

A distinct plus is knowledge of or experience in...

  • Technologies like zustand, Jest, webpack, Babel, Docker, Python, Jenkins…

  • Automated tests: for you this is essential to the quality, time to market, and confidence in your code.

  • Security: you always write code protected from things like cross site scripting, injection attacks, man-in-the-middle attacks…

  • Performance: you realize the impact that a slow performance has on your user experience and you will design and architect for optimal performance.


Our offer

  • A competitive salary, meal vouchers (€8/day), eco vouchers(€250/year), hospitalization insurance, home working allowance, net expense allowance, and optional bike or car leasing.

  • Challenging Environment: Work with a dynamic team that welcomes challenges and encourages personal and professional growth.

  • Cutting-Edge Product: Contribute to DISQOVER, our groundbreaking product that pushes the boundaries of data-linkage technology.

  • Development Opportunities: Access online learning platforms, like LinkedIn Learning, and benefit from personalized training days to enhance your skills.

  • Generous Leave Policy: Enjoy 32 paid days leave, including 12 compensation days, to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

  • Hybrid Working: Experience flexibility with a balance between remote work and office collaboration.



Making a difference through our values

  • We are one ONTOFORCE - We're united as one team working together to achieve, because the greatest splash is made with the greatest force. 

  • Your trusted partner - Through our innovative solutions and trusted team of experts, we support our customers as they carry out their science-driven missions. 

  • Let's go - It's amazing what a can-do-attitude can do. We believe in fostering an entrepreuneurial environment where everyone feels empowered to take initiative and make a difference. 

  • Free to be you - Respect and trust are foundational in everything we do: we respect everyone as unique individuals and trust each other to make the best decisions for ONTOFORCE.


Ready for a challenge @ONTOFORCE? Apply now!

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