PP – FrontEnd Engineer – Job5756
Summary
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Web Front-End Engineer to join our dynamic team and play a pivotal role in developing and maintaining a high-performance, responsive web application. This role is critical to delivering an exceptional user experience by leveraging modern front-end technologies, primarily React, while collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in front-end development, a strong understanding of back-end technologies, and a passion for quality through rigorous testing and debugging. This position offers the opportunity to influence the full software development lifecycle and contribute to the continuous improvement of our product and engineering practices.
Responsibilities
- Independently design, develop, and maintain scalable and performant web applications using React, ensuring seamless user experiences across devices.
- Utilize advanced debugging techniques to identify, analyze, and resolve front-end issues efficiently, minimizing downtime and improving application stability.
- Collaborate closely with other engineers through thorough code reviews, sharing knowledge and best practices to maintain high code quality and consistency.
- Support release activities by troubleshooting issues, ensuring smooth deployments, and providing timely fixes during production rollouts.
- Contribute to the full stack by applying a solid understanding of back-end technologies, particularly Node.js and Express, to enhance integration and overall system performance.
- Implement comprehensive unit and functional testing strategies using React Testing Library and other testing tools to ensure application reliability, maintainability, and performance.
- Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in front-end development to continuously improve the application and development processes.
- Participate in agile ceremonies and collaborate with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to deliver features that meet business goals and user needs.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to building a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence within the team.
Requirements
Must-Have Skills
- JavaScript: Expert-level proficiency in JavaScript, including ES6features, asynchronous programming, and modern development patterns, enabling the creation of efficient and maintainable code.
- React: Extensive experience with React for building complex, component-driven user interfaces. Deep understanding of React’s lifecycle, virtual DOM, and performance optimization techniques.
- React Hooks: Proficient in using React Hooks to manage state and side effects in functional components, promoting cleaner and more reusable code.
- Unit Testing: Strong skills in writing unit tests to validate individual components and functions, ensuring code correctness and facilitating refactoring.
- Functional Testing: Experience with functional testing methodologies to verify that the application behaves as expected from the user’s perspective.
- React Testing Library: Hands-on experience with React Testing Library to write maintainable and effective tests that simulate real user interactions.
- Debugging: Advanced debugging skills to quickly identify and fix front-end issues using browser developer tools, performance profiling, and error tracking systems.
- Node.js: Solid understanding of Node.js to support full-stack development, enabling better collaboration with back-end teams and contributing to server-side logic when needed.
- Express: Familiarity with Express framework to comprehend and interact with RESTful APIs and middleware, enhancing integration between front-end and back-end services.
- Work Fullstack Across Web Applications: Ability to work across the full stack of web applications, understanding both front-end and back-end technologies.
Nice-to-Have Skills
- CSS: Strong knowledge of CSS, including modern layout techniques (Flexbox, Grid), responsive design principles, and preprocessors like SASS or LESS, to create visually appealing and accessible interfaces.
- Apollo GraphQL: Experience with Apollo GraphQL client for managing data fetching and state management in React applications, improving efficiency and developer experience.