Senior Frontend Engineer

Pay

Market related

Type

Contract · remote / hybrid

Experience

5–10 years

Level

Senior

Sector

IT & Internet

Closes

in 19 days

Employer

FrostByte · All jobs at FrostByte

About the role

The role will take ownership of significant frontend initiatives, help shape platform architecture and establish patterns that support consistent delivery across the engineering team. The successful candidate must be able to make sound technical decisions, explain trade-offs clearly and guide other engineers while remaining actively involved in delivery.

• Design, build and maintain complex frontend applications using React.
• Take ownership of major technical initiatives from initial concept through delivery.
• Help shape frontend architecture and define scalable patterns for the team.
• Make technical decisions and communicate reasoning, risks and trade-offs.
• Contribute to the modernisation and long-term technical direction of an established platform.
• Identify and address technical risks, dependencies and technical debt.
• Review code and promote consistent design, testing and engineering standards.
• Improve application performance, reliability and maintainability.
• Work with backend engineers and APIs to maintain clean system boundaries.
• Investigate complex technical problems and drive them to resolution.
• Provide practical guidance and mentorship to intermediate engineers.
• Contribute to technical discussions, knowledge sharing and delivery planning.

What they're looking for

• At least 7 years of professional software development experience, including senior-level delivery responsibility.
• Strong hands-on experience with React and modern JavaScript and or TypeScript.
• Experience designing frontend architecture for large or complex applications.
• Strong understanding of component architecture, state management and application structure.
• Experience integrating frontend applications with APIs and backend services.
• Strong knowledge of testing, performance and maintainability principles.
• Strong Git, code review and collaborative engineering experience.
• Ability to make independent technical decisions and explain trade-offs clearly.
• Experience owning projects or substantial technical workstreams from idea through delivery.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, mentoring and communication skills.
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field is preferred.

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