Senior Frontend Engineer — AI-Driven, Cloud-Ready

Publicis Sapient; Canberra; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Flexible work options

Generous leave

Wellness program

Job summary

Publicis Sapient in Canberra is seeking a senior frontend engineer to turn Figma designs into pixel-perfect, responsive interfaces. You will work with design systems, contribute across the stack when needed, and prototype quickly while collaborating with client teams.

You will emphasize performance, accessibility, AI-assisted workflows, and cloud deployment on AWS/GCP/Azure. The role blends craft, collaboration, and hands-on testing across the SDLC.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering with deep expertise in modern front-end frameworks (React, Next.js, Sitecore or Angular), TS/JS (ES6+), HTML5 and CSS3.
• Translate Figma designs into pixel-accurate, responsive UIs, work with design systems and component libraries, and care about micro-interactions, motion and polish.
• REST/GraphQL API integration and contributing across the stack (Node.js, Python or Java) when needed.
• Performance & accessibility focus, optimise Core Web Vitals, bundle size, rendering performance and cross-browser behaviour, WCAG compliant.
• Rapid prototyping: convert loosely defined problems into working interactive prototypes within days.

Responsibilities

• Translate Figma designs into pixel-accurate, responsive UIs.
• Integrate with REST/GraphQL APIs and contribute across the stack (Node.js, Python, Java).
• Prototype rapidly to gather user feedback and drive iterations.
• Perform unit, component and end-to-end testing (Jest, RTL, Playwright/Cypress) and use modern build tools (Vite, Webpack, CI/CD).
• Use AI coding assistants and tooling to move faster while ensuring reliability.
• Deploy front-end apps on AWS, GCP or Azure and adapt cloud services as needed.
• Collaborate with client teams and explain trade-offs clearly to engineers and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Front-end mastery

Design-to-code

Full-stack exposure

Rapid prototyping

AI-assisted coding

Cloud deployment

Client-facing

Tools

Jest

Playwright

Vite

Webpack

CI/CD

Job description

Publicis Sapient in Canberra is seeking a senior frontend engineer to turn Figma designs into pixel-perfect, responsive interfaces. You will work with design systems, contribute across the stack when needed, and prototype quickly while collaborating with client teams.

You will emphasize performance, accessibility, AI-assisted workflows, and cloud deployment on AWS/GCP/Azure. The role blends craft, collaboration, and hands-on testing across the SDLC.