Front End Developer – React / UX

Solas IT Recruitment; Galway; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Solas IT Recruitment is seeking a hands-on Front End Developer to join a growing Product and Engineering team in Galway. You will apply React and TypeScript skills with a solid UX/UI and design-systems understanding to deliver production-ready front-end features.

In an Agile environment, you will translate concepts and wireframes into polished interfaces, build reusable components, and ensure accessibility and responsive design across web and mobile applications.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience in Front-End Development, UX Engineering, Product Design or a similar technical role.

Responsibilities

• Design and build intuitive, user-centred experiences across web and mobile applications.
• Work closely with Product Managers, UX Designers, Software Engineers and stakeholders to translate user requirements into effective solutions.
• Create user journeys, wireframes, prototypes, mock-ups and high-fidelity UI designs.
• Build and maintain reusable front-end components.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of design systems and component libraries.
• Ensure designs are accurately translated into production-ready applications.
• Champion accessibility, usability, responsive design and inclusive design best practices.
• Conduct user research and usability testing and use customer feedback to improve the user experience.
• Use AI-assisted development and design tools to improve productivity and accelerate delivery.
• Participate throughout the Agile software development lifecycle.
• Contribute to continuous improvements across front-end engineering and UX practices.

Skills

React

TypeScript

UX Design

UI Design

Design Systems

Accessibility

Responsive Design

Agile

Communication

Portfolio

Tools

Figma

Git

GitHub Copilot

Claude

Figma AI

Azure DevOps

CI/CD

Design tokens

Job description

My client are seeking a hands-on Front End Developer to join a growing Product and Engineering team in Galway. This role is ideal for someone with strong React and TypeScript development experience who also has a solid understanding of UX, UI design and design systems.

You will work within an Agile team, taking user-facing features from initial concepts, research and wireframes through to polished, production-ready front-end code.

The Role

• Design and build intuitive, user-centred experiences across web and mobile applications.
• Work closely with Product Managers, UX Designers, Software Engineers and stakeholders to translate user requirements into effective solutions.
• Create user journeys, wireframes, prototypes, mock-ups and high-fidelity UI designs.
• Build and maintain reusable front-end components.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of design systems and component libraries.
• Ensure designs are accurately translated into production-ready applications.
• Champion accessibility, usability, responsive design and inclusive design best practices.
• Conduct user research and usability testing and use customer feedback to improve the user experience.
• Use AI-assisted development and design tools to improve productivity and accelerate delivery.
• Participate throughout the Agile software development lifecycle.
• Contribute to continuous improvements across front-end engineering and UX practices.

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years' experience in Front-End Development, UX Engineering, Product Design or a similar technical role.
• Experience designing and building modern, production-ready web applications.
• Strong understanding of UX principles, interaction design, information architecture and visual design.
• Experience creating wireframes, user flows, prototypes and high-fidelity designs using Figma or similar tools.
• Experience developing and working with component-based design systems and reusable UI libraries.
• Good understanding of responsive web development and modern UI frameworks.
• Knowledge of WCAG accessibility standards and inclusive design practices.
• Experience working within cross-functional Agile teams.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A portfolio demonstrating both UX/UI design and front-end implementation.
• React Native or mobile-first development/design experience.
• Azure DevOps, Git and CI/CD.
• Experience using AI tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, Figma AI or similar development/design tools.
• Design tokens, accessibility testing and front-end performance optimisation