Front-End Engineer: Build Delightful Dining Experiences

First Table Limited; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free First Table bookings

Team recognition & social events

Job summary

First Table Limited is expanding its Front-end Engineer team to enhance the diner and booking experiences across web and mobile. The role centers on building responsive, accessible interfaces using React, TypeScript and Next.js, with opportunities to contribute to the React Native/Expo app as skills grow.

You’ll collaborate with Product and Design to turn designs into polished experiences, delivering fast, high-quality UI across a high-velocity platform used in NZ, AU and the UK.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with React and TypeScript; React Native/Expo experience is a bonus, with exposure to GraphQL, analytics or design systems.
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks, ideally Next.js.
• Experience building customer-facing digital products and a genuine interest in user experience.
• Strong front-end fundamentals across responsive design, performance and accessibility.
• A good eye for UI and the ability to translate designs into polished customer experiences.
• Experience working with APIs and modern application architecture.
• A proactive approach—contribute, ask questions and move work forward.
• Strong communication and collaboration across Engineering, Product and Design.
• Experience in B2C, marketplace, ecommerce or fast-paced customer-facing environments would be valuable.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve customer-facing features across the First Table diner and booking experience.
• Develop responsive, performant and accessible experiences using React, TypeScript and Next.js.
• Turn designs into polished experiences with a strong eye for UI quality and usability.
• Work closely with Product and Design to contribute ideas, solve problems and ship improvements quickly.
• Contribute across our React Native / Expo mobile app as your experience develops.
• Build reusable components and work with APIs, GraphQL and our wider application architecture.
• Use analytics, experimentation and AI tools to understand performance, iterate and improve how we build and ship.

Skills

React

TypeScript

React Native

Next.js

UI/UX

Design systems

GraphQL

Analytics

Tools

GraphQL

Expo

Job description

First Table Limited is expanding its Front-end Engineer team to enhance the diner and booking experiences across web and mobile. The role centers on building responsive, accessible interfaces using React, TypeScript and Next.js, with opportunities to contribute to the React Native/Expo app as skills grow.

You’ll collaborate with Product and Design to turn designs into polished experiences, delivering fast, high-quality UI across a high-velocity platform used in NZ, AU and the UK.