Frontend Architect

Software Technology Inc.; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Technology Inc. in Austin, TX is hiring a Frontend Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable web apps using React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Kubernetes.

You will work on consumer-facing UI, contribute to design systems, integrate GraphQL/REST, and own parts of the CI/CD pipeline with CircleCI and Docker.

This role emphasizes performance, accessibility, and collaboration with backend teams to ship reliable features.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of frontend engineering, with strong React and TypeScript.
• Experience with Next.js or other server-side rendering.
• GraphQL client and REST integration.
• Build tooling (Webpack, Babel or Vite) and state-management patterns.
• Testing with Jest and React Testing Library, plus E2E testing with Playwright or Cypress.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (CircleCI, GitHub Actions or similar) and containerized deployment (Docker) to Kubernetes (K8s).
• Hands-on Kubernetes basics: reading pod logs, tuning Helm values, ArgoCD sync status.

Responsibilities

• Consumer UI: Build fast, responsive experiences for home buyers, sellers and renters as Next.js micro-frontends.
• Components and design system: Build reusable components and contribute to shared design system.
• Data integration: Consume GraphQL and REST APIs, handle errors and loading states.
• Performance and accessibility: Own Core Web Vitals, SEO-friendly rendering and WCAG 2.1 AA compliance.
• Experimentation: Implement A/B tests and analytics tracking.
• Standards: Maintain Storybook, testing, linting and code reviews; mentor peers.
• Ship and monitor: Own CI/CD pipeline and containerized deployment to Kubernetes via Helm and ArgoCD.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Next.js

GraphQL

REST APIs

CI/CD

Testing

Kubernetes

Docker

Web performance

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

CircleCI

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Helm

Playwright

Cypress

Storybook

Webpack

Vite

Job description

Location: Austin, TX ( 3-5 days work form office)

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Frontend Engineer with strong expertise in React.js, TypeScript, Next.js, and Kubernetes to design, develop, and maintain scalable, responsive, and high-performance consumer-facing web applications.

Responsibilities

• Consumer UI: Build fast, responsive, accessible experiences for home buyers, sellers and renters, such as search, listing details, saved homes and lead forms, as Next.js micro-frontends (web islands).
• Components and design system: Build reusable components and contribute to realtor.com's shared design system and component library.
• Data integration: Consume GraphQL (from a federated supergraph) and REST APIs, and handle errors and loading states.
• Performance and accessibility: Own Core Web Vitals, SEO-friendly rendering and WCAG 2.1 AA compliance.
• Experimentation: Implement A/B tests and analytics tracking.
• Standards: Maintain Storybook, testing, linting and code reviews. Mentor peers, and work with backend engineers on API contracts.
• Ship and monitor: Own your micro-frontend's CI/CD pipeline (CircleCI) and its containerized deployment to Kubernetes (AWS EKS) via Helm and ArgoCD, following the platform team's paved paths and golden templates. Track real-user performance and errors in New Relic.

Must have

• 4+ years of frontend engineering, with strong React and TypeScript.
• Experience with Next.js or other server-side rendering.
• GraphQL client and REST integration.
• Build tooling (Webpack, Babel or Vite) and state-management patterns.
• Testing with Jest and React Testing Library, plus E2E testing with Playwright or Cypress.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (CircleCI, GitHub Actions or similar) and containerized deployment (Docker) to Kubernetes (K8s).
• Hands-on Kubernetes (K8s) basics for your own app: reading pod logs, tuning Helm values, checking ArgoCD sync status and rolling back a bad release.

Good to have

• CSS-in-JS (e.g. styled-components) and design-system contributions.
• Real-estate or marketplace domain experience; React Native.
• Micro-frontends, Nx or Lerna monorepos, Storybook.
• Modernizing legacy frontends; SEO for server-rendered pages.
• Experience working on an internal developer platform / paved-path model (standard Helm charts, service templates, self-service deployments).

Experimentation and analytics tooling (Amplitude, Optimizely).

Skills To Be Evaluated On

micro frontend,storybook,design systems,css in js,nx,lerna,react native,node js,legacy modernization,seo,new relic,splunk,Amplitude,Optimizely,Marketplace Domain