FrontEnd Developer React Tailwind CSS API Integrations

Apploi; Woodcliff Lake (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Apploi in the United States seeks a talented Front-End Developer with strong React and Tailwind CSS experience to help build modern, high-performance web applications.

You will develop scalable, user-friendly interfaces that integrate seamlessly with external APIs and third-party services, collaborating with back-end teams and contributing to code quality through reviews and best-practice development.

Qualifications

• Strong English communication skills and ability to speak clearly.
• Proficient with React (Hooks, functional components, state management).
• Experience with Tailwind CSS and responsive layouts.
• Experience consuming RESTful APIs and handling JSON payloads.
• Familiarity with authentication headers, CORS, and error handling.
• Experience integrating third-party services (payments, webhooks).
• Knowledge of modular architecture and reusable components.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable, high-performance front-end using React and Tailwind CSS.
• Integrate with external REST APIs and third-party services.
• Collaborate with back-end and design teams to deliver cohesive UX.
• Write clean, maintainable code and participate in code reviews.
• Optimize for performance (lazy loading, code splitting).
• Maintain environment configurations and secure .env usage.

Skills

React

Tailwind CSS

JavaScript/TypeScript

RESTful API

Git & Version Control

Build Tools (Vite)

Tools

Vite

Git

Job description

IMMEDIATE HIRE – IN-OFFICE POSITION

Candidates must have strong English communication skills and be able to speak clearly and be easily understood.

Are you passionate about building modern, high-performance web applications? We're looking for a talented Front-End Developer with strong React and Tailwind CSS experience to help develop scalable, user-friendly applications that integrate seamlessly with external APIs and third-party services.

What You'll Bring

Required Technical Skills

React

• Strong proficiency in React (Hooks, Custom Hooks, Functional Components, State Management, and Component Architecture).

Tailwind CSS

• Mastery of utility-first CSS styling
• Responsive layout design
• Theme customization
• Reusable component styling

JavaScript / TypeScript

• Solid foundation in modern ECMAScript (ES6+)
• Asynchronous programming (Async/Await, Promises)

API & Backend Integration

RESTful API Consumption

• Proven experience fetching data from and sending data to external REST APIs
• Handling JSON payloads
• Understanding standard error response codes
• Managing CORS
• Implementing authentication header strategies

External Third-Party APIs

• Track record of integrating third-party services such as:

• Authentication providers

• Payment gateways

• Webhooks

• Experience handling rate limiting, API keys, and error states gracefully

Scalability & Architecture

Modular Architecture

• Ability to structure scalable and maintainable project directory layouts
• Write clean, reusable components

Extensibility & Adaptability

• Experience integrating new libraries, state management tools, and UI utilities as applications scale

Build Tools & Performance

• Familiarity with modern build tools (e.g., Vite)
• Web performance optimization techniques, including:

• Lazy loading

• Code splitting

Development Practices & Collaboration

Git & Version Control

• Proficiency with Git workflows
• Branching strategies
• Pull requests
• Code reviews

Environment Configuration

• Experience managing environment variables (.env) securely across:

• Development

• Staging

• Production environments