Frontend Engineer (React / Modern Web)

Luftsocial Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work environment

Job summary

Luftsocial Inc. is seeking a skilled Frontend Engineer to build fast, scalable, and visually polished web apps. You’ll collaborate with designers, backend engineers, and product managers to deliver high-quality user experiences.

The role emphasizes clean code, performance, and real users, not just making things look good. You’ll own components, hooks, and UI patterns and contribute to product UX and architecture.

Qualifications

• Solid experience with React.js
• Good understanding of component-based architecture
• Experience with state management (Context API, Redux, Zustand, etc.)
• Familiarity with modern frontend tooling (Vite, Webpack, npm/yarn)
• Experience consuming REST APIs
• Proficiency with Git and collaborative workflows
• Ability to write clean, readable, and scalable code

Responsibilities

• Build responsive, accessible, and high-performance user interfaces
• Develop and maintain applications using React.js (and modern JS frameworks)
• Translate Figma / design specs into pixel-accurate UI
• Implement reusable components, hooks, and UI patterns
• Optimize applications for speed, SEO, and scalability
• Work with REST and/or GraphQL APIs and handle async data flows
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code
• Collaborate with backend engineers to integrate APIs smoothly
• Debug and resolve UI/UX, performance, and state-management issues
• Follow best practices in version control (Git) and code reviews
• Contribute ideas to improve product UX, performance, and architecture

Skills

React.js

Component-based architecture

State management

Modern frontend tooling

REST APIs

Git & collaboration

Clean code & readability

Tools

Vite

Webpack

npm/yarn

Framer Motion

Tailwind CSS

CSS-in-JS

Job description

We are looking for a skilled Frontend Engineer who is passionate about building fast, scalable, and visually polished web applications. You’ll work closely with designers, backend engineers, and product managers to turn ideas into high-quality user experiences.

This role is for someone who cares about clean code, performance, responsiveness, and real users, not just making things “look okay.”

Responsibilities

As a Frontend Engineer, you will:

Build responsive, accessible, and high-performance user interfaces

Develop and maintain applications using React.js (and modern JS frameworks)

Translate Figma / design specs into pixel-accurate UI

Implement reusable components, hooks, and UI patterns

Optimize applications for speed, SEO, and scalability

Work with REST and/or GraphQL APIs and handle async data flows

Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code

Collaborate with backend engineers to integrate APIs smoothly

Debug and resolve UI/UX, performance, and state-management issues

Follow best practices in version control (Git) and code reviews

Contribute ideas to improve product UX, performance, and architecture

Requirements

test reqRequired Skills & Qualifications

You must have:

Solid experience with React.js

Good understanding of component-based architecture

Experience with state management (Context API, Redux, Zustand, etc.)

Familiarity with modern frontend tooling (Vite, Webpack, npm/yarn)

Experience consuming REST APIs

Proficiency with Git and collaborative workflows

Ability to write clean, readable, and scalable code

Nice to Have (Bonus Skills)

Not required, but a big plus:

Experience with Next.js

TypeScript knowledge

Familiarity with Tailwind CSS or CSS-in-JS

Dark mode theming experience

Experience with animations (Framer Motion, GSAP)

Basic understanding of Node.js / backend concepts

Experience working with CMSs (Contentful, Sanity, Strapi)

Knowledge of testing tools (Jest, React Testing Library)

SEO and accessibility (a11y) awareness

What We’re Looking For (Mindset)

Strong attention to detail

Ability to work independently and meet deadlines

Willingness to learn and adapt fast

Product-focused thinking (not just “code-first”)

Someone who takes ownership of features, not just tasks

What You’ll Get

Opportunity to work on real-world, production applications

Flexible work environment (remote/hybrid depending on company)

Room for growth into Senior Frontend or Full-Stack roles

Collaboration with a motivated, modern engineering team

Competitive compensation based on experience