React / Next.js Front-End Engineer

Softadom; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Softadom is seeking a frontend engineer focused on shipping modern frontends for performance, SEO, and long-term maintainability. The engineer owns complete feature slices, spanning route structure, data fetching strategies, loading states, forms, and analytics instrumentation.

Success requires fluency in the React ecosystem and a careful approach to the trade-offs between server and client rendering. You will collaborate with design and backend peers, build interfaces with Tailwind CSS,

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in React and Next.js, with practical understanding of server components versus client components.
• Fluency in TypeScript across application code.
• Experience integrating REST/JSON APIs and handling auth tokens or cookies safely.
• Working knowledge of Tailwind CSS for building responsive interfaces.
• Comfort owning features independently while collaborating with design and backend peers.

Responsibilities

• Own feature slices end-to-end, from routing and data fetching through loading states and form behavior.
• Implement analytics instrumentation that captures meaningful user interactions without bloating the bundle.
• Integrate REST or JSON APIs, handling authentication cookies and tokens securely on both client and server.
• Build interfaces with Tailwind CSS, leveraging utility classes to keep styling consistent and maintainable.
• Write tests where they add real confidence, and profile before optimizing rather than guessing.
• Communicate proactively when scope, UX details, or technical constraints appear ambiguous.

Skills

React

Next.js

TypeScript

Performance optimization

Tools

Tailwind CSS

REST APIs

Analytics instrumentation

Testing tools

Job description

Role overview

This role focuses on shipping modern frontends for clients who prioritize performance, SEO, and long-term maintainability. The engineer owns complete feature slices, spanning route structure, data fetching strategies, loading states, forms, and analytics instrumentation. Success requires fluency in the React ecosystem and a careful approach to the trade-offs between server and client rendering.

Responsibilities

• Own feature slices end-to-end, from routing and data fetching through loading states and form behavior.


• Implement analytics instrumentation that captures meaningful user interactions without bloating the bundle.


• Integrate REST or JSON APIs, handling authentication cookies and tokens securely on both client and server.


• Build interfaces with Tailwind CSS, leveraging utility classes to keep styling consistent and maintainable.


• Write tests where they add real confidence, and profile before optimizing rather than guessing.


• Communicate proactively when scope, UX details, or technical constraints appear ambiguous.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in React and Next.js, including practical understanding of server components versus client components.


• Fluency in TypeScript across application code.


• Awareness of common hydration pitfalls and how to avoid them.


• Experience integrating REST or JSON APIs and handling auth tokens or cookies safely.


• Working knowledge of Tailwind CSS for building responsive interfaces.


• Comfort owning features independently while collaborating with design and backend peers.

Nice to have

• SEO-aware rendering patterns and performance optimization experience.


• Familiarity with testing tools that add confidence without slowing iteration.