Senior Front-End Engineer — WordPress & React (Remote)

Switch; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote opportunities

Flexible work options

Generous benefits package

Job summary

Switch is seeking a Senior Front End Software Engineer specializing in WordPress to design, build, and maintain public-facing websites and internal apps. You will lead front end decisions, mentor teammates, and collaborate with design, product, and QA to deliver secure, high-performing digital experiences.

You will translate UX/UI designs into production-ready code, optimize performance, and contribute to design system development while leveraging modern tooling like React, TypeScript, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience
• Typically 7–10 years of professional front end software engineering experience
• Expert knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, WordPress and Divi
• Experience with modern front end frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue or similar
• Experience translating UX and UI designs into production-ready applications
• Experience leading front end technical decisions and contributing to application architecture
• Strong knowledge of responsive design, accessibility standards, WCAG, semantic HTML and cross-browser compatibility
• Experience integrating applications with RESTful APIs, GraphQL and third party services
• Experience optimizing web performance using modern front end techniques
• Experience with build tools such as Vite, Webpack, Rollup, npm, Yarn or pnpm
• Experience with automated testing using Jest, Vitest, Cypress, Playwright or similar
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Experience collaborating with designers, project managers, developers, QA engineers and stakeholders
• Experience using AI tools to improve productivity, communication and software delivery

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain high performance web applications and websites using WordPress and modern front end technologies
• Translate UX and UI designs into responsive, accessible production-ready code
• Partner with designers, project managers and stakeholders to deliver web solutions that meet business and brand objectives
• Provide technical leadership for front end development including estimating work, identifying risks and contributing to architecture decisions
• Build reusable components and maintain design systems that improve consistency and scalability
• Integrate front end applications with RESTful APIs, GraphQL services and third party platforms
• Optimize application performance through code splitting, lazy loading, caching and Core Web Vitals best practices
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, coding standards and implementation guidelines
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across browsers, devices and environments
• Mentor developers by sharing knowledge, reviewing code and promoting engineering best practices
• Provide project updates through Asana and communicate progress, risks and dependencies with stakeholders
• Explore and adopt AI tools that improve development workflows, productivity, code quality and collaboration

Skills

React

WordPress

TypeScript

HTML5

CSS3

PHP

UI/UX translation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

WordPress

Divi

Vite

Webpack

NPM/Yarn

Job description

Switch is seeking a Senior Front End Software Engineer specializing in WordPress to design, build, and maintain public-facing websites and internal apps. You will lead front end decisions, mentor teammates, and collaborate with design, product, and QA to deliver secure, high-performing digital experiences.

You will translate UX/UI designs into production-ready code, optimize performance, and contribute to design system development while leveraging modern tooling like React, TypeScript, and