Senior Front-End Engineer — WordPress (Remote)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible & remote opportunities

Generous benefits

Karma culture

Job summary

Switch is seeking a Senior Front-End Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain WordPress-powered public and internal websites. You will lead front-end decisions, mentor teammates, and help establish scalable engineering practices within the Branding Department.

You’ll collaborate with designers, project managers, and developers to deliver high-performance, accessible web experiences, leveraging modern frameworks, REST/GraphQL integrations, and AI-assisted workflows to improve productivity.

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.
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, Vue, or similar.
• Experience translating UX/UI designs into production-ready applications.
• Experience leading front-end technical decisions and contributing to architecture.
• 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.

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 and stakeholders to deliver web solutions that meet business objectives.
• Provide technical leadership for front-end development and architecture decisions.
• Build reusable components and maintain design systems for consistency and scalability.
• Integrate front-end apps with RESTful APIs, GraphQL services, and third-party platforms.
• Optimize performance with code splitting, lazy loading, caching, and Core Web Vitals best practices.
• Mentor developers and promote engineering best practices.

Skills

React

Angular

Vue.js

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

Testing

Performance

Build tools

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS

Tools

Vite

Webpack

Rollup

npm

Yarn

pnpm

Jest

Vitest

Cypress

Playwright

Job description

Switch is seeking a Senior Front-End Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain WordPress-powered public and internal websites. You will lead front-end decisions, mentor teammates, and help establish scalable engineering practices within the Branding Department.

You’ll collaborate with designers, project managers, and developers to deliver high-performance, accessible web experiences, leveraging modern frameworks, REST/GraphQL integrations, and AI-assisted workflows to improve productivity.