Senior Frontend Engineer (Benelux)

Lateral Group; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lateral Group is seeking a senior front-end engineer to build robust React experiences in a distributed, product-led environment. The role blends hands-on UI craft with technical leadership and collaboration across teams to improve performance, accessibility, and developer experience.

You will design reusable components, lead end-to-end front-end work, and contribute to front-end best practices while ensuring fast, accessible interfaces across devices.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience building production front-end applications with React and modern JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Strong sense of UI craft, including reusable component design, responsive layout, and accessibility fundamentals.
• Comfort working asynchronously with designers, back-end developers, product, and external clients.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects end-to-end and make sound technical decisions independently.
• Practical experience optimizing front-end performance and resolving cross-browser issues.
• Comfort in a self-managed, distributed setup with shifting priorities and ongoing iteration.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain front-end features in React with modern JavaScript or TypeScript, building reusable UI components and polished, responsive interfaces.
• Collaborate closely with designers, back-end developers, and product managers in an asynchronous workflow, communicating directly with clients to clarify requirements and demo work.
• Lead projects from concept through completion, making technical decisions, outlining implementation plans, and driving them through to deployment.
• Introduce and advocate for new front-end best practices that meaningfully raise the bar for the team and product.
• Profile and optimize page load, animations, and browser-specific behavior to deliver fast, accessible, reliable experiences.
• Contribute to build tooling, component libraries, and shared front-end standards while helping debug production issues.

Skills

React

JavaScript/TypeScript

UI Craft

Accessibility

Leadership

Async Collaboration

Job description

Role overview

A senior front-end engineering role focused on crafting high-quality React experiences within a distributed, product-led environment. The position combines hands-on UI craft with technical leadership, async collaboration, and a continuous drive to improve performance, accessibility, and developer experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain front-end features in React with modern JavaScript or TypeScript, building reusable UI components and polished, responsive interfaces.
• Collaborate closely with designers, back-end developers, and product managers in an asynchronous workflow, communicating directly with clients to clarify requirements and demo work.
• Lead projects from concept through completion, making technical decisions, outlining implementation plans, and driving them through to deployment.
• Introduce and advocate for new front-end best practices that meaningfully raise the bar for the team and product.
• Profile and optimize page load, animations, and browser-specific behavior to deliver fast, accessible, reliable experiences.
• Contribute to build tooling, component libraries, and shared front-end standards while helping debug production issues.

Requirements

• Senior-level experience building production front-end applications with React and modern JavaScript or TypeScript.
• Strong sense of UI craft, including reusable component design, responsive layout, and accessibility fundamentals.
• Comfort working asynchronously with designers, back-end developers, product, and external clients.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects end-to-end and make sound technical decisions independently.
• Practical experience optimizing front-end performance and resolving cross-browser issues.
• Comfort in a self-managed, distributed setup with shifting priorities and ongoing iteration.

Nice to have

• Experience improving build pipelines or adopting new UI approaches in a front-end codebase.
• Background contributing to shared component libraries or design systems.