Senior Frontend Engineer (React / TypeScript)

Silpa Consulting LLC; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Silpa Companies, LLC is hiring a Senior Frontend Engineer to join client engagements that center on production React applications at non-trivial scale. You will embed with client engineering teams, ship features end-to-end, lead component design reviews, and own accessibility, performance, and testability.

This senior IC role expects you to raise the bar for the engagement team, mentor mid-level engineers, and advocate for robust frontend standards.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional frontend engineering experience.
• 4+ years of React experience.
• Hands-on accessibility experience including WCAG 2.1 AA.
• Experience shipping production React applications at non-trivial scale.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement production React applications using TypeScript.
• Lead component-design reviews and own frontend ADRs.
• Build accessible UI to WCAG 2.1 AA and partner with QA on accessibility testing.
• Build performance practices including Core Web Vitals targets and regression prevention.
• Build testing practices across unit, integration, and end-to-end (Playwright, Cypress).
• Partner with backend on API contracts and frontend-backend integration patterns.
• Lead code review and uphold frontend standards; mentor junior engineers.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Accessibility

WCAG 2.1 AA

Performance optimization

End-to-end testing

Playwright

Cypress

Mentoring

Code reviews

APIs

Frontend architecture

Tools

Playwright

Cypress

Job description

Software Engineering Contract-to-Hire Remote

Location Houston, Texas Posted Aug 12, 2026

Compensation Contract rate commensurate with experience and engagement scope.

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Silpa Companies, LLC is a national IT consulting and staffing firm empowering organizations across multiple industries through a blend of AI adoption, Master Data Management, Data and Analytics, Cybersecurity, Cloud Engineering, DevSecOps/GitOps, Fractional C-Suite leadership, Digital Transformation, and M&A advisory for private equity and software ventures.

Silpa Companies is hiring a Senior Frontend Engineer for client engagements that center on production React applications at non-trivial scale. You will embed with client engineering teams, ship features end-to-end, lead component design reviews, and own accessibility, performance, and testability. This is a senior IC role with the expectation that you raise the bar for the engagement team.

• Design and implement production React applications using TypeScript.
• Lead component-design reviews and own frontend ADRs.
• Build accessible UI to WCAG 2.1 AA and partner with QA on accessibility testing.
• Build performance practice including Core Web Vitals targets and regression prevention.
• Build testing practice across unit, integration, and end-to-end (Playwright, Cypress).
• Partner with backend on API contracts and frontend-backend integration patterns.
• Lead code review and uphold the engagement team's frontend standards.
• Mentor mid-level frontend engineers.
• 6 or more years of professional frontend engineering with at least 4 on React.
• Hands-on accessibility experience including WCAG 2.1 AA.
• Hands-on performance practice including Core Web Vitals.
• Production experience with at least one end-to-end test framework.
• Comfort leading design reviews and defending tradeoffs.
• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Candidates located in the Houston, Texas area will be given preference; remote consultants will also be considered.
• Reliable, secure internet connection and ability to travel to client sites as required by engagement scope.

Silpa Companies places Senior Frontend Engineer (React / TypeScript)s on engagements where the work is real, the environments are non-trivial, and your contributions move the needle for client teams. Practitioners who deliver consistently are prioritized for follow-on and expanded scope engagements within the Silpa network.

Real engagement ownership across diverse industries and technology environments

Direct partnership with client engineering, data, security, or executive teams

Priority for follow-on and expanded scope engagements based on quality of delivery

Flexible contract and project-based structure

Collaborative delivery team with experienced Silpa engagement leads