Sr. Frontend Engineer

Software Technology Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Software Technology Inc. seeks an experienced Frontend Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable consumer-facing web apps using React, TypeScript and Next.js, with Kubernetes deployment.

You will build fast UI for buyers, sellers and renters, contribute to a shared design system, and integrate GraphQL/REST data with robust error handling. You will own performance, accessibility, and CI/CD pipelines, mentor peers, and collaborate with backend engineers on API contracts.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of frontend engineering, with strong React and TypeScript.
• Experience with Next.js or other server-side rendering.
• GraphQL client and REST integration.
• Build tooling (Webpack, Babel or Vite) and state-management patterns.
• Testing with Jest and React Testing Library, plus E2E testing with Playwright or Cypress.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (CircleCI, GitHub Actions or similar) and containerized deployment (Docker) to Kubernetes (K8s).
• Hands-on Kubernetes (K8s) basics for your own app: reading pod logs, tuning Helm values, checking ArgoCD sync status and rolling back a bad release.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable React/TS frontend.
• Build Next.js micro-frontends for home buyers and renters.
• Contribute to shared design system and component library.
• Consume GraphQL and REST APIs with robust error handling.
• Own performance, accessibility, and Core Web Vitals.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and containerized deployments to Kubernetes.
• Mentor peers and collaborate with backend engineers on API contracts.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Next.js

GraphQL

REST APIs

Webpack

Testing (Jest/RTL)

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Docker

CircleCI

ArgoCD

Helm

Tools

Kubernetes (K8s)

Docker

Helm

ArgoCD

New Relic

GitHub Actions

CircleCI

Job description

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced Frontend Engineer with strong expertise in React.js, TypeScript, Next.js, and Kubernetes to design, develop, and maintain scalable, responsive, and high-performance consumer-facing web applications.

• Consumer UI: Build fast, responsive, accessible experiences for home buyers, sellers and renters, such as search, listing details, saved homes and lead forms, as Next.js micro-frontends (web islands).
• Components and design system: Build reusable components and contribute to realtor.com's shared design system and component library.
• Data integration: Consume GraphQL (from a federated supergraph) and REST APIs, and handle errors and loading states.
• Performance and accessibility: Own Core Web Vitals, SEO-friendly rendering and WCAG 2.1 AA compliance.
• Experimentation: Implement A/B tests and analytics tracking.
• Standards: Maintain Storybook, testing, linting and code reviews. Mentor peers, and work with backend engineers on API contracts.
• Ship and monitor: Own your micro-frontend's CI/CD pipeline (CircleCI) and its containerized deployment to Kubernetes (AWS EKS) via Helm and ArgoCD, following the platform team's paved paths and golden templates. Track real-user performance and errors in New Relic.

Must have:

• 4+ years of frontend engineering, with strong React and TypeScript.
• Experience with Next.js or other server-side rendering.
• GraphQL client and REST integration.
• Build tooling (Webpack, Babel or Vite) and state-management patterns.
• Testing with Jest and React Testing Library, plus E2E testing with Playwright or Cypress.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (CircleCI, GitHub Actions or similar) and containerized deployment (Docker) to Kubernetes (K8s).
• Hands-on Kubernetes (K8s) basics for your own app: reading pod logs, tuning Helm values, checking ArgoCD sync status and rolling back a bad release.

Good to have:

• CSS-in-JS (e.g. styled-components) and design-system contributions.
• Real-estate or marketplace domain experience; React Native.
• Micro-frontends, Nx or Lerna monorepos, Storybook.
• Modernizing legacy frontends; SEO for server-rendered pages.
• Experience working on an internal developer platform / paved-path model (standard Helm charts, service templates, self-service deployments).

Experimentation and analytics tooling (Amplitude, Optimizely).