Senior Frontend Engineer – Remote, React/TypeScript

Placements24; Paarl; Remote; ZAR 1,982,000 - 2,642,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Performance-based bonuses

Professional development budget

Fully remote with global team

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a Senior Frontend Engineer for a fully remote role building and refining our client’s flagship SaaS web apps. You will use React and TypeScript to create high-quality, scalable user interfaces for a global audience, collaborating with UX/UI designers and backend engineers to deliver impactful features.

You will develop reusable components, optimize performance, and contribute to frontend architecture while staying current with the latest frontend technologies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years professional frontend experience.
• Proficient with React.js and TypeScript.
• Strong understanding of UI/UX design principles.
• Experience with REST APIs and testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop user-facing features using React and TypeScript, ensuring high performance and responsiveness.
• Translate UI/UX design wireframes and mockups into functional, high-quality code.
• Build reusable components and frontend libraries for future use.
• Optimize applications for maximum speed, scalability, and cross-browser compatibility.
• Collaborate closely with backend developers to integrate frontend components with server-side logic.
• Write clean, maintainable, well-documented, and testable code.
• Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and share knowledge.
• Identify and resolve frontend bugs and performance issues.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging frontend technologies and best practices.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical strategy for the frontend team.

Skills

React.js

TypeScript

JavaScript ES6+

Frontend architecture

UI/UX collaboration

REST APIs

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Webpack

Babel

Jest

Job description

Placements24 seeks a Senior Frontend Engineer for a fully remote role building and refining our client’s flagship SaaS web apps. You will use React and TypeScript to create high-quality, scalable user interfaces for a global audience, collaborating with UX/UI designers and backend engineers to deliver impactful features.

You will develop reusable components, optimize performance, and contribute to frontend architecture while staying current with the latest frontend technologies.