Senior React Engineer - Remote (TypeScript, Microfrontends)

HR Talent Partner SA; South Africa; Hybrid; ZAR 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

HR Talent Partner SA is seeking a Senior Front-End React Engineer to work on a core revenue-producing product in a modern TypeScript environment. The role is remote with a weekly office option in South Africa, involving collaboration with Kotlin backend engineers and a microfrontend architecture.

You will own frontend features in React, TypeScript, Astro/Next.js, with testing and CI/CD, aiming for scalable, well-architected UI across web apps.

Qualifications

• Senior level – 5+ years with React and a track record of shipping and maintaining production frontend systems in a modern TypeScript environment.
• Full-stack background is a plus but the centre of gravity is frontend.
• Core tech stack (must-have): TypeScript (primary language) and JavaScript; React – 5+ years’ hands-on experience (hard requirement); Astro and/or Next.js; Build tooling: Vite / Webpack; Styling: Tailwind; Testing: Jest / Vitest (unit) and Cypress / Playwright (e2e/integration); Microfrontend architecture, component reuse and testability; Git-based workflow with GitHub Actions CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain user-facing and internal frontend applications using React, TypeScript, Astro and Next.js within a microfrontend architecture optimised for component reuse and testability.
• Write clean, well-structured, testable code and make sound architectural decisions around component design, separation of concerns, pure functions, dependency injection and state/data flow.
• Make deliberate client-side vs server-side trade-offs – filtering, pagination and payload sizing – with an eye on performance at scale (millions of users/records).

Skills

React

TypeScript

Next.js

Astro

Vite/Webpack

Tailwind

Testing

CI/CD

Tools

GitHub Actions

Job description

HR Talent Partner SA is seeking a Senior Front-End React Engineer to work on a core revenue-producing product in a modern TypeScript environment. The role is remote with a weekly office option in South Africa, involving collaboration with Kotlin backend engineers and a microfrontend architecture.

You will own frontend features in React, TypeScript, Astro/Next.js, with testing and CI/CD, aiming for scalable, well-architected UI across web apps.