Senior React Frontend Engineer for Fast, Usable UIs

Placements24; Vereeniging; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 950,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical aid & retirement fund

Professional development opportunities

Team-building activities

Job summary

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Frontend Developer with React expertise to build and refine complex user interfaces for diverse client projects. You will translate UI/UX designs into high-quality, responsive web applications and collaborate with designers, backend engineers, and project managers from our Vereeniging office.

You will lead development efforts, write clean code, review peers, and stay current with frontend technologies to deliver exceptional digital solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Web Dev, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years frontend experience with React.js.
• Strong know-how of JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3.
• Experience with state management libraries (Redux/Zustand).
• Familiarity with Webpack, Babel, npm/yarn.
• Excellent collaboration and communication abilities.
• Good understanding of cross-browser compatibility and responsive design.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and maintain complex user interfaces using React and related libraries.
• Translate UI/UX designs into high-quality, functional code.
• Build reusable components and frontend libraries for future use.
• Optimize applications for speed, scalability, and responsiveness.
• Ensure UI/UX designs are technically feasible.
• Collaborate with backend developers to integrate frontend and backend logic.
• Write clean, efficient JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback to teammates.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging frontend technologies and best practices.
• Troubleshoot and debug frontend issues to ensure a polished user experience.

Skills

React.js

JavaScript (ES6+)

Frontend development

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Redux

Zustand

Webpack

Babel

npm/yarn

Job description

Placements24 is seeking a Senior Frontend Developer with React expertise to build and refine complex user interfaces for diverse client projects. You will translate UI/UX designs into high-quality, responsive web applications and collaborate with designers, backend engineers, and project managers from our Vereeniging office.

You will lead development efforts, write clean code, review peers, and stay current with frontend technologies to deliver exceptional digital solutions.