Frontend Engineer — L2 (Remote)

Position Overview and Objective

As a Mid-level Frontend Engineer, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining robust and scalable web applications using JavaScript, React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement new features, optimize performance, and improve user experience.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-quality user interfaces using JavaScript, React, and related frameworks.
• Develop and maintain scalable web applications using Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Optimize application performance and ensure a smooth user experience across different devices and browsers.
• Participate in code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and mentor junior engineers.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging frontend technologies and industry trends.
• Recognize impediments to our efficiency as a team ("technical debt"), propose and implement solutions.
• Represent Obytes and its values in public communication around specific projects and community contributions.
• Confidently ship small features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members. Collaborate with the team on larger projects.

Requirements

 Qualifications

• Solid experience in frontend development using JavaScript and React.
• Proficiency in Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS.
• Strong understanding of web development principles, including responsive design and cross-browser compatibility.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and integrating frontend applications with backend services.
• Familiarity with testing frameworks (e.g., Jest) and code quality tools (e.g., ESLint).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Effective communication and collaboration abilities.
• Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal, is sufficient for success in a remote and largely asynchronous work environment.
• Demonstrated capacity to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough iterative solutions.
• Experience with performance and optimization problems and a demonstrated ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems.
• Comfort working in a highly agile, intensely iterative software development process.
• Positive and solution-oriented mindset.
• Experience owning a project from concept to production, including proposal, discussion, and execution.
• Self-motivated and self-managing, with strong organizational skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience) is a Plus
• 3-5 years of professional experience in frontend development is a Plus