React Frontend Engineer
Posted 7 days ago by Qualient Technology Solutions UK Limited
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
London
Summary: The React Frontend Developer role is a contract position based in London, UK, focusing on building web components and ensuring test coverage for a new design system. The developer will collaborate closely with other engineers and product designers to create complex, data-driven user interfaces. This position requires a strong understanding of front-end technologies and best practices in accessibility and localization. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with excellent communication skills and a passion for user experience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Scale the design system by building web components based on Figma specifications.
- Ensure proper test coverage, accessibility, theming, and localization/internationalization are integrated into components.
- Maintain and extend design tokens to align coded components with Figma design specifications.
- Collaborate with UX architects, product designers, and QA engineers to meet design and engineering standards.
- Participate in scrum ceremonies, team planning sessions, demos, and roadmap reviews.
Key Skills:
- Experience in building user-centric and scalable UI frameworks and design systems.
- Expert knowledge of web standards and front-end engineering tools (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Web Components, REST API, GraphQL, TypeScript, Node/NPM, Responsive UI).
- Good understanding of Cloud Technologies and delivery of data-intensive SaaS products.
- Experience with testing frameworks such as Playwright and Vitest.
- Knowledge of Accessibility best practices and tools (WCAG AA guidelines).
- Experience with localization and internationalization.
- Familiarity with front-end frameworks such as React/Next.js, Vue, Ember.
- Knowledge of CI/CD best practices and tools.
- Strong communication skills in verbal and written formats.
- Self-starter with the ability to anticipate and plan for future needs.
- Comfortable providing short demos of work.
- Advocate for UX consistency, accessibility, and empathy for the end user.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Role Title: React Frontend Developer
Role Type: Contract (Hybrid)
Role Location: London, UK
Job Description:-
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As a Frontend Engineer, you’ll focus on building web components and creating test coverage for our new design system and metadata driven UI objects that power our next generation UI console. In this role, you’ll report to one of our engineering managers and you’ll work closely with other front-end engineers, and product designers to ensure accuracy, consistency, and portability. If you are passionate about building complex data driven user interfaces, this role is perfect for you.
What You'll Do-
Scale our design system by building web components based on Figma specification
Ensure proper test coverage, accessibility (a11y), theming and localization/internationalization (i18n) are baked into the components.
Maintain and extend design tokens (css variables) to ensure coded components are in sync with Figma design specifications
Collaborate with UX architects, product designers, QA testing engineers to ensure components meet our design and engineering standards.
Participate in scrum ceremonies, team planning sessions, short demos and roadmap reviews to ensure team is aligned on short- and long-term goals.
What you’ll need-
Experience in building user centric and scalable UI frameworks and design systems
Expert knowledge of the latest web standards and front-end engineering tools (HTML,CSS, Javascript, Web Components, REST API, GraphQL, Typescript, Node/NPM, Responsive UI)
A good understanding of Cloud Technologies and end to end delivery of data intensive SaaS products
Experience with testing frameworks such as Playwright and Vitest.
Experience with Accessibility (a11y) best practices, tools and techniques such as compatibility with keyboard navigation, screen readers and WCAG AA guidelines
Experience with localization and internationalization (i18n)
Experience with front end frameworks such as React/Next.js, Vue, Ember (a huge plus)
Knowledge of CI/CD best practices and tools for improving and maintaining performance and code quality
Strong communication skills in both verbal and written formats
Be a self-starter, take action without being directed and anticipate and plan for future needs
Comfortable providing short demos for your work
Be an advocate UX consistency, accessibility and empathy for the end user