Senior Front-End Developer (Svelte/SvelteKit)

Responsibilities

• Design and develop responsive, scalable, and high-performing web applications using Svelte and SvelteKit.
• Build and maintain content-driven experiences utilizing Sanity CMS and headless architecture principles.
• Collaborate with Product, UX, and Architecture teams to implement customer-facing features and enhancements.
• Develop reusable UI components, design system integrations, and front-end frameworks.
• Integrate with internal and external APIs, microservices, authentication platforms, and customer data services.
• Drive code quality through peer reviews, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and engineering best practices.
• Optimize application performance, accessibility, SEO, security, and scalability.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, design reviews, and retrospectives.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to engineering standards and technical decision-making.
• Support production deployments, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Work closely with platform and DevOps teams to ensure reliable delivery through automated deployment pipelines.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience.
• 3+ years of modern JavaScript application development.
• Strong experience with: Svelte SvelteKit TypeScript HTML5, CSS3, and SCSS REST APIs and GraphQL Git and modern source control practices.
• Hands-on experience with: Sanity CMS Headless CMS architectures Component-based UI development Responsive web design Client-side performance optimization.
• Experience building applications deployed in cloud environments, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Strong knowledge of web accessibility, WCAG, and SEO best practices.
• Test-driven and quality-focused development approach.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Jest, or Vitest.
• Experience operating in Agile/Scrum teams.
• Strong debugging and performance tuning capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting large-scale consumer digital platforms.
• Telecommunications or eCommerce industry experience.
• Experience migrating from traditional CMS platforms to headless architectures.
• Knowledge of Adobe Experience Manager, AEM, migration strategies.
• Experience with Design Systems and reusable component libraries.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or Cursor.
• Cloud-native application architecture experience.