Salary Context
This role offers $40–$55. The median for Mid-level frontend roles is $100k–$135k (based on 138 listings). 100% below median.
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Job Description
Apply now: Frontend Engineer (Junior & Mid-Level), location is Remote. The start date is April 1 for this contract position.
Job Title: Frontend Engineer (Junior & Mid-Level)
Location-Type: 100% Remote
Start Date Is: April 1, 2026
Duration: Contract (6 Months w/ option to extend)
Eligible Work Authorization Status: US-Citizen or Green Card (no sponsorship required)
W2 Pay Rate Range: $40/hr - $55/hr
Job Description
The Frontend Engineer will support the client's product engineering teams by developing, enhancing, and maintaining scalable frontend components and user interfaces while contributing to a modern, microservices-based platform supporting high-traffic digital experiences.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain frontend components using React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript practices
- Build responsive, accessible UI components such as calendars, order forms, data cards, and input workflows
- Consume and test APIs using tools such as Postman and integrate frontend services with backend endpoints
- Troubleshoot bugs, performance issues, and UI inconsistencies across a shared codebase
- Collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to implement Figma-based designs
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, standups, and sprint demos
- Contribute to shared component libraries and design systems used across multiple teams
- Ensure mobile responsiveness and cross-browser compatibility
- Manage state and asynchronous data flows within frontend applications
- Support ongoing platform maintenance and enhancements across multiple product areas
- Review peer code and contribute to best practices around code quality and testing
Requirements
- Must-Have Skills/Experiences:
- 2 years of Frontend engineering experience
- Strong experience with React and modern JavaScript (ES6 )
- Experience with HTML5, CSS3, and responsive/mobile-first development
- Experience with state management (Redux or similar patterns)
- Experience consuming REST APIs and working with asynchronous data (fetch, promises, etc.)
- Experience using Postman or similar API testing tools
- Familiarity with Git version control workflows
- Experience working in Agile environments using tools such as Jira or Confluence
- Understanding of component-based architecture and reusable UI patterns
- Ability to debug and resolve frontend defects in complex applications
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
- Nice-to-Have Skills/Experiences (NOT required, but a plus!) :
- Experience with Golang, Java, or other OO programming languages - with a solid understanding of OO design principles, concurrency, multi-threading, performance tuning, and observability.
- Experience contributing to design systems or component libraries
- Design sensibility and experience partnering with UX/UI teams
- Experience with build tooling and frontend pipelines
- Familiarity with cloud environments such as AWS
- Exposure to backend technologies or microservices environments - crafting resilient, high-scale, low-latency, distributed microservices in production environments.
- Experience reviewing code and mentoring junior engineers
- Experience working in large, shared repositories
- Exposure to GenAI tools or experimentation with AI-assisted development
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