Senior Frontend Developer

We are hiring a contract-based Senior Frontend Developer for the garden3d creative collective, focusing on West Coast candidates. The role involves building pixel-perfect websites and web applications using modern frontend frameworks, collaborating with a team on diverse client projects.

Location: Remote (US West Coast, Pacific Time zone preferred, Mountain Time zone also considered)

Salary: $100/hr–$130/hr

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with Technical Lead to meet clients' development needs
• Building and maintaining high-performance web applications with modern frontend frameworks and tools
• Implementing responsive, accessible, and pixel-perfect user interfaces based on design specifications
• Integrating frontend applications with headless CMS platforms, APIs, and third-party services
• Optimizing application performance, including bundle size, load times, and runtime efficiency
• Architecting scalable component libraries and design systems for consistency across projects
• Writing clear documentation for code maintenance and usage
• Participating in project team meetings, including Sprint Planning, daily standups, and retrospectives
• Participating in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to teammates and ensuring adherence to best practices

Requirements

• 8+ years writing highly performant frontend code, an obsession for 95+ Lighthouse scores
• Expert level experience with Typescript, and one of Next.js, Nuxt, Svelte, Vue
• Extensive experience with headless CMS like Sanity, Contentful, Prismic or more
• Fluency in industry standard PaaS like Vercel, Netlify, Firebase, etc
• Fluency in eCommerce technologies like Shopify (headless & liquid), Stripe, Swell and others
• Experience building accessible, responsive interfaces with attention to performance optimization and SEO best practices
• Strong understanding of modern CSS methodologies (Tailwind, CSS Modules, etc) and animation libraries
• Experience with state management solutions (Redux, Zustand, Pinia) and API integration patterns
• Proficiency with testing frameworks (Jest, Playwright, Cypress) and commitment to writing maintainable, well-documented code
• Experience with design systems and component libraries, working closely with designers to ensure pixel-perfect implementations
• Real-time & performance optimization: experience with WebSockets for live data updates, caching strategies (Redis, CDN-level caching), CDN configuration and optimization (Cloudflare, Fastly), and image optimization techniques including proxies and delivery networks