Frontend Engineer - Freelance [Remote]

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• HOURLY RANGE: Our client is looking to pay $30 – $35/hr
• JOB TYPE: Freelance, Contract Position (no agencies/C2C - see notes below)
• Braintrust Job ID: 7954
• ESTIMATED DURATION: 35h/week - Short term
• EXPERIENCE: 1-3 years
• LOCATION: Remote - Work from anywhere - PST/CIST | Full day overlap

THE OPPORTUNITY
Requirements
We're seeking a Frontend Engineer to play a crucial role in our company’s growth and success. This individual will focus on implementing user-facing UI and UX, working with the core engineering team to help develop best practices and code patterns, and work with our Product, Design, and Backend representatives to implement new features.
This role will report directly to the Director of Engineering, and work closely with all departments.
Candidates must be able to overlap their workday with Pacific Time (PST)
Qualifications:

• Capable of leading/enforcing design patterns and frontend architecture
• 3-5 years experience
• Strong understanding of Javascript, React and Next.js
• Comfortable expressing opinions on third-party solutions/services
• Experience in build consumer interfaces, working with product and UX teams
• Autonomous and capable of unblocking yourself
• Experience with auditing and refactoring existing frontend patterns
• Possess the ability to see, flag, and fix issues as you see them come up
• Strong communication skills - proficient in both written and verbal english

Bonus : Experience with Vercel (CDN and caching best practices), A/B testing practices, Mixpanel, SEO optimization, Next.js SSR/CSR/Static Rendering patterns and middleware, Github Projects, and Nest.js (Node backend)
What You’ll Be Working On
Responsibilities:

• Working with the core engineering team and Product/Design to implement UI and UX changes and new features
• Audit and recommend best practices, tooling, and workflows for improving the health and longevity of our frontend application
• Work with our Backend engineers to ensure tight data contracts between apps and help develop requirements for new endpoints
• Be an active voice and contributor to our growing team and be able to translate technical topics to non-technical audiences

Apply Now!
C2C Candidates: This role is not available to C2C candidates working with an agency. If you are a professional contractor who has created an LLC/corp around their consulting practice, this is well aligned with Braintrust and we’d welcome your application.
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