Senior Front-end Software Engineer
Posted 6 days ago by Techridge, Inc.
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Remote
Summary: The Senior Front-End Software Engineer will focus on building and optimizing a streaming application for various devices, particularly Smart TVs. The ideal candidate will prioritize performance and stability in complex applications, especially on resource-constrained devices. This role requires strong expertise in React and TypeScript, along with a solid understanding of performance optimization techniques. The position is fully remote and contract-based.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain front-end features using React 18 and TypeScript
- Develop predictable and maintainable state management using Redux and Redux Toolkit (RTK)
- Identify, measure, and resolve performance bottlenecks related to rendering, memory usage, and application startup
- Debug and mitigate JavaScript memory leaks in long-running applications
Key Skills:
- Strong experience with React and TypeScript
- Experience managing application state with Redux and RTK
- Familiarity with client-side routing patterns using React Router
- Solid understanding of front-end fundamentals (HTML, CSS, modern JavaScript)
- Experience with performance optimization - debugging, measurement, and implementation (e.g., profiling, monitoring, or performance tooling)
- Understanding of browser internals, rendering behavior, or performance bottlenecks in large SPAs
- Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team
Salary (Rate): £45
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
We re looking for a Senior Front-End Software Engineer to help build and optimize a streaming application used across various devices, most notably Smart TVs. This role is ideal for someone who cares deeply about performance and knows how to keep complex applications fast and stable on resource-constrained devices.
Job Title: Senior Front-End Software Engineer
Location: 100% Remote
Contract role
Job Description:
We re looking for a Senior Front-End Software Engineer to help build and optimize a streaming application used across various devices, most notably Smart TVs. This role is ideal for someone who cares deeply about performance and knows how to keep complex applications fast and stable on resource-constrained devices.
What You ll Do:
- Build and maintain front-end features using React 18 and TypeScript
- Develop predictable and maintainable state management using Redux and Redux Toolkit (RTK)
- Identify, measure, and resolve performance bottlenecks related to rendering, memory usage, and application startup
- Debug and mitigate JavaScript memory leaks in long-running applications
Required Qualifications:
- Strong experience with React and TypeScript
- Experience managing application state with Redux and RTK
- Familiarity with client-side routing patterns using React Router
- Solid understanding of front-end fundamentals (HTML, CSS, modern JavaScript)
- Experience with performance optimization - debugging, measurement, and implementation (e.g., profiling, monitoring, or performance tooling)
- Understanding of browser internals, rendering behavior, or performance bottlenecks in large SPAs
- Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team
For tech stack, this is what they currently use so understanding of these would be good:
- React 18.2.0 & TypeScript 5.9.2
- State Mgmt.: Redux, RTK
- Routing: React Router
- Testing: Vitest, Playwright (familiarity is fine)
- Preferred: Someone who has experience in app performance, measuring it, looking into things like debugging JS memory leaks.