Strong Middle Frontend Developer

Empat


Job Location:

Kyiv - Ukraine

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: 5 hours ago
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

We are looking for a Strong Middle Frontend Developer to join the project full-time. This person will be the primary FE contributor - no splitting between projects. They need to be a thinking partner not an executor - someone the clients technical leadership wants to work with directly.


Your responsibilities will include:

  • Own any part of the frontend end-to-end architecture decisions performance work integration testing without hand-holding.

  • Work directly with the clients technical leadership as a thinking partner.

  • Navigate and extend a large strictly-conventioned module-based codebase.

  • Cover any part of the frontend independently no thats not my area.

  • Use AI-assisted development (Claude Code / Cursor / Copilot or equivalent) fluently and extensively as a primary tool.

What we expect from you:

Core stack:

  • TypeScript (strict) no-any no-implicit-any codebase; comfortable with generics discriminated unions unknown narrowing and -style inference.

  • React 19 15 (App Router) understands the Server Component / Client Component boundary server-side data fetching in RSCs layouts vs. pages route groups middleware Server Actions.

  • Modern React patterns custom hooks as the primary unit of logic controlled state effects used sparingly and correctly deliberate memoization; smart/dumb component separation.

  • State management Zustand: store design selectors provider-scoped stores SSR hydration concerns.

  • Forms React Hook Form Yup: schema-driven validation server-error mapping back onto fields controlled/uncontrolled trade-offs.

  • Styling MUI v7 Emotion: theme-token-driven styling sx API no hardcoded values.

  • Data layer Axios: REST integration interceptors token refresh / 401 retry flows typed API clients.

  • Testing Vitest React Testing Library: meaningful component and hook tests (queries by role/label not implementation details).

Foundations:

  • Performance reasoning can diagnose re-render storms understand Reacts reconciliation and memoization model reason about bundle size code-splitting SSR/streaming Core Web Vitals.

  • Architecture & data flow can navigate and extend a large strictly-conventioned module-based codebase; respects existing architecture and knows when a pattern should be challenged.

  • Auth & app-level concerns token-based auth session handling multi-tenant routing.

  • Browser & web fundamentals solid on HTTP caching cookies the event loop rendering accessibility basics.

Tooling:

  • AI-assisted development (Claude Code / Cursor / Copilot or equivalent) as a primary tool non-negotiable.

  • Git discipline conventional commits granular atomic history clean PRs.

  • ESLint / Prettier / strict CI comfortable working inside an opinionated heavily-linted codebase.


Nice to have:

  • Mapbox GL or other data-visualization / mapping / charting experience.

  • next-intl or other i18n frameworks.

  • Sentry or comparable observability / error-monitoring tooling.

  • WorkOS / Auth0 / Clerk or similar managed-auth experience.


What We Offer:

  • Work at a Top-employer company (according to DOU 2025).

  • A strong culture built on empathy trust openness and real care for employees.

  • Competitive compensation with regular reviews.

  • Paid vacation and sick leave.

  • Medical insurance.

  • Personal learning budget and access to top HR tools platforms and practices.

  • Team events and regular team-building activities.

  • Flexible hybrid work model with an office in central Kyiv.


Required Experience:

IC

We are looking for a Strong Middle Frontend Developer to join the project full-time. This person will be the primary FE contributor - no splitting between projects. They need to be a thinking partner not an executor - someone the clients technical leadership wants to work with directly.Your responsi...

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