Front-End Engineer

More than 9,000 organizations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts.

OVERVIEW

Lilactower Labs needs a frontend developer who cares about page load times, keyboard access and clean component APIs. This role is fully remote within the US. Clear written English is a must, as the team works across time zones.

DAY TO DAY

• Write unit tests with Jest and React Testing Library, and end-to-end tests with Playwright or Cypress.
• Profile and reduce bundle size, Core Web Vitals and time to interactive.
• Maintain and extend the shared component library in Storybook.
• Work with designers to adjust interactions when something doesn't hold up in the browser.
• Set up and tune build tooling (Vite, webpack, ESLint, Prettier)
• Build UI features in React and TypeScript from Figma designs.
• Review frontend pull requests and keep coding conventions consistent.
• Manage client state with Redux Toolkit, Zustand or TanStack Query.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 3-5 years building production web applications.
• Solid HTML and CSS, including Flexbox, Grid and responsive layouts.
• Git and a pull request based workflow.
• Deep working knowledge of React (hooks, context, rendering behavior)
• A good eye for spacing, alignment and small visual details.
• Experience with a styling approach such as Tailwind, CSS Modules or styled-components.
• Able to explain frontend tradeoffs to designers and product managers.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Some Node.js backend work.
• Next.js or Remix with server-side rendering.

Compensation: $147,000 - $178,000 annually DOE.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Health savings account (HSA) with employer contribution.
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%.
• Three weeks of PTO to start.
• Dental insurance.
• Home office stipend.
• Vision insurance.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We read every application and reply within about a week.

Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Lilactower Labs.