Frontend Engineer - Accessibility (Remote)

Who we are

Founded in 2014, the business writes the billing, metering and customer portal software that small water and electric utilities run on. The product is a mobile app plus a React web dashboard, with a Python and PostgreSQL backend on AWS.

About the role

Buffalo Digital needs a frontend developer who cares about page load times, keyboard access and clean component APIs. This role is fully remote within the US. We keep meetings to a minimum and work mostly async. We talk mostly in Slack and hop on quick calls when something needs discussing.

In your first few months you will

• Pair with backend engineers on API contracts before work starts.
• Manage client state with Redux Toolkit, Zustand or TanStack Query.
• Work with designers to adjust interactions when something doesn't hold up in the browser.
• Write unit tests with Jest and React Testing Library, and end-to-end tests with Playwright or Cypress.
• Migrate legacy jQuery or AngularJS pages to the current stack.

Requirements

• 2+ years building production web applications.
• Comfortable using browser dev tools to debug network, layout and performance issues.
• Experience with a styling approach such as Tailwind, CSS Modules or styled-components.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards and semantic markup.

Desirable

• Visual regression testing with Chromatic or Percy.
• Next.js or Remix with server-side rendering.

Benefits

Expected salary range: $129,000 to $149,000/year, plus bonus eligibility.

• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Paid time off.
• Employee assistance program.

Start: Immediately.

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