Frontend Engineer

THE ROLE

Looking for a Frontend Engineer who wants to stay somewhere for a while. Hands-on frontend role. You'll ship features, fix layout bugs on odd screen sizes and help maintain our shared component library. This role sits between design and backend engineering. Expect to spend most of your time in TypeScript, CSS and browser dev tools. Our team is spread across 14 countries. Headquarters is in Hamburg. This is a long-term contractor role, paid monthly in USD. Working hours overlap with Central European Time.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Maintain and extend the shared component library in Storybook. 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. Track down cross-browser bugs in Safari, Chrome, Firefox and mobile browsers. Profile and reduce bundle size, Core Web Vitals and time to interactive. Migrate legacy jQuery or AngularJS pages to the current stack. Set up and tune build tooling (Vite, webpack, ESLint, Prettier).

YOU'LL NEED

3+ years building production web applications. Deep working knowledge of React (hooks, context, rendering behaviour). Strong JavaScript and TypeScript, including async code and the DOM.

WHY WORK WITH US

Paid time off. Monthly payments via wire transfer or Wise. Long-term engagement. Monthly internet allowance.

WHO WE ARE

Local news, classifieds and event listings for Hamburg make up the core of the site. Since 2015, the company has run a comparison site for car insurance, mortgages and credit cards. Support shifts are shared, so engineers spend a few hours a quarter answering customer tickets.

Please submit your CV in English.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Duration: 9 months. Start: Immediately.

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