Frontend Engineer, Web Performance

Advertising, subscriptions and transaction fees each bring in a significant share of revenue. Traffic during holiday peaks can reach ten times normal levels, and the platform is built for it.

Position summary:

Cliffcast Apps is hiring a Frontend Engineer, Web Performance for our Ahmedabad location. Part of this job is rebuilding an older AngularJS front end in React. Some of that work is unglamorous migration, and we won't pretend otherwise. This role sits between design and backend engineering. Expect to spend most of your time in TypeScript, CSS and browser dev tools. This is a hybrid role. Most of the team is in the Ahmedabad office Tuesday to Thursday.

Your responsibilities:

• Fix accessibility issues and test with VoiceOver and NVDA against WCAG 2.1 AA
• Track down cross-browser bugs in Safari, Chrome, Firefox and mobile browsers
• Profile and reduce bundle size, Core Web Vitals and time to interactive
• Set up and tune build tooling (Vite, webpack, ESLint, Prettier)
• Work with designers to adjust interactions when something doesn't hold up in the browser
• Manage client state with Redux Toolkit, Zustand or TanStack Query
• Migrate legacy jQuery or AngularJS pages to the current stack
• Integrate with REST and GraphQL APIs and handle loading, error and empty states properly

What you need:

• 3+ years building production web applications
• A good eye for spacing, alignment and small visual details
• Strong JavaScript and TypeScript, including async code and the DOM
• Able to explain frontend tradeoffs to designers and product managers
• Deep working knowledge of React (hooks, context, rendering behaviour)

Preferred:

• Experience building or maintaining a design system
• Visual regression testing with Chromatic or Percy
• Next.js or Remix with server-side rendering

Rate: ₹14,50,000 - ₹17,50,000 pa

Why work with us:

• Health insurance for you and your family
• Provident fund
• Paid leave
• Gratuity

Relocation support is available for the right candidate.

Start: Flexible.

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