Junior Front End Developer (Design Systems)

Product, engineering and support teams work out of offices in Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi and two nearshore delivery centres. HSW Labs employs 240 people across engineering hubs in Abu Dhabi and three other locations, building ERP software for mid-market manufacturers. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

Position summary:

The role is new and comes from growth in our client base. HSW Labs needs a frontend developer who cares about page load times, keyboard access and clean component APIs. Hands-on frontend role. You'll ship features, fix layout bugs on odd screen sizes and help maintain our shared component library. You will be employed through our employer-of-record partner in India, with a local contract and salary paid in Indian rupees. Working hours follow Gulf time, Monday to Friday. A stable internet connection and a backup power option are required.

In this role you will:

• Integrate with REST and GraphQL APIs and handle loading, error and empty states properly
• Migrate legacy jQuery or AngularJS pages to the current stack
• Review frontend pull requests and keep coding conventions consistent
• Pair with backend engineers on API contracts before work starts
• Maintain and extend the shared component library in Storybook
• Add analytics events and help product read the results
• Manage client state with Redux Toolkit, Zustand or TanStack Query

What you need:

• 0-2 years building production web applications
• Experience with a styling approach such as Tailwind, CSS Modules or styled-components
• Solid HTML and CSS, including Flexbox, Grid and responsive layouts
• A good eye for spacing, alignment and small visual details
• Strong JavaScript and TypeScript, including async code and the DOM
• Git and a pull request based workflow

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience building or maintaining a design system
• Some Node.js backend work
• Visual regression testing with Chromatic or Percy
• Internationalization (i18n) and right-to-left layouts

Why work with us:

• Co-working space stipend
• Wellness allowance
• Public holidays observed per your country
• Monthly internet allowance
• Health insurance through our employer-of-record partner
• Performance bonus
• 20 days paid time off

Candidates must be eligible to work in India.

Start: Immediately.

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