Junior Front End Developer

Who we are

We are bootstrapped and profitable, with a Shopify store and a small warehouse unit in Portland. Orders are packed by hand for two carrier pickups a day, and customer emails go to whoever is free.

The role

Portland Apps is looking for a Junior Front End Developer to join a small, steady team. 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. Our team is spread across 17 countries. Headquarters is in Portland. This is a full-time remote role. We use an employer of record in South Africa, so you get a proper employment contract, not a freelance agreement. You will need at least 3 hours of overlap with US Pacific time. Please make sure you have dependable internet and backup power.

In your first few months you will

• Fix accessibility issues and test with VoiceOver and NVDA against WCAG 2.1 AA
• Integrate with REST and GraphQL APIs and handle loading, error and empty states properly
• Build UI features in React and TypeScript from Figma designs
• Review frontend pull requests and keep coding conventions consistent
• Track down cross-browser bugs in Safari, Chrome, Firefox and mobile browsers
• Manage client state with Redux Toolkit, Zustand or TanStack Query
• Profile and reduce bundle size, Core Web Vitals and time to interactive

Requirements

• 1+ years building production web applications
• A good eye for spacing, alignment and small visual details
• Git and a pull request based workflow
• Experience with a styling approach such as Tailwind, CSS Modules or styled-components
• Solid HTML and CSS, including Flexbox, Grid and responsive layouts

Nice to have

• Some Node.js backend work
• Figma, including Dev Mode
• Next.js or Remix with server-side rendering

Perks and benefits

Pay: R59,000 - R65,000 a month

• Home office setup budget
• Public holidays observed per your country
• Annual team retreat
• Equity
• Co-working space stipend
• Health insurance through our employer-of-record partner
• Stock options

Start: Immediately.

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