Lead Front End Developer

About Kathmandu Data:

Kathmandu Data builds scheduling and dispatch software for field service companies, from two-truck plumbing outfits to regional HVAC contractors. Since 1994, the company has sold practice management software to dental and veterinary clinics in Nepal. Code review is required on every pull request, and nobody merges their own changes.

What this job is:

We're hiring another Lead Front End Developer to build the web interfaces our customers use every day, mostly in React and TypeScript. Remote position. Most of the team is in Kathmandu, but nobody is required to come in. Flexible schedule. We have one team call a day, usually in the morning. A stable internet connection and a backup power option are required.

In your first few months you will:

• Work with designers to adjust interactions when something doesn't hold up in the browser.
• Migrate legacy jQuery or AngularJS pages to the current stack.
• Review frontend pull requests and keep coding conventions consistent.
• Maintain and extend the shared component library in Storybook.
• Track down cross-browser bugs in Safari, Chrome, Firefox and mobile browsers.
• Manage client state with Redux Toolkit, Zustand or TanStack Query.
• Add analytics events and help product read the results.

About you:

• 7+ 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.

Preferred qualifications:

• Figma, including Dev Mode.
• Next.js or Remix with server-side rendering.
• Visual regression testing with Chromatic or Percy.

Perks and benefits:

Pay: NPR 130,000 - NPR 160,000 a month

• Medical insurance.
• Company laptop.
• Dashain bonus.
• Flexible hours.
• Social Security Fund contribution.

Start: Immediately.

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