Frontend Engineer
Virtasant · Austin, United States · remote
Frontend Software Engineer Type: Remote Contract
Location: Brazil, Mexico, Chile or Colombia
Coverage: Pacific Time overlap required
Job Description:We are looking for an experienced Frontend Software Engineer to build, maintain, and test features for a large-scale cloud management web console.
This is a hands-on engineering role for someone with strong React and TypeScript experience who is comfortable working in a mature, shared codebase and owning frontend features from requirements through implementation, testing, deployment, and verification.
A strong testing discipline is particularly important. Engineers are expected to write unit and integration tests alongside feature development rather than treating testing as a separate or optional activity.
You will work closely with engineering and product stakeholders in a distributed environment, integrate frontend experiences with production REST APIs, and build interfaces using established design systems and shared components.
Key Responsibilities:Frontend Engineering:- Build, maintain, and improve production frontend features using React and TypeScript.
- Develop complex forms, configuration workflows, dashboards, and other interactive application experiences.
- Apply strong React fundamentals, including hooks, state management, component architecture, and reusable patterns.
- Translate product and UI/UX requirements into reliable, maintainable production interfaces.
- Work within an established design system and shared component ecosystem rather than relying primarily on custom styling.
- Contribute to shared frontend components, libraries, tooling, and engineering patterns.
Testing and Software Quality:- Write unit and integration tests alongside all feature development.
- Build testable frontend components and application logic.
- Maintain and improve existing test suites as functionality evolves.
- Diagnose and resolve regressions, edge cases, and production issues.
- Participate in peer code reviews and incorporate engineering feedback.
- Maintain high standards for code quality, reliability, readability, and maintainability.
APIs and Application Integration:- Integrate frontend applications with REST APIs in production environments.
- Build user interfaces around complex API-backed workflows and configuration models.
- Handle application state, validation, errors, loading states, and API responses reliably.
- Collaborate with backend engineers when defining or troubleshooting frontend-to-service integrations.
- Diagnose issues across the boundary between frontend applications and backend services.
Engineering Delivery:- Own features from requirements gathering and technical design through implementation, testing, deployment, and production verification.
- Work effectively within large shared codebases with established engineering standards.
- Use Git and pull-request workflows as part of day-to-day development.
- Work within automated linting, testing, build, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Contribute to technical discussions and identify appropriate implementation approaches and trade-offs.
- Use GenAI-assisted development tools effectively while maintaining engineering quality and ownership of the resulting code.
Collaboration:- Work effectively with engineers, product stakeholders, and designers in a distributed environment.
- Communicate implementation decisions, blockers, risks, and progress clearly.
- Participate constructively in code reviews and technical discussions.
- Work independently while coordinating effectively with the broader engineering team.
- Document technical decisions and implementation details when appropriate.
Qualifications:Education and Experience:- 5+ years of professional frontend software development experience.
- Significant hands-on experience building production web applications with React and TypeScript.
- Demonstrated experience writing unit and integration tests as part of regular feature development.
- Production experience integrating frontend applications with REST APIs.
- Experience contributing to large, shared production codebases.
- Experience working with Git, pull requests, code reviews, and CI/CD workflows.
- Experience using GenAI-assisted coding tools as part of the software development process.
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Technical Skills:- Strong production experience with React and TypeScript.
- Strong understanding of React hooks, component architecture, state management, and complex forms.
- Strong frontend testing experience, including unit and integration testing.
- Experience consuming and integrating REST APIs in production applications.
- Strong JavaScript and modern web development fundamentals.
- Experience working with established frontend architecture and shared component libraries.
- Strong Git and pull-request workflow experience.
- Experience with automated linting, testing, build processes, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Ability to debug frontend application issues and identify problems across UI, state, API, and application layers.
- Practical experience using GenAI-assisted development tools while independently validating and owning generated code.
Preferred:- Experience working with monorepos.
- Experience building applications using established design systems or component libraries.
- Experience with Node.js, Python, or broader full-stack development.
- Experience developing GenAI-powered products or user experiences.
- Experience with complex cloud portals, developer tools, administrative consoles, dashboards, or configuration-heavy applications.
- Experience improving shared frontend tooling, architecture, or developer experience.
- Experience working in large engineering organizations or mature software platforms.
Soft Skills:- Strong written and verbal communication.
- High degree of ownership and ability to work independently.
- Comfortable collaborating asynchronously across a distributed team.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Able to receive and provide constructive code-review feedback.
- Comfortable working within an established engineering environment and adapting to existing standards and patterns.
- Able to take a feature from an initial requirement through production delivery and verification.
Please Note:- This is a hands-on frontend engineering role. We are looking for candidates with substantial production React and TypeScript experience, not primarily UI/UX design or website-focused backgrounds.
- Writing tests is an expected part of feature development. Candidates should have practical experience writing unit and integration tests for production frontend applications.
- Experience integrating frontend applications with REST APIs and working with complex forms or configuration workflows is important for this role.
- Candidates should be comfortable contributing to an existing large codebase with established linting, testing, code-review, and CI/CD practices.
- Experience using GenAI-assisted coding tools is required, but candidates must be able to independently understand, validate, test, and maintain the code they deliver.
- Experience with monorepos, design systems, Node.js/Python, or GenAI product development is preferred but not required.
- This role is currently focused on candidates based in Brazil, Mexico, Chile or Colombia.