We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Frontend Engineer to join our team to help build and scale our customer-facing web applications and shared frontend systems. This role is primarily focused on modern web development using React and Next.js, with optional opportunities to contribute to Backend-for-Frontend BFF) services in Node.js.

This is a strong fit for an engineer who is curious about how systems work end-to-end, enjoys learning how different parts of the stack connect together, and wants to grow their understanding of frontend architecture, product engineering, and cross-functional collaboration over time.

About First Factory

We are a software development company with over two decades of experience, boasting a dynamic team of 175+ professionals actively engaged in diverse projects across various industries. We invite you to join us on this journey as we thrive and embrace fresh challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable customer-facing web applications using modern React and Next.js practices

• Contribute to and help evolve our shared design system and component architecture

• Help manage and maintain shared web component packages across applications

• Translate product and design requirements into clean, maintainable technical solutions

• Collaborate closely with product, design, backend, and mobile engineers

• Work within and gradually take ownership of existing frontend architecture patterns

• Mentor team members who may be stronger in mobile development but newer to web/frontend systems

• Build responsive, accessible, and performant user interfaces

• Integrate frontend applications with backend services and APIs

• Read, understand, and work effectively with API contracts and client-server architecture

• Ensure high standards for code quality, maintainability, and testing

• Participate in code reviews and contribute to frontend engineering best practices

• Optionally contribute to Backend-for-Frontend BFF) services using Node.js

• Stay current with emerging frontend development trends, frameworks, and libraries to drive modern, scalable UI solutions.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience

• Strong experience with TypeScript, React, and Next.js

• Experience building and maintaining production-grade web applications

• Strong understanding of modern frontend architecture and scalable application design

• Experience with: Next.js, App Router, SSG / ISR rendering strategies, TanStack Query, Chakra UI.

• Experience working with APIs and understanding client-server interactions

• Ability to read and work effectively with backend API documentation and contracts

• Experience building reusable UI components and shared frontend systems

• Strong understanding of responsive design, accessibility, and frontend performance

• Comfortable collaborating across cross-functional teams

• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

Nice to have

• Experience contributing to or maintaining shared component libraries/atomic design systems

• Familiarity with monorepos and shared package management

• Experience with Node.js , Backend-for-Frontend BFF architectures

• Experience writing and maintaining end-to-end tests using Playwright or Cypress

• Familiarity with frontend performance optimization and monitoring

• Experience mentoring or supporting more junior engineers

• Strong product sense and UX awareness

• Startup experience is a huge plus