Senior Frontend Engineer

Responsibilities

• Analyze, understand, and contribute to a proprietary architecture responsible for rendering, transitions, routing, and component behavior.
• Reconnect frontend functionality to backend services, including API integrations and authentication workflows.
• Diagnose and resolve issues related to rendering behavior, state management, and build processes as environments are restored.
• Validate frontend functionality across development, staging, and production environments following infrastructure reconfiguration.
• Support frontend build, bundling, and deployment workflows as CI/CD pipelines are re-established.
• Provide technical insight on architectural risks, limitations, and opportunities for future evolution of the frontend system.
• Create clear documentation to capture findings and support knowledge transfer for ongoing and future development.

• Proven experience working in proprietary, custom, or non-standard frontend environments.
• Strong understanding of rendering-driven or animation-heavy web applications.
• Hands-on experience integrating frontend applications with backend APIs and content systems.
• Working knowledge of modern build pipelines, bundling strategies, and deployment tooling.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex UI issues without reliance on framework abstractions.
• Clear communication skills and a disciplined approach to technical documentation.
• Familiarity with headless CMS platforms and interactive web experiences is helpful.

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