Senior Front End Engineer (React)

PLANEKS is hiring a Senior Front End Engineer (React) to work on transforming the hospitality industry with innovative solutions that optimize operations and drive profitability. The role involves building and shipping production-ready React/Next.js applications with a strong focus on UI polish, design accuracy, and product ownership.

Day-to-day:

• Build and ship front-end features in React/Next.js/TypeScript
• Translate Figma designs into polished, production-ready UI with attention to visual details

Ongoing:

• Build reusable components that become the team's shared vocabulary
• Write clean, exemplary front-end code that others follow
• Identify UI inconsistencies and fix them proactively
• Push work to high standards before QA review

Over time:

• Establish front-end patterns and conventions for team consistency
• Contribute to a component library to accelerate development
• Help other developers level up front-end skills through code reviews

Required Hard Skills:

• 5+ years building production web applications with React and TypeScript
• Strong product/UI sensibility with attention to spacing, visual hierarchy, typography, and interaction details
• Experience with Next.js and advanced CSS
• Ability to build real interaction patterns: transitions, loading states, empty states, error states, skeleton screens
• Can translate Figma designs accurately with good judgment on missing details
• Performance awareness: bundle size, rendering costs, lazy loading, optimization timing
• MUI (Material UI) theming, component composition, and customization
• TanStack Query or similar async state management
• Formik or equivalent form library
• Docker fundamentals and container-based workflows
• CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)

Required Soft Skills:

• Ownership mentality and responsibility for user experience
• High standards for polish before QA submission
• Ability to identify and suggest fixes for awkward flows and interactions
• Proactive about UI inconsistencies
• Writes clean, well-structured, educational code
• Collaborates closely with designers to clarify UX details
• Understands design systems and component reusability
• Documents conventions and establishes patterns
• Provides constructive code reviews

Nice to Have:

• Accessibility awareness (ARIA patterns, keyboard navigation, screen reader basics)
• Animation proficiency and understanding of easing and timing
• Backend comfort with Python/Django
• Experience with data-heavy SaaS (tables, filters, dashboards, complex statuses)
• Component library or design system contribution experience
• Ability to have significant overlap with EST hours

• Remote: 100% remote work with flexitime between 8:00-20:00 (EST timezone overlap is advantageous)
• Compensation: Salary paid in USD with tax compensation, revised every 12 months
• Budget: Travel tickets, work equipment, health insurance, software, sports, and training covered
• Time Off: Paid vacation, national holidays, sick leaves with support for serious illnesses; no overtime or weekend work
• Professional Development: Speaking clubs with native speakers to maintain English level
• Culture: Friendly and professional team support, transparent processes, flat management, no bureaucracy
• Hiring: Fast and comfortable hiring process