Lead JavaScript/React Developer

Quick Facts

• Own end-to-end responsibility for the frontend (FE) and set the technical direction
• Build/administer React/Redux interfaces for managing products
• Low-capacity, high-latency optimized frontend; backend communication via internal RPC API
• Small remote frontend team (3–5) within a larger software organization

Description

You will design and develop an administrative UI for managing products, built as a React/Redux application optimized for low-bandwidth, high-latency connections. You’ll have full technical ownership of the frontend area, with autonomy to guide the roadmap and direction. UI development targets maximum generic/reusable and potentially generated interfaces, aligned with the NETCONF configuration philosophy, and part of the work contributes to an open-source React UI project.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop the administration interface for product management
• Drive frontend technical direction and overall FE ownership
• Build reusable/generatable UI components for multiple product types
• Integrate the frontend with backend via internal RPC API
• Collaborate with embedded Linux software developers and frontend design/API work
• Work with partners in frontend-related collaboration
• Contribute to open-source work based on react-ui-org/react-ui

Requirements

• 2+ years of relevant experience; portfolio projects are a plus
• Strong English (documentation is in English)
• Excellent communication skills
• Independent work and task ownership
• Advanced skills in TypeScript, JavaScript, and HTML
• Knowledge of WebAssembly and ability to implement with C++
• Knowledge of WebSocket and gRPC (Protocol Buffers) and abstract communication protocol understanding
• Ability to build automated tests: Playwright E2E and Jest unit tests
• Experience developing with AI assistant technologies (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot)

Benefits

• Flexible work: remote-friendly, with periodic in-person collaboration in Nové Město na Moravě
• Individually tailored working conditions focused on responsibility and real work
• Pleasant environment with small offices (2–5 people)
• Long-term stability (over 30 years as a private Czech company)
• Accommodation support in Nové Město na Moravě (shared apartment room or discounted full apartment)
• Quality of life in Nové Město na Moravě (sports/outdoor-friendly and family-oriented)