About the role
Our clients platform seamlessly connects users with the best venues in real time, making spontaneous nights out effortless. As they scale, they are looking for a Senior React Developer with strong SEO expertise to help enhance their platform’s performance, search visibility, and user experience.
Your Role
As a Senior React Developer, you’ll be at the forefront of our frontend development, ensuring our platform is fast, responsive, and search-engine optimized. You’ll collaborate with backend engineers, designers, and marketing teams to build and maintain high-performing, SEO-friendly web applications.
Requirements
What You’ll Do
- Develop and maintain scalable React applications with a strong focus on performance and SEO best practices.
- Implement server-side rendering (SSR), dynamic rendering, and structured data to optimize search visibility.
- Work with Java to integrate frontend components with backend services.
- Optimize code for Core Web Vitals, ensuring smooth and fast user experiences.
- Collaborate with marketing and product teams to enhance technical SEO, including metadata management, schema markup, and crawlability improvements.
- Work with Next.js (or other SSR frameworks) to enhance frontend performance.
- Conduct code reviews, mentor junior developers, and contribute to best practices in React development.
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of experience in frontend development with React.js.
- Strong understanding of Java for backend integration.
- Expertise in SEO for JavaScript applications, including SSR, metadata optimization, and structured data.
- Experience with Next.js (or similar frameworks) to improve SEO and performance.
- Deep knowledge of RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and modern web development practices.
- Familiarity with tools like Google Search Console, Lighthouse, and WebPageTest to analyze and optimize performance.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and agile methodologies.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment.
About the company
VirtuHire
VirtuHire At VirtuHire, we specialize in connecting businesses with South Africa's top-tier remote talent. By offering no-recruitment-fee hiring solutions and acting as the Employer of Record (EOR), we handle everything from sourcing and onboarding to payroll and admin management. Our mission is to empower companies to scale efficiently, save up to 68% on operational costs, and access a highly skilled, diverse workforce tailored to their needs. Whether you're a business looking for cost-effective, qualified talent or an applicant seeking exciting remote opportunities, VirtuHire ensures a seamless and professional experience at every step. Join us and discover the difference of working with the top 1%.
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