Remote Position
[Remote] Frontend Engineer - UI/UX Focus
🌍 Remote · United States
💼 Full-time
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Zettabyte is a company focused on creating seamless user experiences and they are seeking a Frontend Engineer with a UI/UX focus. The role involves designing user interfaces, implementing designs in Vue.js and Next.js, and collaborating with backend engineers to integrate APIs.
Responsibilities
- Design user interfaces and workflows in Figma, creating mockups and prototypes
- Implement your own designs in Vue.js (primary) and Next.js
- Collaborate with backend engineers to design and consume RESTful/GraphQL APIs
- Build robust state management and data fetching layers for complex UI requirements
- Own the full design-to-code pipeline for new features
- Create intuitive dashboards and visualizations using real-time API data
- Handle API error states, loading patterns, and data synchronization elegantly
- Conduct user research, create user flows, and iterate based on feedback
- Balance aesthetic appeal with technical constraints and performance
Skills
- 4+ years combined experience in frontend development and UI/UX design
- Strong Vue.js (Vue 3 preferred), React/Next.js, TypeScript, and modern CSS
- Experience with API integration, async data handling, and state management (Pinia/Vuex, Redux)
- Proficiency with REST APIs, GraphQL, and WebSocket connections
- Understanding of API design principles and ability to provide feedback to backend teams
- Proficiency in Figma (or similar) for creating production-ready designs
- Portfolio showing both design work and implemented projects
- Understanding of design principles: typography, color theory, spacing, visual hierarchy
- Experience owning features from concept through implementation
- Experience with API testing tools (Postman, Insomnia)
- Knowledge of backend technologies for better API collaboration
- Real-time data visualization experience
- OpenAPI/Swagger documentation experience
- Formal design education or HCI background
- Design systems experience (creating and maintaining)
- Background in developer tools or technical product design
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity based on your experience and skillset
- Hybrid role - 3 days in office, 2 days WFH
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