Senior Front-End Developer (Svelte/SvelteKit)

JobTitle : Senior Front-End Developer (Svelte/SvelteKit)

Location : Remote 

Client  is seeking a highly skilled Senior Front-End Developer (Svelte/SvelteKit) to join our Web Engineering team supporting a strategic digital modernization initiative focused on enhancing customer-facing digital experiences. This role will be responsible for designing, developing, and deploying scalable web applications using modern front-end technologies, headless CMS solutions, and cloud-native development practices.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in Svelte/SvelteKit, Sanity CMS, modern JavaScript frameworks, API integrations, and Agile software delivery. You will work closely with architects, product owners, UX teams, and platform engineers to deliver high-performance customer-facing experiences at enterprise scale.

 Responsibilities

• Design and develop responsive, scalable, and high-performing web applications using Svelte and SvelteKit.

• Build and maintain content-driven experiences utilizing Sanity CMS and headless architecture principles.

• Collaborate with Product, UX, and Architecture teams to implement customer-facing features and enhancements.

• Develop reusable UI components, design system integrations, and front-end frameworks.

• Integrate with internal and external APIs, microservices, authentication platforms, and customer data services.

• Drive code quality through peer reviews, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and engineering best practices.

• Optimize application performance, accessibility, SEO, security, and scalability.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, design reviews, and retrospectives.

• Mentor junior developers and contribute to engineering standards and technical decision-making.

• Support production deployments, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Work closely with platform and DevOps teams to ensure reliable delivery through automated deployment pipelines.

 Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience.

• 3+ years of modern JavaScript application development.

• Strong experience with:SvelteSvelteKitTypeScriptHTML5, CSS3, and SCSSREST APIs and GraphQLGit and modern source control practices

• Hands-on experience with:Sanity CMSHeadless CMS architecturesComponent-based UI developmentResponsive web designClient-side performance optimization

• Experience building applications deployed in cloud environments, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

• Strong knowledge of web accessibility, WCAG, and SEO best practices.

• Test-driven and quality-focused development approach.

• Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Jest, or Vitest.

• Experience operating in Agile/Scrum teams.

• Strong debugging and performance tuning capabilities.

 Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting large-scale consumer digital platforms.

• Telecommunications or eCommerce industry experience.

• Experience migrating from traditional CMS platforms to headless architectures.

• Knowledge of Adobe Experience Manager, AEM, migration strategies.

• Experience with Design Systems and reusable component libraries.

• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or Cursor.

• Cloud-native application architecture experience.