Job#: 3033939 Job Description: Senior UI Developer
Location: Henrico, Virginia (Partial Remote - 1x week onsite)
Employment Type: Contract (40 hour/week)
Duration: long-term multi-year engagement (or contract-to-hire)
Role Overview
We are seeking a Senior UI Developer with deep expertise in React to support the development of modern, scalable, and high-performing web applications. This role is 90-100% focused on front-end/UI development, partnering closely with product, design, and backend teams to deliver exceptional user experiences. The ideal candidate is a React specialist with strong JavaScript and TypeScript skills, extensive experience building reusable component-driven UIs, and comfort consuming APIs.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain modern, responsive user interfaces using React.
- Develop reusable, scalable front-end components following React best practices.
- Implement clean, maintainable code using JavaScript (ES6+) and TypeScript.
- Consume and integrate REST APIs and backend services into UI applications.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, UX/UI designers, and backend developers.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex UI, performance, and browser-related issues.
- Ensure applications meet performance, accessibility, scalability, and security standards.
- Participate in sprint planning, standups, and code reviews.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional React development experience.
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
- Extensive experience building component-based UI architectures.
- Hands-on experience integrating frontend applications with RESTful APIs.
- Strong understanding of modern front-end tooling (Webpack, Vite, Babel, npm/yarn).
- Experience with responsive design, cross-browser compatibility, and UI performance optimization.
- Familiarity with Git, branching strategies, and collaborative development workflows.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with UI frameworks or libraries (Material UI, Ant Design, Chakra, Tailwind, etc.).
- Familiarity with state management solutions (Redux, Context API, Zustand, etc.).
- Exposure to Azure-hosted applications or cloud-based environments.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum development teams.
- Knowledge of frontend testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress).
- Understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG, ARIA).
Compensation & Benefits
The anticipated pay range for this position is $55.00/hour to $65.00/hour. Please note that the final pay rate will be determined by a variety of factors, including the candidate's experience and qualifications.
This employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.
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