Robots & Pencils is seeking a Senior Front-End Engineer to help build a modern, unified digital experience platform for a large multi-venue hospitality and entertainment organization. You will work on high-impact web applications that support personalized guest journeys, real-time itinerary orchestration, and seamless cross-property experiences.
You’ll develop modern user interfaces using React and Next.js, deployed on Vercel, integrate with a headless CMS (Contentful) and a scalable middleware/API layer (MuleSoft), and collaborate with architects, designers, backend engineers, and data teams to deliver full product slices end-to-end. You’ll also take ownership of app logic, ensuring smooth integration between frontend components and backend services.
This role is ideal for a front-end engineer with strong engineering fundamentals, deep experience with React/Next.js, and a product mindset focused on quality, iteration, and excellent user experience and accessibility.
Key Responsibilities
Front-End Development & App Logic
- Build responsive, performant, and accessible web applications using React and Next.js.
- Translate UX/UI designs, user journeys, and requirements into reusable, maintainable, production-ready components.
- Implement app logic, connecting UI components to backend services, APIs, middleware, and Contentful CMS.
- Integrate front-end features with REST/GraphQL APIs and third-party systems to enable real-time, personalized experiences.
Architecture & Quality
- Contribute to front-end architecture decisions, coding standards, and best practices.
- Ensure excellent performance, scalability, and accessibility (WCAG) across devices and platforms.
- Leverage AI-assisted coding tools for rapid development, refactoring, and testing while maintaining high code quality.
- Identify opportunities to optimize UI workflows, app logic, and delivery efficiency.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with backend engineers, designers, QA, product managers, and architects to deliver complete feature slices.
- Participate in sprint ceremonies—planning, grooming, stand-ups, retrospectives.
- Support integration across complex systems (legacy + modern) to ensure consistent and smooth user experiences.
Continuous Improvement
- Advocate for user-centered design, accessibility, and clean code.
- Contribute to documentation, component libraries, and reusable design systems.
- Monitor frontend performance, recommend improvements, and maintain high engineering standards.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional front-end experience.
- Strong proficiency in React, Next.js, JavaScript (ES6+), TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3.
- Experience with state management libraries (Redux, Zustand, or equivalent).
- Solid understanding of responsive design, accessibility (WCAG), and modern UI performance techniques.
- Experience with API integration (REST/GraphQL) and headless CMS platforms (Contentful).
- Familiarity with AI coding assistants (GitHub Copilot, Codeium, etc.) to enhance productivity.
- Strong engineering fundamentals and understanding of modern SDLC practices.
Nice to Have
- Experience with modern cloud hosting (Vercel) and edge deployment models.
- Exposure to MuleSoft or other API gateway/middleware integrations.
- Experience in large-scale, multi-team, distributed enterprise environments.
- Understanding of frontend performance profiling, analytics, and monitoring.
Soft Skills & Personal Competencies
- Clear and proactive communicator
- Comfort with ambiguity and complex system landscapes
- Product thinking with strong user empathy
- Proactive problem-solving and ownership mentality
- Adaptability and ability to move quickly while maintaining high quality
- Strong attention to detail and craftsmanship
Why Join Robots & Pencils?
You’ll work on one of the most ambitious digital transformation initiatives in our portfolio — creating a unified platform that powers real experiences for thousands of visitors across multiple venues. You’ll join a team that values creativity, iteration, engineering excellence, app logic clarity, accessibility, and high-quality user experiences.
Top Skills
What We Do
Robots & Pencils develops digital strategies and products that deliver exponential impact to our clients. We design and build solutions that unlock data and insights, infuse intelligent automation, and accelerate product innovation across the organization.
Everything we do starts by blending the sciences with the humanities, the Robots with the Pencils. Our top-tier talent fuses creativity + technology to help brands transform their businesses, deliver delightful customer and employee experiences, and maintain a competitive edge amidst a constantly changing industry landscape.
