SDE-1 – Frontend Engineer

About Yappes

What You’ll Do

• Build responsive, high-quality web interfaces for the Yappes platform.
• Develop reusable frontend components and UI patterns.
• Translate product requirements and Figma designs into production-ready interfaces.
• Work closely with Product, UX/UI, and Backend engineers to deliver end-to-end features.
• Build complex interfaces such as:
  1. API management dashboards
  2. API/API Group management
  3. API marketplace
  4. Developer portal
  5. API policy configuration
  6. Authentication and security configuration
  7. Analytics and monitoring dashboards
  8. User, organization, and role management
  9. API subscription and lifecycle workflows
• Integrate frontend applications with REST APIs and backend services.
• Handle loading, error, empty, and edge states thoughtfully.
• Write clean, maintainable, and reusable code.
• Debug UI and integration issues and improve application performance.
• Participate in code reviews and follow engineering best practices.
• Write unit/integration tests for important frontend functionality.
• Contribute to improving frontend architecture, development standards, and developer experience.

Required Skills

• 1–3 years of professional experience in frontend development.
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Strong experience with React.js.
• Good understanding of:
  1. HTML5
  2. CSS3
  3. Responsive design
  4. Browser fundamentals
  5. REST APIs
  6. JSON
  7. Git
• Experience building reusable React components.
• Understanding of state management concepts.
• Ability to consume and integrate backend APIs.
• Good debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of frontend performance and basic security practices.
• Good understanding of asynchronous programming, promises, and API error handling.

Good to Have

• Experience with Next.js.
• Experience with TypeScript-heavy React applications.
• Experience with component libraries such as MUI, Mantine, or similar.
• Experience with Redux, Zustand, React Query/TanStack Query, or similar state/data-management libraries.
• Experience with frontend testing frameworks such as Jest, Vitest, React Testing Library, or Cypress/Playwright.
• Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD.
• Understanding of API gateways, API management, authentication, OAuth 2.0, JWT, or microservices.
• Experience building enterprise SaaS applications or developer-focused products.
• Familiarity with Figma and design systems.

What We Look For

• Take ownership of features from development through delivery.
• Care about UI quality and user experience, not just functionality.
• Can convert ambiguous requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Think about scalability and maintainability from the beginning.
• Are comfortable working closely with backend and product teams.
• Have strong attention to detail.
• Learn quickly and are willing to work across different areas of the product.
• Can independently investigate and solve problems.
• Write code that other engineers can understand and maintain.

Why Join Yappes?

• Work on a real developer-focused enterprise product.
• Build complex frontend experiences rather than simple CRUD applications.
• Work with modern frontend technologies and engineering practices.
• Gain exposure to APIs, security, cloud, integrations, and distributed systems.
• Work closely with product and engineering teams and have meaningful ownership of features.
• Opportunity to grow rapidly as an engineer while working on a platform used by enterprise customers.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred, but strong practical development experience is equally valued.