Hire Front-End Developers
The front end is the only part of your software that customers actually see, and it runs on devices you do not control: an old phone on a weak signal, a screen reader, a browser with scripts blocked. Our front-end developers build for those conditions, not only for the laptop the design was approved on.
The developer works in your repository and your design files, joins your calls and answers to you. Employment, equipment and cover for absence are our side of the arrangement. Questions about a layout go straight to the person building it.
Front-end jobs we are asked to do
Most requests fall into one of these six. Something else is fine too, so long as it ends up in a browser.
Design files into pages
Turning Figma layouts into semantic HTML and CSS that holds at every width, not just the three breakpoints in the mock-up. Grid and flexbox for layout, fluid type, and no fixed heights that break when the text is translated.
Accessibility repairs
Working through an audit against WCAG 2.2 AA: keyboard traps, missing form labels, focus that vanishes behind a modal, poor colour contrast, headings out of order. Each fix is checked with a keyboard and a screen reader, not only an automated scanner.
Core Web Vitals
Measuring LCP, INP and CLS on real pages, then removing the cause: oversized hero images, render-blocking scripts, fonts that shift the layout, third-party tags that hold the main thread. You receive the numbers from before and after.
Component libraries
A set of buttons, fields, cards and dialogs with documented states, built once and reused, so that the fifth page costs less than the first. Delivered with Storybook or a plain pattern page, whichever your team will keep up to date.
Removing jQuery and old build tools
Replacing plugins nobody maintains with native browser APIs, moving from Gulp or an old Webpack setup to Vite, and deleting CSS that no page uses any more. Done in small merges so nothing changes appearance unannounced.
Email and CMS templates
HTML email that survives Outlook and dark mode, and theme templates for WordPress or a headless CMS. The theme and plugins behind this website are our own code.
What sits around HTML, CSS and JavaScript
The three languages are the constant. The tools below change by project, and these are the ones our developers use on client work.
- Languages
- HTMLCSSJavaScriptTypeScriptSass
- Frameworks
- ReactVue.jsAngularSvelteAstroAlpine.js
- Styling
- Tailwind CSSBootstrapCSS ModulesPostCSS
- Build
- ViteWebpackesbuildnpmpnpm
- Testing
- PlaywrightCypressVitestJestaxe-coreLighthouse
- Design handover
- FigmaStorybook
Which level of front-end developer to ask for
The difference shows at the edges: the empty state, the long name, the slow connection. Juniors build the screen in the design. Seniors also build the ones the design forgot.
Junior
Builds pages and components from a finished design and an existing pattern library. Fixes layout bugs when given a screenshot and a browser version. Every merge request needs a reviewer.
Choose when: someone on your team already sets the front-end conventions and has time to review.
Mid-level
Takes a feature from design file to production, including loading, error and empty states. Writes the tests, checks keyboard use, and pushes back when a design cannot work on a small screen.
Choose when: designs arrive regularly and you need them built without daily supervision.
Senior
Decides the architecture: which framework, how state is held, what is rendered on the server, how the bundle is split. Sets up linting, testing and performance budgets so quality does not depend on memory.
Choose when: you are starting a new front end, replacing an old one, or nobody in-house can judge front-end code.
How a front-end engagement begins
Show us the screens
Send the design files or the live URL, the framework in use, and the browsers you must support. A list of known bugs makes a good brief.
Meet the developer
We put forward one named engineer and you talk to them directly. Ask them to walk through something they built. If they are not right, we suggest another person.
One page or one component first
A contained piece of real work comes first, merged through your normal review. It shows you their code and their communication before anything longer is agreed.
Settle into a weekly cycle
Tasks live in your tracker. Each week you get a short written summary of what was merged and what is waiting on a decision. Invoicing is once a month.
Front-end developer rates
Our rates are published. Pick the role and move the sliders for an indicative budget.
Rate card
| Role | Hourly | Monthly* |
|---|---|---|
| Frontend / WordPress | $30 | $4,800 |
| Backend / API | $32 | $5,120 |
| Full-stack | $35 | $5,600 |
| Mobile (React Native / Flutter) | $35 | $5,600 |
| DevOps / Cloud | $40 | $6,400 |
| AI / Automation engineer | $45 | $7,200 |
| QA / Test engineer | $25 | $4,000 |
| UI / UX design | $28 | $4,480 |
*160 hrs/month full-time. Rates are indicative for planning, in USD, and depend on seniority, contract length and timezone overlap. Longer engagements and multi-role teams are discounted — ask.
Will this way of working suit you?
We are a good choice when
- You have a steady flow of designs or front-end tickets and nobody free to build them.
- Your site has failed an accessibility or performance audit and the findings need fixing properly.
- You have back-end developers who would rather not write CSS.
- You run a design studio and need a build partner who works under your name.
Look elsewhere when
- You need a single landing page by the weekend. A local freelancer is the faster route.
- There is no design yet and nobody to make one. Start with a UI/UX designer, which is a separate role on our rate card.
- You expect the developer to be on site.
- You want identical rendering in browsers that stopped receiving updates long ago.
Questions about front-end hiring
Which browsers and devices do you test on?
The current versions of Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge, plus Safari on iOS and Chrome on Android. If your analytics show an older browser still in use, tell us at the start and it goes on the test list.
Can you work to WCAG 2.2 AA?
Yes. We build to it by default and can work through an existing audit report. Automated tools find only part of the problems, so we also test by keyboard and with VoiceOver or NVDA. We do not issue a legal conformance certificate; that is a job for an independent auditor.
Do we have to use a framework?
No. A brochure site or a blog is often better as server-rendered HTML with a little JavaScript. We suggest React, Vue or Angular when the page holds real application state, and say so when it does not.
Our designs are in Figma. What do you need from the designer?
Access to the file with components and styles named, the mobile and desktop versions of each screen, and an answer on what happens with long text and empty lists. Missing states are raised as questions before building, not guessed.
Who owns the code that is written?
You. Commits go to your repository from the first day, and the agreement records that the work belongs to you, along with the confidentiality terms.
What notice do you need to end the arrangement?
It runs month to month. Let us know before a new month starts, and the developer finishes or hands over open branches with written notes.
Send us the design or the URL
A link and a few lines will do: what the site or app is, what it is built with, and what should look or behave differently. We reply within one business day.