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UCentric

Junior Product Engineer (UI/Frontend)

UCentric
Australia · Full-time · Entry

Junior Product Engineer (UI / Frontend)

Full-time | 1–3 Years Experience


About the Opportunity

We’re working with a growing technology team building modern, user-facing products used in real-world production environments. As part of their continued growth, they are looking to hire a Junior Product Engineer with a strong passion for UI, frontend development, and product experience.


This role is ideal for an early-career engineer who enjoys turning complex functionality into intuitive, polished interfaces. You’ll play a key role in shaping the product experience, working closely with design, backend, and product teams to deliver responsive, high-quality frontend applications.


Your Mission

You will help build the product layer that users interact with every day. This means designing and implementing clean, responsive, and user-friendly interfaces, improving usability, and ensuring performance across the frontend experience.


The focus of this role is UI quality, frontend architecture, and product usability, not just building features, but crafting thoughtful user experiences.


What You’ll Actually Do

  • Build and maintain modern, responsive UI components
  • Translate product and UX requirements into polished frontend experiences
  • Improve usability, accessibility, and visual consistency across the product
  • Optimize frontend performance, load times, and responsiveness
  • Collaborate with backend engineers to integrate APIs and services
  • Contribute to component libraries and reusable UI patterns
  • Support debugging and troubleshooting in production environments
  • Participate in product discussions with a focus on user experience


The Kind of Person Who Will Thrive

You’re someone who:

  • Has a strong interest in UI, frontend engineering, and product design
  • Cares about visual polish, spacing, layout, and interaction details
  • Enjoys building intuitive workflows rather than just functional screens
  • Thinks about edge cases and real user behavior
  • Is curious and eager to learn modern frontend best practices
  • Writes clean, maintainable, scalable UI code
  • Collaborates well with product and design stakeholders


Technical Skills & Experience

  • 1–3 years of experience building frontend or UI-focused applications
  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript / JavaScript
  • Experience with modern frontend frameworks (React, Vue, or similar)
  • Understanding of component-based architecture and state management
  • Experience building responsive and accessible user interfaces
  • Familiarity with REST APIs and frontend-backend integration
  • Strong attention to UI detail and usability


Nice to have:

  • Experience with design systems or component libraries
  • Exposure to real-time interfaces or dynamic data updates
  • Performance optimization and frontend tooling experience


Why Apply?

  • Strong focus on UI quality and frontend craftsmanship
  • Opportunity to shape user-facing product experiences early in your career
  • Collaborative, product-driven engineering environment
  • Learn from experienced engineers across the stack
  • High-impact role with ownership of frontend features


How to Apply

If you’re passionate about building clean, modern UI experiences and want to grow as a frontend-focused product engineer, we’d love to hear from you.


Please include links to your portfolio, GitHub, or examples of UI/frontend work with your application.

Key Skills

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ui responsive product design design systems javascript typescript react vue ux
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Posted
Apr 08, 2026
Type
Full-time
Level
Entry
Location
Melbourne
Company
UCentric

Industries

Technology Information Media

Categories

Information Technology

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