Frontend-Leaning Full Stack Engineer (React / Next.js) $200k + Super + bonus
Build what users actually feel. Not just what they see.
Most platforms talk about growth.
This one lives or dies on experience.
Every click. Every load. Every micro-interaction.
If it’s slow, clunky, or confusing… users don’t come back.
That’s the problem you’ll solve.
🚀 The Opportunity
You’ll join a high-growth, product-led scale-up where the frontend is the product.
This isn’t a “build a few components and move on” role.
You’ll own the experience layer across a suite of high-traffic digital products, shaping how users engage, convert, and stay.
Think:
- Complex, data-heavy interfaces
- Real-time interactions
- Performance at scale
- UX that directly impacts retention and revenue
You’ll lead with frontend craft, but operate as a true full stack engineer when needed.
🧠 What You’ll Actually Do
- Own the quality bar for frontend engineering across core products
- Build fast, responsive, production-grade apps using React / Next.js
- Sweat the details others ignore:
- render performance, interaction latency, layout shift, accessibility
- Partner closely with Product & Design to bring ideas to life exactly as intended
- Jump into backend when needed (APIs, data shaping, service integration)
- Raise the standard across the team through code reviews and mentorship
- Treat Core Web Vitals as a baseline, not a “nice to have”
🛠 Tech Snapshot
- React (deep expertise expected)
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- API-driven architecture
- Modern frontend performance tooling
- Bonus: real-time data, complex UI states, charting or data visualisation
🔥 What They’re Looking For
- Strong frontend engineer who can set the standard for others
- Deep understanding of:
- Component architecture
- State management
- Rendering performance
- Solid grasp of accessibility (WCAG, semantic HTML, ARIA)
- Comfortable working across the stack when needed
- Someone who understands that:
better UX = better retention = real commercial impact
🌱 Why This Role
- You’re not maintaining… you’re evolving a live product
- High ownership, high visibility, real user impact
- Startup pace without chaos — strong product and engineering alignment
- Opportunity to shape frontend direction, not just follow it
- Work on products people use every single day
⚡ The Type of Person Who Thrives Here
- You care about the craft of frontend engineering
- You notice the things others miss
- You get frustrated by slow, clunky products
- You like moving fast, but not breaking quality
- You want your work to actually matter to users
🏢 The Environment
- Let’s be clear.
- Sydney | 5 days in the office
- Because:
- Decisions happen quickly
- Problems get solved in real time
- The best ideas come from being in the room
- This is not a passive environment.
- Fast-moving, product-led scale-up
- High ownership, low bureaucracy
- Engineers are trusted to make decisions
- Strong focus on quality, performance, and continuous improvement
If you’ve ever looked at a product and thought
"this could be so much better"
This is your chance to fix it.
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- Posted
- Apr 17, 2026
- Type
- Full-time
- Level
- Mid-Senior
- Location
- Sydney
- Company
- Big Wave Digital
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