About the Role

As a Senior Frontend Developer (Contractor/Freelancer) at Beyond Sports, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, performant, and engaging frontend solutions to sports fansand partners worldwide. Working alongside a cross-functional team, you’ll be responsible for buildingand maintaining responsive web applications using modern frontend technologiesand best practices.

This role is delivery-focused, suited for a self-driven contractor who thrives on writing clean, scalable code, solving complex problems, and delivering against clearly defined requirements. You’ll work closely with designers, backend developers, and project managers to ensure that deliverables meet expectationsand deadlines.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate project requirementsand designs into functional, maintainable frontend code
• Scope, estimate, and manage your own tasks to meet agreed timelines
• Integrate with backend APIsand third-party services
• Produce high-quality, reusable code with attention to maintainabilityand performance
• Ensure cross-browser and cross-device compatibility through rigorous testingand debugging
• Implement responsive UI/UX using HTML, CSS/SASS, and JavaScript (vanilla)
• Use Gulp workflowsand Git version control effectively within a collaborative codebase
• Collaborate with the wider delivery team to ensure alignment on goalsand timelines
• Proactively identify and resolve frontend issues or technical blockers
• Document frontend solutions to support ongoing maintenanceand handovers

Required Skills & Experience

Expert-level knowledge of:

• HTML, CSS, and responsive design principles
• JavaScript (vanilla)
• React
• SASS development
• JSONand RESTful APIs
• Gulp workflows
• Gitand version control best practices
• Cross-browser/device testingand debugging
• Working with design filesand translating them into code (e.g. Figma, Sketch)
• Frontend performance tuningand optimization
• Writing clean, readable documentation for frontend solutions

Comfortable with:

• ES6/ES7 features
• Integrating third-party toolsand SDKs (e.g. video providers)
• NPMand Bower for dependency management
• Web accessibility (a11y) best practices
• SEO best practices for frontend builds
• JIRAor similar tools for task tracking

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with CI/CD processes for frontend deployment
• Understanding of frontend architecture patternsand modular development