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Arc helps you find and hire top Front-End developers for both freelance and full-time jobs. With 967 Front-End programmers available for hire on a freelance or full-time basis, we have one of the largest network of vetted talent. Our Silicon Valley-caliber vetting process helps ensure that you hire Front-End developers and experts that you can trust.

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Here are just a few of our great Front-End developers available to hire:

Nate F., Front-End developer for hire
Nate F.
Front-End Developer
United States of America
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Senior Full-Stack Engineer: React / TypeScript / Node.js

Hello! I am a full-stack developer with 10+ years of software industry experience. I most enjoy working with React, TypeScript, and front-end development, although I can also help with Node + Express + Nest.js or similar backend f...

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Ravi L., Front-End developer for hire
Ravi L.
Front-End Developer
United States
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Design Technologist

Product focused engineer with a diverse background in software development on different platforms. Have worked on projects that work on the web, mobile devices and TVs to IoT hardware devices. Certified Cloud-Practitioner in AWS...

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Silvestar B., Front-End freelance coder
Silvestar B.
Front-End Developer
Croatia
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Web Developer

I am a fearless web developer, CSS craftsman, JAMstack enthusiast, and WordPress theme specialist. I enjoy creating pixel-perfect, responsive, and modern websites. My focus is on delivering the best experience for users on every d...

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Sunny G., freelance Front-End developer
Sunny G.
Front-End Developer
India
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Lead Frontend Developer with exp in building and breaking things.

Talk to me about frontend performance, creating complex web-apps or isomorphic web applications. I can also help out as an eleventh-hour man when stuff hits the fan. Feel free to reach out to me. Works have been featured in Apple...

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Marcin P., freelance Front-End programmer
Marcin P.
Front-End Developer
Poland
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Full Stack Java/JavaScript Developer and Architect

My primary experience is in backend development with Java technology stack. I architected, developed and implemented web applications and automated Continuous Integration and Delivery for commercial products. My secondary experien...

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Bryan M., freelance Front-End developer
Bryan M.
Front-End Developer
United States
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💻 NYC based web developer - PHP, Laravel, JS, jQuery, Java and more.

✅ Money-back guarantee! (see profile). NYC based developer with 16+ years of experience (independent freelancing, at Fortune 500s and at small startups). Languages include PHP, Javascript, Python, and Java. I have framework experi...

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Victor K., freelance Front-End programmer
Victor K.
Front-End Developer
Argentina
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Seasoned Full Stack Web App Engineer & Architect. Lean Agile Project & Team Mentor.

FullStack (Process Engineering = Lean UX && Agile && Kanban && UML, Devops = true) => { (React && Redux || Vue && Vuex && Nuxt.js && Vuetify) && Node && (Express || Hapi) && (MySql || Postgres || MongoDB || CouchDB) } [WordPres...

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Brandon D., Front-End freelance developer
Brandon D.
Front-End Developer
United States
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Full stack ruby developer and security geek.

I'm a self taught web developer with years of professional experience. I'm particularly interested in clean and semantic code, security, and how to learn and teach most effectively.

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Jesus L., freelance Front-End developer
Jesus L.
Front-End Developer
Colombia
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Freelance Web Developer / Consultant

Specialties: CSS, XHTML, Joomla, Drupal, Wordpress, Web Standard Compliance Assesment, Web Accessibility Evaluation, Crossbrowsing Test / Fixes, jQuery, SEF/SEO, Lightning Web Components. I love when a site works properly, no err...

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Warren M., freelance Front-End programmer
Warren M.
Front-End Developer
Singapore
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Fullstack Software Engineer

Fullstack Engineer specializing in Java, Javascript and Typescript and React. I enjoy anything that is tech and on my spare time I'm mostly doing things to improve my skills and try out various new technologies.

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To create an interactive and user-centric web page, you’ll need a front-end developer responsible for all client-side software development.

They are responsible for website security, code quality testing, cross-browser and device compatibility, performance, and scalability, among other things. The sum of their work is bringing mockups to life for the end-user.

You should hire front-end developers who are not only skilled in JavaScript, CSS, and HTML, but also familiar with the intricacies of different frameworks and libraries, interface design methods, back-end APIs, and more. They must also be strong communicators capable of working closely with UI designers and back-end software engineers.

Front-End Developer Salaries

To attract the right front-end developer, you’ll need to offer compensation consistent with market rates.

Front-end Developer Salaries in the USA

To calculate the national and local average salaries for front-end developers, we use data from our salary pages.

Senior Front-end Developer: National Average: $106,866

Junior Front-end Developer: National Average: $56,575

Average Salary By State

Here is a list of front-end developer salaries for a selection of U.S. states with tech hubs or a high ratio of software development job openings:

  • California: $132,468
  • Colorado: $106,258
  • Georgia: $98,017
  • Illinois: $107,976
  • Maryland: $100,196
  • Massachusetts: $117,285
  • New York: $114,908
  • Texas: $98.836
  • Washington: $130,366
  • Washington DC: $99,515

Front-end Developer Freelance Rates

According to our front-end developer freelance hourly rates explorer, the average rate for a freelance front-end developer is $61-80/hr.

Here we’ll briefly go over monthly and annual salary estimations for freelance front-end developers. As part of this, we’ll take $70/hour (the mid-point of the freelance rate range).

Monthly Freelance Front-end Developer Salary

40hrs/Week x 4 Weeks = 160 Hrs

160 hrs x 70 = $11,200 Per Month

Annual Freelance Front-end Developer Salary

$11,200 x 12 Months = $134,400 Annually

Companies may be tempted to hire a full-time, on-site programmer with the average salaried front-end developer compensated at $106,866 annually. However, the value of paid benefits and indirect costs substantially increase the expenditure of hiring full-time employees, making front-end freelance talent more attractive. Do your homework on full-time hire indirect costs before making a hiring decision.

Front-end developers use JavaScript frameworks to code quality apps quickly and securely while adhering to best practices. If you are using a particular JavaScript framework, you may want to hire frontend developers who are familiar with it.

Using job openings as an indicator, React, jQuery, and Angular remain the most popular JavaScript frameworks. Other popular frameworks suitable for your software development include EmberJS, MeteorJS, and VueJS.

Front-end Developer Communities and Networks

Recruiting a front-end developer with the right skills and experience can take a great amount of time and effort, so you’ll want to take advantage of all of the tools at your disposal. These tools include online communities where front-end developers share information, teach, and learn.

Getting involved in front-end developer communities will allow you to better understand the latest developments in client-side software development, get news and updates in real-time, plus build relationships with passionate developers who are serious about their craft.

Programmers who are active in online communities are often open to connect, or able to refer you to friends and colleagues who may be able to work on your software development project. In addition to virtual communities, we also present a list of front-end conferences where you can connect in person.

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Front-end Meetups and Conferences

Even in the world of web development, offline, in-person networking can go a long way. Check out your local meetup communities for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and web design events.

In addition, there are many new and long-running conferences around the globe where top-notch developers convene, and the best minds in the industry share new innovations, up-and-coming trends, and research on the latest technologies.

These events are great opportunities to learn from the best in the biz and connect with front-end programmers who are serious about staying on the cutting edge of web design and development.

If you’re able to, try to make it out to an event in your region.

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Tailor Your Front-End Job Description

If you are not a large company, your job description may be the first time a candidate comes into contact with your organization. It’s important that it leaves a good impression and provides the right information to attract the right talent.

There are five basic sections every job description should include. They are as follows:

  1. Job title, location, type of employment (full-time, part-time, etc.), salary range

  2. Company overview, vision, mission statement, and culture

  3. A detailed list of day-to-day responsibilities

  4. Required skills

  5. Benefits and perks

You’ll want to customize these sections to fit your specific company and software development project. For example, if you want to continue using ReactJS and Stylus styling sheets, you should use these keywords at the top of your requirements section to find developers with this specific skill set and experience.

You should also include day-to-day tasks like testing and debugging if your front-end developer is expected to take on those tasks. The more specific you can make your job description, the more likely you are to attract strong candidates that are a good fit.

A good front-end developer job description immediately and briefly introduces the product and industry. It also lists a specific number of years of experience required, specific languages, frameworks, and other requirements necessary or used for the company’s software development. Front-end developers who read your job description should know if their experience, skills, and interests, qualify them to apply.

Ensure the responsibilities and requirements sections of your front-end dev job description aren’t too vague. Job responsibilities like “support development” and “work on creative projects” are obvious, and phrasing like this leaves the candidate with no information about the type of web applications and developments the job actually entails.

In addition, without listing a certain number of years, preferred frameworks, and libraries, the requirements section lacks specificity. Based on that more generic job description, anyone with basic front-end development know-how may feel they are qualified to apply for the job. This will result in more work for the recruiter as they sift through a sea of unqualified candidates.

Front-End Developer Interview Questions

Once your awesome job description has attracted the quality developers you have been looking for, you’ll need to put their knowledge to the test with a properly designed interview process.

You should first ask general questions to gauge communication skills, web development foundation, applicable experience, and interest in working with you. You should then delve into some technical aspects of front-end development.

To that end, we’ve included a list of general questions and specific front-end interview questions surrounding JavaScript, HTML, and CSS to help you build a bulletproof interview structure. While not included here, you should also interview candidates for soft skills like communication, collaboration, and conflict resolution. Now, let’s jump into the interview questions.

General Questions

  1. Tell me about a project you’re particularly proud of. What did you do that worked out well?
  2. What’s hard about coding?
  3. How do you do testing? How would you improve QA?
  4. When have you solved a problem that didn’t involve you coding?
  5. Have you ever worked directly with clients or been in a customer-facing role in the past?

JavaScript Interview Questions

  1. How do you organize your JavaScript code?
  2. What is the difference between var, let, and const in JavaScript?
  3. Explain prototype inheritance and method lookup.
  4. What is a “closure” in JavaScript? Provide an example.
  5. How does JavaScript event loop work?

If you are hiring a developer with experience in a particular JavaScript framework, you should also include language and framework-specific questions in your interview.

CSS Interview Questions

  1. How can you integrate CSS on a webpage?
  2. If you have 5 different stylesheets, how would you best integrate them into the site?
  3. What do you do when a web browser doesn’t yet support a property?
  4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of CSS, LESS, and SASS?
  5. What is an embedded style sheet? What are the advantages?

HTML Interview Questions

  1. What’s the difference between HTML elements and tags?
  2. How do you serve a page with content in multiple languages?
  3. Consider HTML5 as an open web platform. What are the building blocks of HTML5?
  4. What is semantic HTML?
  5. Is it possible to change the color of a bullet?

Recap

With few exceptions, businesses reach their potential customers with a web application. To bring the best user experience to your customers and potential customers, hire the best possible front-end developer.

Here are the steps to go about doing so:

  1. Set your budget to be in line with developer salary expectations in your region, or consider working with a remote freelance developer. Do some background research to fully understand the indirect costs of bringing on a full-time employee.

  2. Engage in front-end development communities both online and off. Remember that developers who participate in online forums, contribute at meetups, and attend web development events are most likely to become leaders in their field and make good connections.

  3. Customize your job description using keywords to emphasize the technical experience you are looking for and include specific requirements and job tasks. Your job description is also the place to brand your company as a desirable employer to attract the best candidates.

  4. Design your interview process to test not only a candidate’s professionalism, communication ability, and interest, but also their technical knowledge of front-end development.

FAQs

What kinds of Front-End programmers are available for hire through Arc?

You can find a variety of Front-End developers for hire on Arc! At Arc, you can hire on a freelance, full-time, part-time, or contract-to-hire basis. For freelance Front-End programmers, Arc matches you with the right senior developer in roughly 72 hours. As for full-time remote Front-End developers for hire, you can expect to make a successful hire in 14 days. To extend a freelance engagement to a full-time hire, a contract-to-hire fee will apply.

In addition to a variety of engagement types, Arc also offers a wide range of developers located in different geographical locations, such as Latin America and Eastern Europe. Depending on your needs, Arc offers a global network of skilled software engineers in various different time zones and countries for you to choose from.

Lastly, our remote-ready Front-End developers for hire are all mid-level and senior-level professionals. They are ready to start coding straight away, anytime, anywhere.

Why is Arc the best choice for hiring Front-End developers?

Arc is trusted by hundreds of startups and tech companies around the world, and we’ve matched thousands of skilled Front-End developers with both freelance and full-time jobs. We’ve successfully helped Silicon Valley startups and larger tech companies like Spotify and Automattic hire Front-End developers.

Every Front-End developer for hire in our network goes through a vetting process to verify their communication abilities, remote work readiness, and technical skills (both for depth in Front-End and breadth across the greater domain). Additionally, HireAI, our GPT-4-powered AI recruiter, enables you to get instant candidate matches without searching and screening.

Not only can you expect to find the most qualified Front-End engineer on Arc, but you can also count on your account manager and the support team to make each hire a success. Enjoy a streamlined hiring experience with Arc, where we provide you with the developer you need, and take care of the logistics so you don’t need to.

How does Arc vet a developer’s Front-End skills?

Arc has a rigorous and transparent vetting process for all types of developers. To become a vetted Front-End developer for hire on Arc, developers must pass a profile screening, complete a behavioral interview, and pass a technical interview or pair programming.

While Arc has a strict vetting process for its verified Front-End developers, if you’re using Arc’s free job posting plan, you will only have access to non-vetted developers. If you’re using Arc to hire Front-End developers, you can rest assured that all remote Front-End developers have been thoroughly vetted for the high-caliber communication and technical skills you need in a successful hire.

How long does it take to find Front-End developers on Arc?

Arc pre-screens all of our remote Front-End developers before we present them to you. As such, all the remote Front-End developers you see on your Arc dashboard are interview-ready candidates who make up the top 2% of applicants who pass our technical and communication assessment. You can expect the interview process to happen within days of posting your jobs to 300,000 candidates. You can also expect to hire a freelance Front-End programmer in 72 hours, or find a full-time Front-End programmer that fits your company’s needs in 14 days.

Here’s a quote from Philip, the Director of Engineering at Chegg:

“The biggest advantage and benefit of working with Arc is the tremendous reduction in time spent sourcing quality candidates. We’re able to identify the talent in a matter of days.”

Find out more about how Arc successfully helped our partners in hiring remote Front-End developers.

How much does a freelance Front-End developer charge per hour?

Depending on the freelance developer job board you use, freelance remote Front-End developers' hourly rates can vary drastically. For instance, if you're looking on general marketplaces like Upwork and Fiverr, you can find Front-End developers for hire at as low as $10 per hour. However, high-quality freelance developers often avoid general freelance platforms like Fiverr to avoid the bidding wars.

When you hire Front-End developers through Arc, they typically charge between $60-100+/hour (USD). To get a better understanding of contract costs, check out our freelance developer rate explorer.

How much does it cost to hire a full time Front-End developer?

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the medium annual wage for software developers in the U.S. was $120,730 in May 2021. What this amounts to is around $70-100 per hour. Note that this does not include the direct cost of hiring, which totals to about $4000 per new recruit, according to Glassdoor.

Your remote Front-End developer’s annual salary may differ dramatically depending on their years of experience, related technical skills, education, and country of residence. For instance, if the developer is located in Eastern Europe or Latin America, the hourly rate for developers will be around $75-95 per hour.

For more frequently asked questions on hiring Front-End developers, check out our FAQs page.

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