Frontend Developer (React. Next.js) - Part-time - EMEA/APAC

Company: RideScan — AI software platform monitoring autonomous robots for safety & reliability
Engagement: Part-time contract (~15 hrs/week), flexible; potential to convert to full-time

About the Company

RideScan builds AI-driven software to monitor autonomous robots for safety, reliability, and performance. After a year of product development with a diverse engineering team (front-end, back-end, AI, robotics, API), we’re iterating quickly with customer feedback and need a front-end engineer to keep momentum as our current engineer transitions out.

The Role

We’re seeking a mid-level Front-End Engineer to ship product improvements in React and Next.js, implement responsive UI, and integrate APIs. You’ll work closely with the product and engineering teams to translate UI/UX designs into high-quality, maintainable code and help with knowledge transfer from the departing engineer.

What You’ll Do

• Build and iterate on customer-facing features using React and Next.js.
• Translate UI/UX designs into responsive, accessible components and pages.
• Integrate with back-end APIs; handle data fetching, caching, and client-side state.
• Improve existing code for performance, readability, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with product/design to incorporate customer feedback quickly.
• Participate in handover sessions to capture context and ensure smooth transition.
• Contribute to lightweight testing and documentation for reliability.

Must-Have Qualifications

• 3–5+ years professional experience in front-end web development.
• Strong proficiency with React and Next.js in production.
• Solid grasp of TypeScript/JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 (responsive layouts, accessibility).
• Experience integrating REST/GraphQL APIs and handling auth, errors, and loading states.
• Comfort improving and refactoring established codebases.
• Excellent communication; ability to collaborate across time zones (UK→India).
• Availability ~15 hours/week and ability to start by month-end.

Nice to Have

• Experience with performance optimization (Lighthouse, bundle analysis, caching strategies).
• Testing exposure (Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress).
• Design systems or component libraries; basic UX sensibilities.
• CI/CD familiarity and modern front-end tooling (Vercel, Turborepo, eslint/prettier).