Freelance Senior Frontend Developer (Next.js, Tailwind, TypeScript)

📍 Location: Remote
📅 Contract: Freelance (3-month minimum, with potential extension)
💰 Compensation: Competitive, based on experience
🕒 Availability: 40 hours per week, Flexible, async-friendly

About Us

Kat Labs (Nacho the Kat) is an innovative crypto project expanding the Kaspa blockchain ecosystem. Our products, including Kat Pool, Kat Gov, and KatScan, are designed to enhance blockchain accessibility, governance, and development. We are building cutting-edge Web3 applications and are looking for a Senior Frontend Developer to join our team and help scale our platform.

Role Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Frontend Developer with a strong background in Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript. This role is a 3-month freelance contract, with the potential for an extension based on performance. You will work closely with our team to build and optimize high-performance frontend applications, ensuring seamless user experiences for our decentralized ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize highly performant frontend applications using Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript.
• Collaborate with backend engineers to integrate RESTful APIs and microservices effectively.
• Ensure responsive and visually appealing UIs using modern frontend frameworks (React, Vue.js preferred).
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to streamline deployment.
• Work with Cloudflare Pages for efficient hosting and deployment.
• Maintain clean, modular, and scalable frontend architecture.
• Debug, optimize, and enhance the user experience across different browsers and devices.
• Contribute to system design, architecture, and data structure decisions.
• Communicate and collaborate with the team in a Discord-based environment.

Required Skills & Experience

✅ Strong experience with:

• Next.js (server-side rendering, static site generation, API routes)
• Tailwind CSS (utility-first approach, responsive design)
• TypeScript (type safety, interfaces, generics)

✅ Preferred experience in:

• React, Vue.js, or similar frontend frameworks
• Cloudflare Pages deployment workflows
• CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions
• SQL databases, RESTful APIs, and microservices
• Scalable frontend architecture and system design

✅ Soft Skills & Culture Fit

• Self-motivated and capable of working efficiently in an async environment.
• Fast problem solver with strong attention to detail.
• Comfortable communicating via Discord and collaborating remotely.
• Passion for Blockchain, Web3, Open Source, and Decentralization (highly preferred).

Why Join Us?

• Work on exciting Web3 and blockchain projects at the forefront of decentralization.
• Join a passionate, collaborative, and fast-moving team.
• Gain hands-on experience in an innovative crypto ecosystem.
• Flexible remote work with competitive freelance compensation.