Svelte Developer

Location: Fully Remote from Europe Daytime Schedule

Responsibilities

• Architect and build a new web frontend from scratch using SvelteKit and Tailwind CSS

• Define rendering strategy across SSR, SSG, ISR, and edge where appropriate

• Hit and hold performance targets: LCP < 2.0s, INP < 200ms, CLS < 0.1 on real-user metrics

• Build a reusable component library and design system implementation in Svelte

• Translate product requirements and design specs into clean, composable, accessible components

• Own SEO fundamentals: semantic HTML, metadata, structured data, sitemap, canonicalization

• Set up and enforce testing standards: Vitest for unit, Playwright for E2E

• Establish frontend tooling and DX: linting, formatting, type checks, pre-commit hooks, CI gates

• Lead code reviews and raise the quality bar across the frontend

• Drive technical planning, ADRs, and architecture discussions

• Integrate with backend APIs and contribute to API contract design where it affects the frontend

• Support CI/CD pipelines and deployments on AWS

Required Skills

• Strong production experience with Svelte and SvelteKit

• Expert-level TypeScript and modern JavaScript

• Deep Tailwind CSS experience, including design token strategy and avoiding utility sprawl

• Strong HTML5, CSS3, accessibility and responsive design

• Proven track record building high-performance web apps measured against Core Web Vitals

• Experience designing scalable frontend architectures from greenfield

• Experience building and maintaining reusable component libraries

• State management patterns in Svelte (stores, context, runes)

• Vitest for unit testing

• Playwright for end-to-end testing

• Strong Git and GitHub workflow proficiency (PRs, reviews, CI/CD)

• Experience with performance monitoring and optimization (Lighthouse, WebPageTest, RUM)

• Hands-on experience implementing agentic development workflows using tools such as Claude Code, Cursor or equivalent.

Nice to Have

• Experience with edge runtimes (Cloudflare Workers, AWS Lambda@Edge)

• Experience deploying to AWS (CloudFront, S3, ECS, or equivalent)

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines

• Experience implementing design systems end-to-end

• Experience integrating AI-powered features into production frontends

• Prior experience migrating from React/Next.js to Svelte/SvelteKit

What's in it for you?

🚀 Serious Startup Energy

The chance to build and scale a B2B platform from the ground up within a fresh tech ecosystem launched in 2025.

🗺️ A truly global remote environment working with teammates from all over the world. 🏝️ Take up to 28 unavailable days a year plus public holidays.

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