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Senior Front-End Developer (Svelte/SvelteKit)

American Unit Inc.Seattle, WA🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 23, 2026

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SeniorityMid Senior
Work modeHybrid
LocationSeattle, WA, United States
Posted19 hours ago
MicroservicesSvelteGitAWSScrumCSSCypressGoogle CloudJestPlaywrightVitestGenerative AIAzureJavaScriptAgileCI/CD

Job description

Job Title: Senior Front-End Developer (Svelte/SvelteKit)
Location: USA Seattle 1401 NW 46th St
The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in Svelte/SvelteKit, Sanity CMS, modern JavaScript frameworks, API integrations, and Agile software delivery. You will work closely with architects, product owners, UX teams, and platform engineers to deliver high-performance customer-facing experiences at enterprise scale.
Responsibilities
  • Design and develop responsive, scalable, and high-performing web applications using Svelte and SvelteKit.
  • Build and maintain content-driven experiences utilizing Sanity CMS and headless architecture principles.
  • Collaborate with Product, UX, and Architecture teams to implement customer-facing features and enhancements.
  • Develop reusable UI components, design system integrations, and front-end frameworks.
  • Integrate with internal and external APIs, microservices, authentication platforms, and customer data services.
  • Drive code quality through peer reviews, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and engineering best practices.
  • Optimize application performance, accessibility, SEO, security, and scalability.
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, design reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Mentor junior developers and contribute to engineering standards and technical decision-making.
  • Support production deployments, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Work closely with platform and DevOps teams to ensure reliable delivery through automated deployment pipelines.
Qualifications
  • 7+ years of software development experience.
  • 3+ years of modern JavaScript application development.
  • Strong experience with:SvelteSvelteKitTypeScriptHTML5, CSS3, and SCSSREST APIs and GraphQLGit and modern source control practices
  • Hands-on experience with:Sanity CMSHeadless CMS architecturesComponent-based UI developmentResponsive web designClient-side performance optimization
  • Experience building applications deployed in cloud environments, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
  • Strong knowledge of web accessibility, WCAG, and SEO best practices.
  • Test-driven and quality-focused development approach.
  • Experience with automated testing frameworks such as Playwright, Cypress, Jest, or Vitest.
  • Experience operating in Agile/Scrum teams.
  • Strong debugging and performance tuning capabilities.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience supporting large-scale consumer digital platforms.
  • Telecommunications or eCommerce industry experience.
  • Experience migrating from traditional CMS platforms to headless architectures.
  • Knowledge of Adobe Experience Manager, AEM, migration strategies.
  • Experience with Design Systems and reusable component libraries.
  • Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or Cursor.
  • Cloud-native application architecture experience.

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