Frontend Engineer

What it officially is

Develop and implement websites, web applications, application databases, and interactive web interfaces. Evaluate code to ensure that it is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers and devices. Optimize website performance, scalability, and server-side code and processes. May develop website infrastructure and integrate websites with other computer applications.

O*NET, US Department of Labor · classified as “Web Developers”

What the work involves

  • Write supporting code for Web applications or Web sites. 24% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Design, build, or maintain Web sites, using authoring or scripting languages, content creation tools, management tools, and digital media. 24% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Back up files from Web sites to local directories for instant recovery in case of problems. 24% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Select programming languages, design tools, or applications. 24% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Evaluate code to ensure that it is valid, is properly structured, meets industry standards, and is compatible with browsers, devices, or operating systems. 24% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Develop databases that support Web applications and Web sites. 24% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Perform Web site tests according to planned schedules, or after any Web site or product revision. 24% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Perform or direct Web site updates. 24% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Maintain understanding of current Web technologies or programming practices through continuing education, reading, or participation in professional conferences, workshops, or groups. 24% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Analyze user needs to determine technical requirements. 24% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Respond to user email inquiries, or set up automated systems to send responses. 24% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Renew domain name registrations. 24% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Confer with management or development teams to prioritize needs, resolve conflicts, develop content criteria, or choose solutions. 24% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Communicate with network personnel or Web site hosting agencies to address hardware or software issues affecting Web sites. 24% of people in this occupation report doing this

What employers actually ask for

Counted from listings on this board. Each line shows how many of that tier's listings for this role carried it — the denominator is the point.

Large employers

  • rest api design, development and governance 1 of 4
  • debug and fix issues encountered by your users 1 of 4
  • performance engineering and security experience 1 of 4
  • deploy and operate services developed by the team 1 of 4
  • seek improvements to engineering and operations practices 1 of 4
  • attention to detail concerning user-centric ui development 1 of 4
  • contribute production-quality front-end code where appropriate 1 of 4
  • experience with container tech such as lxd, docker and kubernetes 1 of 4

Only one tier has enough listings for this role to count from. A share measured over fewer than three listings is not a measurement, so it is not shown.

What they call it

Large employers

  • Web Frontend Engineer - JS, CSS, React, Flutter Canonical Ltd.
  • Senior Software Engineer, Frontend (Consumer - Payments) Coinbase
  • Staff Design Engineer, AI Product Mozilla
  • Frontend Engineer - Music Spotify

Startups

  • Senior Frontend Developer - Analytics Platform Coulomb AI
  • Founding Frontend/UX Software Engineer Credal.ai
  • 3Play Media | Principal Front-End Engineer (Growth) | Boston, MA | 1-day-in-office hybrid or fully remote (USA only) | Full-time | 3playmedia.com | $200–250k + bonus + equity 3Play Media
  • FitMate | Frontend Engineer (Junior) | REMOTE (US) | $80-120k + bonus FitMate
  • Frontend Engineer (UI & Product-Focused) Authologic
  • Senior Frontend Engineer Authologic

Tools the occupation uses

Cloud-based management software Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormation
Data base management system software Apache Pig, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Kinesis, Apache Cassandra, Apache Hadoop, Apache Hive
Data base user interface and query software Amazon Redshift, Amazon Web Services AWS software, Airtable, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2
Desktop publishing software Adobe InDesign
Development environment software Apache Ant, Apache Maven, Apache Kafka, Adobe ActionScript
Document management software Adobe Acrobat

How well this role is advertised

79listings reviewed
58/100median HR-standards score
82/100median title accuracy

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Official definitions and responsibilities come from public occupational records — O*NET (US Department of Labor) and ESCO (European Commission). The employer half is counted from listings on this board and shown with its denominator. Nothing on this page is written by a language model: the measured half is arithmetic over real postings, and the official half is quoted.