SDE-1 – Frontend Engineer

About Yappes Yappes is building a modern API management and integration platform that helps organizations design, secure, publish, consume, monitor, and govern APIs through a unified platform. We are looking for an

SDE-1 – Frontend Engineer who enjoys building polished, scalable, intuitive web applications and wants to work on a product used by developers, API teams, platform administrators, and enterprise customers.

What You’ll Do

• Build responsive, high-quality web interfaces for the Yappes platform.
• Develop reusable frontend components and UI patterns.
• Translate product requirements and Figma designs into production-ready interfaces.
• Work closely with Product, UX/UI, and Backend engineers to deliver end-to-end features.
• Build complex interfaces such as: + API management dashboards + API/API Group management + API marketplace + Developer portal + API policy configuration + Authentication and security configuration + Analytics and monitoring dashboards + User, organization, and role management + API subscription and lifecycle workflows
• Integrate frontend applications with REST APIs and backend services.
• Handle loading, error, empty, and edge states thoughtfully.
• Write clean, maintainable, and reusable code.
• Debug UI and integration issues and improve application performance.
• Participate in code reviews and follow engineering best practices.
• Write unit/integration tests for important frontend functionality.
• Contribute to improving frontend architecture, development standards, and developer experience.

Required Skills

• 1–3 years of professional experience in frontend development.
• Strong knowledge of JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Strong experience with React.js.
• Good understanding of: + HTML5 + CSS3 + Responsive design + Browser fundamentals + REST APIs + JSON + Git
• Experience building reusable React components.
• Understanding of state management concepts.
• Ability to consume and integrate backend APIs.
• Good debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of frontend performance and basic security practices.
• Good understanding of asynchronous programming, promises, and API error handling.

Good to Have

• Experience with Next.js.
• Experience with TypeScript-heavy React applications.
• Experience with component libraries such as MUI, Mantine, or similar.
• Experience with Redux, Zustand, React Query/TanStack Query, or similar state/data-management libraries.
• Experience with frontend testing frameworks such as Jest, Vitest, React Testing Library, or Cypress/Playwright.
• Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD.
• Understanding of API gateways, API management, authentication, OAuth 2.0, JWT, or microservices.
• Experience building enterprise SaaS applications or developer-focused products.
• Familiarity with Figma and design systems.

What We Look For

• Take ownership of features from development through delivery.
• Care about UI quality and user experience, not just functionality.
• Can convert ambiguous requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Think about scalability and maintainability from the beginning.
• Are comfortable working closely with backend and product teams.
• Have strong attention to detail.
• Learn quickly and are willing to work across different areas of the product.
• Can independently investigate and solve problems.
• Write code that other engineers can understand and maintain.

Why Join Yappes?

• Work on a real developer-focused enterprise product.
• Build complex frontend experiences rather than simple CRUD applications.
• Work with modern frontend technologies and engineering practices.
• Gain exposure to APIs, security, cloud, integrations, and distributed systems.
• Work closely with product and engineering teams and have meaningful ownership of features.
• Opportunity to grow rapidly as an engineer while working on a platform used by enterprise customers.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred, but strong practical development experience is equally valued. 🚀

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