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Frontend Software Engineering Recruiting

Wizhire recruits Senior, Staff, and Principal Frontend Engineers from Latin America for US-based and European startups. Strong coverage in React, Vue, Next.js, TypeScript, and modern frontend infrastructure across Colombia, Argentina, and Brazil.
 

What Wizhire Looks for in Senior Frontend Engineers

A Senior Frontend Engineer (IC4) builds complex UI systems independently — design systems, state management architectures, data-fetching layers — and owns frontend performance and developer experience for their team. They are not order-takers from design. They are partners who push back when a design is technically expensive, propose implementation-friendly alternatives, and think about Core Web Vitals from day one.

The signal that separates IC4 from IC3: independent system design, not just component execution.
 

How Wizhire Evaluates Frontend Engineers

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  • Technical Depth: JavaScript and TypeScript mastery at a runtime level (not just syntax), framework internals, browser API knowledge

  • System Design: rendering strategy decisions (CSR/SSR/SSG), state management architecture, component system design, performance architecture

  • Craft: design system contribution, accessibility by default, comprehensive state handling (loading, error, empty, edge cases)

  • Ownership: has shipped features end-to-end including production monitoring and iteration — not just handed off to QA


Salary Ranges (LatAm, USD/Month)

Level | Title | USD/Month

IC3 | Semi Senior Engineer (Frontend) | $4,000 – $5,500

IC4 | Senior Engineer (Frontend) | $5,500 – $8,500

IC5 | Staff Engineer (Frontend) | $9,000 – $12,000

IC6 | Principal Engineer (Frontend) | $15,000 – $18,000

M1 | Engineering Manager (Frontend) | $5,500 – $8,500
 

Start a Frontend Search

david@wizhirellc.com / +57 315 000 5301

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