Frontend Developer (React / Next.js)

About the role

SQUATWOLF, a gym-wear brand founded in Dubai in 2016 and now sold in 100+ countries, is looking for a Frontend Engineer (React / Next.js) with 1-3 years of experience. You will help maintain and grow its headless e-commerce storefront, working closely with a senior engineer, designers, product and backend developers. You will ship UI features, fix bugs, keep the site fast and SEO-friendly, and look after the marketing and analytics integrations.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a production e-commerce storefront with React and Next.js, building reusable components in TypeScript styled with Tailwind CSS.
• Work with Server Components, Client Components, layouts, route handlers and Server Actions, choosing SSR, static, ISR/revalidation or client-side rendering per page.
• Integrate the Shopify Storefront GraphQL API and the in-house REST API, handling loading states, caching and errors.
• Maintain a multi-store, multilingual storefront (English and Arabic, RTL) with locale-aware routing, turning Figma designs into responsive, accessible interfaces in both directions.
• Improve Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) through image optimization, code splitting and lazy loading.
• Integrate and maintain third-party services: tag managers and analytics (GTM, Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, Klaviyo), search, recommendations, reviews, loyalty, chat and cross-border commerce.
• Debug issues across browsers and devices, including the mobile app web view, and verify regional stores before release while supporting QA and product sign-off.

Required profile

• 1-3 years of hands-on React experience with practical Next.js experience (App Router preferred).
• Strong grasp of React fundamentals (hooks, functional components, props, state, lifecycle) and Next.js routing, data fetching and rendering strategies.
• Experience with GraphQL, REST APIs and JSON; HTML5, CSS3 and responsive design, with hands-on Tailwind CSS.
• Interest in i18n and RTL layouts, basic understanding of state management, web performance and SEO, and comfort with Git, browser DevTools and debugging.
• Careful, detail-oriented approach to live sites, good problem-solving and teamwork.

Nice to have

• Shopify Storefront API, multi-region or multi-currency e-commerce, and analytics tools (GA4, Meta Pixel, Klaviyo).
• Unit, component or end-to-end testing (Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright).
• Hands-on experience with AI coding tools such as Cursor and Claude.