The Senior Front-End Developer will implement updates on a Wagtail CMS website, translating designs from Figma into responsive code, ensuring performance and accessibility in collaboration with design and development teams.
Instrument is a digitally native design and technology company built to help brands unlock their full potential. Since 2005, our 300+ team of makers, thinkers, and storytellers has partnered with leading brands like Google, Nike, Uber, ŌURA, and Eventbrite to craft digital experiences that create impact and drive results.
Unlike traditional agencies, we don’t just design—we build. Our work lives at the intersection of taste and technology, powered by curiosity, thoughtful curation, and a commitment to delivering the most fitting solution for every brief. We bring this to life across three core offerings: Brand, Marketing, and Product.
As a member of our freelance network, you’ll collaborate with our teams to bring bold ideas to life—whether launching new brands, building digital products, or shaping experiences that move people. We welcome collaborators from all backgrounds and experiences who share our curiosity, creativity, and care for craft.
We believe great work comes from diverse perspectives and shared purpose. If you’re passionate about learning, experimenting, and making work that matters, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re looking for a Senior Front-End Developer to support updates to a large, data-heavy enterprise website built on Wagtail CMS. This short-term contract role focuses on implementing functional and design updates across the site — including navigation, sharing UI, and interactive components like quizzes and list cards.
You’ll work closely with our design and development teams to translate Figma files into production-ready code within an existing system of components. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, thrives in collaborative environments, and has a strong eye for front-end execution and performance.
Duration: November 10 – December 19
Full-time commitment: 40 hours per week
What You'll Do
- Implement functional updates to navigation, sharing UI, and core components in an existing Wagtail CMS website.
- Collaborate with design teams to translate Figma designs into responsive, accessible, production-quality front-end code.
- Contribute to and extend an existing component-based front-end system.
- Ensure cross-browser and cross-device performance, accessibility, and consistency.
- Partner with backend developers to integrate front-end code into the Wagtail environment.
What You Bring
- 5+ years of experience in front-end development for content-rich websites.
- Expert in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Experience with templating languages (e.g., Handlebars, Jinja, or similar).
- Proficiency in modern JavaScript libraries such as React or Vue.
- Experience working from design tools like Figma and translating layouts and components to production code.
- Background building or extending front-end design systems and component libraries.
- Familiarity with Wagtail CMS is a plus, but not required.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, with a commitment to detail and quality.
- Demonstrated ability to meet strict performance and accessibility requirements.
- Experience working closely with design teams to help define and implement component/modular design systems.
- Familiarity with AI-driven tools for enhancing development efficiency.
Pay Range
- The expected pay range for this role is $50-$95 per hour on a W2 (temp engagement), but will depend on the level in which you are engaged
- Our company has three regional pay bands that it adheres to depending on your location, we reference them as US 1, US 2, and US 3 We have also established pay bands for areas outside the US
- US 3 is our base pay. Examples of cities in US 3 are Portland, Houston and Miami
- US 2 pay is 7.5% higher than US 3 to meet the market rates. Examples of cities in US 2 are Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle
- US 1 pay is 15% higher than US 3 to meet market rates. Examples of cities in US 1 are Brooklyn and San Francisco
- If you are curious which region you are in, please apply and get connected with our recruiting team!
Top Skills
CSS
Figma
Handlebars
HTML
JavaScript
Jinja
React
Vue
Wagtail Cms
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