Engineering & IT · San Jose, CA

Frontend Developer jobs in San Jose, CA

Frontend developers build the interfaces people actually see and use, turning designs into fast, accessible web experiences with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and frameworks like React.

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$43–$119/hr
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Applications Development Engineer - BBP

KLA-Tencor · Milpitas, CA
$97.8k - $143.47k

across logic and memory chips, specialty semiconductors, wafers, reticles, advanced packaging, process equipment and materials. We also develop technologies for specialty processes, IC substrates, and PCB manufacturing,…

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Principal Security Lead Engineer

AMD · Santa Clara, CA

obsession for security. As part of the role, the Principal Engineer will work closely with other security and firmware engineers, developers and architects across various IPs in leading the designs and implementing secur…

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Staff Applications Engineer - Power

Analog Devices · San Jose, CA
$150.98k - $218.62k

Responsibilities / Essential Functions:The position will be responsible for supporting ADI IVR (Empower) portfolio during the final product developments to customer design in. The role of an Applications Engineer (AE) is…

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$184k - $287.5k

bringup to boot firmware, Linux kernel device drivers, RTOS firmware and software SDKs.Collaborate with various teams to craft and develop system-level software solutions.Engage in the full product lifecycle, from hardwa…

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Staff Field Applications Engineer - Power

Analog Devices · San Jose, CA
$163.53k - $224.85k

evaluation, design-in, bring-up, qualification, and production readiness for ADI datacenter products, including the IVR (Empower) portfolio. Develop and maintain design collateral—including specifications, simulation mod…

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Senior Database Reliability Engineer

Neshent Technologies · San Jose, CA · Full-time

production issues across application, database, operating system, storage, and network layers. Design and maintain ETL pipelines and develop scripts and procedures for data migration. Build and automate database and infr…

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What frontend developers earn in San Jose

Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives

ExperienceHourlyAnnual, full-time
Entry level $43–$63 $90k–$131k
Mid level $63–$89 $131k–$186k
Senior $86–$119 $179k–$248k

Adjusted for the San Jose market from national ranges.

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What employers ask for

The skills these listings keep naming

JavaScript and TypeScriptReact, Vue, or AngularHTML and semantic markupCSS and responsive layoutAccessibility (WCAG)Performance optimizationREST and GraphQL APIsTesting (Jest, Playwright)Working with designers
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Interview questions worth rehearsing

With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for

What happens between typing a URL and the page rendering?

Cover DNS, the request, HTML parsing, and the render pipeline at a comfortable level of detail. Depth on the rendering side is where frontend candidates stand out.

How do you make a page fast?

Talk about measuring first — Core Web Vitals, profiling — then levers like code splitting, image optimization, and caching. Tie it to a real page you improved.

How do you approach accessibility in your work?

Go beyond alt text: keyboard navigation, focus management, semantic HTML, and testing with a screen reader. Concrete habits are convincing.

Explain how you would manage state in a growing React application.

Show that you match the tool to the problem — local state, context, or a store — rather than defaulting to one library for everything.

Tell me about a time a design was not feasible as specced. What did you do?

Show collaboration: you explained the constraint, offered alternatives, and protected the user experience rather than silently shipping something different.

How do you handle browser or device inconsistencies?

Mention progressive enhancement, feature detection, and testing on real devices. A specific war story helps.

Walk me through a component you are proud of.

Pick one with interesting constraints — accessibility, reuse, performance — and explain the API you designed for it, not just what it looked like.

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Resume tips that move the needle

For frontend developers specifically — generic advice costs you here

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Link to live work: a portfolio, deployed projects, or specific pages you shipped — frontend is one of the few fields where reviewers can click your output.

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Cite performance numbers where you have them, such as Lighthouse scores or load-time improvements.

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Mention accessibility work explicitly; it is increasingly a screening criterion.

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Be specific about your framework depth — 'React with TypeScript, 4 years' beats a list of ten libraries.

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Show collaboration with design: mention Figma handoff, design systems, or component libraries you maintained.

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Where this role goes

Typical progression

01 Junior Frontend Developer
02 Frontend Developer
03 Senior Frontend Developer
04 Staff Frontend Engineer
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