Frontend Developer XML / Typescript- Freelance

Role-Freelance Frontend Developer

Days- 5 days a month

Type- Remote

This position involves providing technical support across multiple areas of our Web platform, including UI maintenance, content management, and basic infrastructure tasks.

The role consists of:

• Paid onboarding: Initial hours to familiarise yourself with our technology stack, documentation, codebase, and processes
• Ad-hoc hourly work: Support, bug fixing, feature development, triaging, and emergency assistance as needed

The successful candidate will be especially useful to the editorial team in advising on XML-related issues and tasks.

• Developers with some practical experience seeking flexible, occasional work
• Those looking for supplementary income in a low-stress environment
• People interested in digital humanities/academic technology
• Developers who enjoy working across varied technical areas
• Those comfortable with both maintaining legacy systems and contributing to new development
• Freelancers who can respond to requests within a reasonable timeframe

• Assist with maintenance of our current Web UI (Ember-based) and contribute to the new NextJS React frontend as directed
• Support the editorial team with content management and XML triage tasks
• Help with basic backend API tasks under supervision
• Provide assistance with infrastructure and DevOps tasks as needed

Required:

• Basic understanding of XML processing and structure
• Proficiency in HTML5/CSS3 and JavaScript
• Ability to read and debug code
• Comfortable working with version control (Git)
• Strong self-learning ability through documentation

Preferred (experience with or willingness to learn):

• React and/or Ember.js
• TypeScript
• Python
• XSLT
• Cloud infrastructure (AWS) basics
• API development basics

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.