Top Entry Level Front End Developer Jobs in Chicago, IL

Build and maintain responsive, accessible CraftCMS and CraftCommerce sites for B2B manufacturers. Develop catalog and commerce features, forms, transactional emails, third-party integrations, and custom CKEditor elements. Translate Figma designs into Twig and Tailwind CSS implementations using JavaScript, AlpineJS, and Vue. Collaborate with backend developers, project managers, and strategists while using Git, Bitbucket, DDEV, and structured testing and release environments.

Lead frontend engineering initiatives for Grafana’s DataViz squad, from problem framing through rollout and measurement. Build and improve visualization features using TypeScript, React, uPlot, and eCharts; mentor engineers; contribute to design reviews and technical proposals; participate in on-call and incident response; support customer escalations; and collaborate across squads. The role also emphasizes open-source contribution, observability expertise, pragmatic AI-assisted development, and effective remote communication.

Leads frontend architecture strategy across products, directs design-system platform development, establishes quality, security, accessibility, performance, and testing standards, and creates tooling and guardrails for engineering teams. Sets AI-native frontend practices, improves production health, aligns Engineering, Product, Design, and QA, and develops senior engineers into broader technical ownership. The role remains hands-on for high-risk technical work while emphasizing organizational-scale technical direction.

Build and own interactive web experiences across Chat, Notes, Calendar, Docs, and Sheets. Develop reusable frontend architecture, real-time collaboration, rich-text editing, scheduling, tables, spreadsheets, and streaming AI integrations. Partner with product, design, backend, and AI engineering teams to deliver reliable, accessible, high-performance experiences across browsers and devices.

Develop and rewrite the front end of Aon's intranet home page, resolving responsive layout and alignment issues during resizing. The developer will help transition the portal toward a pure HTML5 platform and use AngularJS, .NET, SharePoint 2013, and front-end development skills.

Build high-performance front-end interfaces for generative and agentic AI experiences using React and TypeScript. Develop reusable accessible component libraries, conversational workflows, streaming interfaces, agent execution visualizations, and dynamic outputs. Integrate RAG, ESRE, and orchestration APIs; optimize asynchronous state and real-time response performance; implement UX analytics; and collaborate with designers, product managers, backend engineers, and users. Maintain design-system alignment, accessibility compliance, documentation, and front-end architecture.

Build and own WebGL and Three.js front-end experiences, including scene architecture, motion, visual design, performance, and accessibility. Prototype and validate products with users, use AI tools such as Cursor and Claude Code, and create reusable development patterns. Collaborate directly with company leadership, communicate technical constraints clearly, and progressively contribute across the full stack using Node, SQL, SST, and Drizzle.