Senior Front-End Developer (Svelte / Modern JS Frameworks) – Remote (India)

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February 19, 2026
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Job Description

Company: Charles River Laboratories
Location: Remote (India)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience: 4+ Years
Department: Corporate Functions – Digital & IT

🌍 About Charles River

At Charles River, we are dedicated to improving the quality of people’s lives. As a global Contract Research Organization (CRO), we support pharmaceutical, biotechnology, academic, and government institutions in bringing life-saving therapies to market faster.

With 20,000+ employees across 110 facilities in 20 countries, we play a critical role in global drug development — having contributed to 80% of drugs approved by the U.S. FDA in the past five years.

🚀 About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Front-End Developer to design and deliver modern, intuitive, and high-quality web applications that power our digital laboratory ecosystem.

This role is ideal for someone who combines:

  • Deep expertise in modern JavaScript frameworks
  • Strong UI/UX sensibility
  • Independent ownership mindset
  • Creative problem-solving

You will collaborate cross-functionally to transform user needs into elegant, performant, and scalable interfaces that support global health innovation.

🎯 Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain high-quality front-end applications using modern JS frameworks
  • Partner with Product Owners, UX Designers, and Back-End Engineers
  • Contribute to user journeys, prototypes, and interaction models
  • Provide input on architecture and continuous improvement
  • Own deliverables from concept to deployment
  • Ensure maintainability, performance, accessibility, and scalability
  • Integrate with RESTful APIs and collaborate with backend teams

🛠 Technical Requirements

🎨 Front-End / Framework Expertise

  • Svelte / SvelteKit (strongly preferred)
  • Strong Vue.js or React candidates will also be considered
  • Deep knowledge of:
    • Component-based architecture
    • Modern state management
    • Responsive layouts
    • Performance optimization

🎯 UI/UX Strength

  • Strong usability and interaction design fundamentals
  • Ability to translate wireframes and concepts into polished experiences
  • Strong creativity and attention to visual and functional detail

🔗 Technical Understanding

  • RESTful API integration patterns
  • JSON handling and request/response lifecycles
  • Authentication and authorization basics (tokens, headers)
  • General understanding of backend service architecture

🎓 Education & Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 4+ years of professional frontend development experience

🧠 Core Competencies

  • Independent ownership mindset
  • Innovative and forward-thinking
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication in distributed teams
  • High accountability and quality focus

🌟 Why Join Charles River?

  • Contribute to digital solutions supporting global health innovation
  • Work on impactful systems within an industry-leading CRO
  • Fully remote flexibility (India-based)
  • Collaborative global engineering environment
  • Long-term growth within a mission-driven organization

🤝 Equal Opportunity Employer

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer (M/F/Disabled/Vet). We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce.