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Frontend

Hire progressive web app developers who make the web app feel installed, not just bookmarked.

Offline-first, installable web apps, service workers, caching strategy, and the performance discipline PWAs demand, by engineers who test with the network actually turned off, not just in a fast office wifi demo.

48haverage match3%acceptance rate120+engineers placed, all roles
Service workers

Caching strategies matched per resource type, not one blunt cache-everything rule.

Offline experience

Genuine offline functionality for core flows, with clear sync-on-reconnect behavior.

Installability

Web app manifest, icons, and install prompts tuned for real adoption, not ignored.

Performance budget

Time-to-interactive and Lighthouse PWA scores treated as launch criteria.

Skills & tools

What strong Progressive Web App Developers know cold.

Core
Service WorkersWeb App ManifestCache APIIndexedDB
Frameworks
WorkboxNext.jsReactVite PWA
Sync & offline
Background SyncPush APIConflict resolution
Testing
LighthouseChrome DevTools offline modePlaywright
Why hire through Code Elevator
Tested with the network off. We screen for engineers who verify offline behavior by actually disabling the network, not by trusting a service worker they never watched fail.
Cache strategy per resource. Every candidate can explain why a given asset uses cache-first, network-first, or stale-while-revalidate, not one strategy applied everywhere by default.
Installability taken seriously. Manifest, icons, and install prompts built and tested on real devices, since a PWA that technically qualifies but never gets installed hasn't delivered the point of building one.
Typical rate

from $22/hr

A typical range. Your final rate depends on experience level, timezone overlap and how long you book for.

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How we vet

Four stages. Three percent get through.

Floor 01 · pass rate38%Still standing after floor 01.
  1. 01Screening38%Résumé, background, and communication check, the fastest way to rule out a bad fit.
  2. 02Technical Deep Dive22%A senior engineer probes real system design and stack depth, not trivia.
  3. 03Live Build Test9%A timed, real-world task. We watch how they actually ship, not just what they claim.
  4. 04Client Fit Interview3%Ownership, reliability, and how they work inside your team on day one.
Every hire
  • Shortlist in 48 hoursProfiles, not a waiting list.
  • Free replacementWrong fit swapped at no cost.
  • No conversion feeHire them direct whenever you want.
  • IP yours from day oneAssigned in writing, not at handover.
  • Month to monthNo lock-in, and no notice period.
Proof

Shipped, not slideware.

What clients say

On camera, in their own words.

Client video

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Related roles

Hiring for something adjacent?

Questions

Answered before you ask.

For a lot of use cases, yes, especially when app-store distribution friction outweighs the need for deep native APIs. For anything needing heavy background processing, Bluetooth, or platform-specific hardware access, native still wins, and we'll say so.

Core flows, viewing already-loaded content, queuing an action, keep working with no connection, and sync cleanly once it's back, rather than just showing a generic offline error page.

Not quite, Android's install and push-notification support is more complete; iOS Safari has real but narrower PWA support. We scope expectations per platform honestly rather than promising full parity.

Chrome DevTools' offline mode and airplane-mode device testing, covering both the first offline visit and returning to a previously cached session, the two cases that fail in different ways.

What you're not risking

Every way out of this hire is already written down.

Two-week replacement

Not a fit? Replace anyone in the first two weeks. No questions asked, no replacement fee. We re-match from the same vetted pool.

No placement fee

You pay only for engineers who actually start. Seeing candidates costs nothing.

No lock-in

Dedicated and managed engagements run on a monthly rolling contract. Cancel with notice.

Rate agreed up front

You see the number before you commit. Nothing is added on top of it later.

Get started

Bring us the offline problem. Three matched engineers in 48 hours.

Tell us which flows need to survive a dropped connection. We'll scope the caching strategy before writing a line of service worker code.

We reply within an hour during our working day in India and the UAE.

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