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Staff Software Engineer, Frontend

Staff Frontend Engineer owning and evolving frontend systems across product areas, shaping technical strategy, and leading architectural initiatives with React and React Native at a mission-driven startup.

220k – 310k
RemoteFrontend Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Own and evolve frontend systems that span multiple product areas, ensuring consistency, quality, and scalability
  • Partner with engineering leadership, product, and design to shape frontend technical strategy and long-term direction
  • Lead high-impact initiatives such as architectural evolution, performance improvements, or major UX foundations
  • Establish and uphold frontend standards around component design, state management, accessibility, and testing
  • Act as a force multiplier for the team by guiding technical decisions, reviewing designs, and mentoring engineers
  • Help define how frontend engineering is practiced as the company grows

Requirements

  • Significant experience building and scaling frontend systems using JavaScript and React and/or React Native
  • Strong track record of owning complex UI systems or frontend platforms
  • Deep care for user experience, performance, and long-term maintainability
  • Ability to operate in ambiguity - defining problems, proposing solutions, and aligning stakeholders
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence technical direction across teams
  • Experience mentoring engineers and raising team-wide frontend quality

Nice to Have

  • Experience designing or maintaining shared component libraries or design systems
  • Exposure to mobile performance, accessibility, or internationalization challenges
  • Experience working on products with real-world impact and high user trust

Skills

JavaScriptReactReact NativeFrontend ArchitectureState ManagementAccessibilityPerformance OptimizationComponent LibrariesDesign SystemsMentoring
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