Senior Front End Engineer
210k – 257kMountain View, CAFrontend EngineeringHybrid4+ YOE
Summary
Builds and owns scalable frontend architecture for new user experiences using React, TypeScript, and Next.js. Collaborates with Product/Design, mentors engineers, and ensures performance in a hybrid environment. Requires 4+ years experience and bachelor's in CS or equivalent.
About the role
What You'll Do
- Partner with Product and Design to define, build, and evolve user experiences using modern frontend technologies.
- Own and evolve the frontend architecture to ensure scalability, performance, accessibility, and long-term maintainability.
- Lead the design and implementation of complex frontend systems using React, TypeScript, and Next.js, including SSR, routing, data fetching, and performance optimization.
- Establish and uphold frontend engineering standards, including patterns, tooling, testing strategies, and CI/CD best practices.
- Drive cross-team technical initiatives, aligning frontend architecture with backend APIs, platform capabilities, and product strategy.
- Proactively identify technical risks and opportunities, providing clear technical direction and tradeoff analysis.
- Mentor and guide frontend engineers, raising the bar on code quality, architectural thinking, and delivery practices.
- Design and implement robust unit, integration, and UI automation tests to ensure reliability and confidence at scale.
- Define and monitor frontend metrics (performance, reliability, user behavior) to inform product and technical decisions.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s (or higher, e.g., MS, or PhD) in Computer Science or a related technical field involving coding or equivalent technical experience.
- Expert-level proficiency in modern frontend development, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and Next.js.
- Strong experience with frontend architecture, including state management, component design, design systems, micro-frontends (or modular architectures), and performance optimization.
- Experience building and operating production web applications using server-side and client-side rendering.
- Deep understanding of software engineering best practices across the SDLC, including testing, code reviews, observability, and operational excellence.
- 4+ years of industry experience, with significant depth in frontend or web platform development.
- Experience working in cloud-based environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure), particularly as it relates to frontend delivery and integration.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Copilot, Cursor, LLMs) is a plus.
Base salary range: $210,000 - $257,000 plus equity and benefits.
Skills
ReactTypeScriptNext.jsJavaScriptHTMLCSSState ManagementSSRCI/CDAWSGCPAzure
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