Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of our new frontend platform — setting the foundation for years of future development.
Drive org-wide frontend best practices, including patterns for maintainability, performance, testing, accessibility, and scalability.
Mentor and guide engineers across teams — through code reviews, design discussions, pair programming, and knowledge sharing.
Collaborate with design, product, domain experts, and backend teams to ensure seamless end-to-end experiences, excellent API contracts, and shared patterns.
Evangelize and operationalize new tools, frameworks, and approaches — including AI-assisted development workflows that accelerate delivery while maintaining quality.
Define and enforce frontend standards: component libraries, coding conventions, tooling, CI/CD, testing strategy, and performance budgets.
Troubleshoot and resolve deep architectural challenges, and drive decisions that influence the entire engineering organization.
Lead cross-team initiatives and technical programs to completion with measurable outcomes and clear impact.
Champion frontend engineering excellence — including documentation, onboarding, learning, and team rituals around quality and craftsmanship.

8+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong focus on frontend development, frameworks, and modern tooling.
Deep expertise in TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS, and React.
Deep understanding of how frontend systems are built, deployed, and operated in production, including infrastructure, caching, API integration patterns, and performance optimization.
Track record of architecting and delivering large-scale, complex frontend systems with high performance and maintainability.
Experience defining and implementing frontend best practices for modularity, testing (unit/integration/e2e), component libraries, and performance optimization.
Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction, drive engineering initiatives across teams, and align stakeholders on strategy.
Strong mentoring and leadership capabilities — ability to grow engineers at all levels.
Excellent communication skills, with a passion for collaboration across functional teams.
Experience in establishing developer workflows and automation that improve productivity and code quality.

Flexible PTO, plus 10 paid company holidays
401K with a company match
Medical, dental, and vision plans
HSA and FSA options
Commuter benefits
Parental leave
Company-wide onsite or offsite each year
Beautiful office in Soho, Manhattan with a stocked kitchen, catered breakfast and lunch once per week, happy hours and meet-ups

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