Staff Software Engineer – UI Foundations Team

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of and enhance the architecture of the frontend platform, which includes defining module boundaries, implementing micro-frontend patterns, developing shared component/design-system infrastructure, and formulating state management strategies.

• Analyze and resolve persistent frontend performance issues related to bundle size, load time, runtime performance, and rendering bottlenecks.

• Establish performance budgets and guidelines across engineering teams.

• Develop and maintain build systems, local development environments, CI/CD pipelines, linting/code generation, and internal tools.

• Identify bottlenecks in engineering workflows and create automation driven by AI agents to reduce unnecessary manual tasks.

• Set the technical direction and establish standards for the frontend organization.

• Provide mentorship to senior and staff-track engineers.

• Review architectural proposals impacting shared frontend infrastructure.

• Collaborate with product engineering, design systems, and platform/infrastructure teams.

• Lead architectural decisions and facilitate the development of autonomous, AI-agent-driven engineering workflows.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven software engineering experience at a Staff level or equivalent scope and impact.

• Extensive knowledge of modern frontend architecture, particularly with React or similar component frameworks.

• Strong skills in infrastructure and systems engineering, particularly in build tooling, CI/CD, and development environments.

• Demonstrated experience in enhancing frontend application performance at scale, focusing on bundle optimization, rendering performance, and load-time metrics.

• Experience in designing and delivering internal developer tools or platform infrastructure that significantly improved developer velocity.

• Practical experience with AI-agent-driven or LLM-powered engineering workflows, or a well-defined perspective on their development.

• Strong technical judgment and the ability to forge consensus on ambiguous, cross-cutting architectural decisions.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• Nice to have: experience with monorepo tooling, micro-frontend architectures, large-scale frontend platform migrations, design systems, component library architecture, agent harness infrastructure, evaluation frameworks, agent orchestration, or frameworks for LLM tool use.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance coverage, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee Medical, Dental, and Vision on select plans.

• Flexible time off policy.

• Paid holidays.

• Monthly wellness stipend.

• Monthly commuter transit/parking stipend.

• Quarterly learning and development stipend.

• Annual home office equipment stipend.

• 12–20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave.

• Carrot Fertility Benefits, including Adoption and Surrogacy support.

• Back-up Child Care support.

• Mental health and wellness benefits, including complimentary access for employees to Modern Health coaching and therapy sessions.

• One Medical membership available in select U.S. locations.

• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).

• Access to mentorship programs.

• Management training opportunities.

• Wellness initiatives.

• Charitable giving grants.

• Paid volunteer time off.

• Equity, benefits, and various forms of compensation.

• Unlimited PTO, 10 to 13 holidays annually, medical, dental, and vision PPO and CDHP plans, along with a company-sponsored 401(k) retirement plan for employees in Washington.