Staff Software Engineer (Front-End/UI)

Quick Facts

• Role: Staff Software Engineer (Front-End/UI)

• Focus: Hands-on front-end technical leadership for modern web UI

Description

You will design and build responsive, accessible, performant, secure, and scalable web-based user interfaces. The role is hands-on (60–75% coding) and includes technical leadership across front-end architecture, reusable component libraries, development standards, testing, and performance. You will partner with UX/UI designers, product managers, back-end engineers, QA, and other teams to deliver high-quality fintech experiences.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop sophisticated web user interfaces and front-end applications

• Lead front-end architecture (component architecture, application structure, state management, API integration, performance, reusable patterns)

• Translate UX/UI wireframes and prototypes into polished digital experiences

• Build and maintain reusable UI components, shared front-end libraries, and scalable design-system patterns

• Write clean, maintainable, reusable, well-tested front-end code and establish engineering standards

• Lead design and code reviews; mentor engineers on UI architecture, accessibility, performance, testing, and maintainability

• Diagnose and resolve complex front-end issues (browser behavior, rendering, state management, API interactions, responsive design, performance, cross-browser compatibility)

• Develop and improve front-end testing strategies (unit, component, integration, accessibility, end-to-end)

• Champion web accessibility and inclusive design practices (devices and abilities)

• Use monitoring and performance metrics to improve page performance, reliability, usability, and customer experience

• Build and enhance developer tooling, frameworks, and automation to improve productivity, testing, deployment, and code quality

• Collaborate with back-end/platform teams on API contracts, data flows, error handling, authentication, and integration patterns

• Evaluate emerging front-end technologies and recommend solutions

• Serve as a front-end subject-matter expert across teams

• Participate in incident response/on-call support as needed

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience with an Advanced degree/PhD, or 8+ years without a degree)

• Strong software engineering experience focused on front-end/UI development

• Hands-on modern web application development with JavaScript/TypeScript and React/Angular/Vue

• Experience with HTML, CSS, modern browser technologies, and responsive web development

• Experience building reusable, component-based UIs for production apps

• Experience integrating front-end apps with RESTful APIs and/or service-based architectures

• Experience with front-end testing practices and frameworks (unit, component, integration, and/or end-to-end)

• Experience debugging complex front-end applications and optimizing performance, reliability, and usability

• Experience collaborating with UX/UI Design, Product Management, back-end engineering, and QA

• Experience leading technical design and code reviews and influencing engineering standards

Benefits

• Eligible comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program