Staff Frontend Engineer

11 hours ago

San Francisco, California, United States Cadre Full time
 
Staff Frontend Engineer

San Francisco (Hybrid, 3 days in-person)
Salary: $200k–$300k | Equity: 0.3%–0.6%

About the Role

We're looking for a Staff Frontend Engineer (7+ years of experience, ideally 8+) to help architect, build, and scale the core systems of our platform. You'll work directly with the founding team to develop complex, UI-heavy applications, shape product direction, and set the engineering culture for our growing San Francisco team.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, moves quickly with beta-stage products, and has a deep passion for frontend performance, design tools, and real-time collaboration experiences.

What You'll Do

  • Architect & Build: Design and develop complex, production-grade front-end systems in React + TypeScript.

  • Collaborate Closely: Work with design-first founders and customers to rapidly prototype and refine solutions.

  • Optimize & Scale: Drive frontend performance, scalability, and real-time collaboration capabilities.

  • Integrate: Build and maintain integrations with developer tools, design platforms, and APIs (REST/GraphQL).

  • Lead by Example: Take high ownership in setting the technical foundation and engineering culture for the SF team.

Must-Have Experience

  • 7+ years of frontend engineering experience (staff-level preferred; exceptional candidates with fewer years considered).

  • Strong React + TypeScript expertise.

  • Experience with state management (Recoil, Zustand, Jotai, Redux w/ middleware).

  • Familiarity with real-time collaboration tools (Yjs, CRDTs, ).

  • Proven ability in performance optimization (e.g., virtualization, React-Virtualized/TanStack Virtual, WebAssembly).

  • Exposure to backend fundamentals , REST, GraphQL).

  • Background building complex UI-heavy web applications.

Nice-to-Have Skills

  • Experience with SVG/canvas rendering (React-Konva, React-Flow, React Three, ).

  • Knowledge of WebRTC for peer-to-peer collaboration.

  • DevOps familiarity (Docker, CI/CD).

  • Experience building Figma-like apps, design tools, or collaborative editors.

  • Contributions to open-source React or frontend libraries.

What We're Looking For

  • Hybrid mindset: Comfortable working 3 days/week in-person at our South Park, SF office.

  • High ownership: Self-starter who doesn't wait for direction and can set strong technical foundations.

  • Strong communicator: Able to translate customer needs into elegant engineering solutions.

  • Startup + big company mix: Ideal candidates have experience across both.

  • Work authorization: Can work in the US without visa sponsorship.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary: $200k–$300k

  • Equity: 0.3%–0.6%

  • Work model: Hybrid, 3 days/week in-person at our South Park, SF office

  • Visa sponsorship: Available

Hiring Process

Our 4-step interview process is designed to be collaborative and transparent. You'll meet with the founding team, solve real-world problems, and discuss how you can help shape the future of our platform.

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