Staff Frontend Engineer

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. Shape the architecture, quality, and developer experience of product surfaces used by customers and internal teams .

Posted 9/23/2026full-timeRemote • PortugalLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates deep expertise in modern frontend engineering, including TypeScript, component architecture, and design systems, while effectively leading cross-team initiatives and mentoring engineers. Capable of translating complex workflows into elegant product experiences and driving systemic improvements across multiple teams.

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Modern Frontend EngineeringTypeScript ProficiencyDesign System ManagementAI Coding Tools ExperienceCross-Team Collaboration

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Hard Skills

Component ArchitectureState ManagementAccessibilityPerformance OptimizationTesting StrategyMaintainable Application Architecture

Soft Skills

Clear WritingArchitectural ReasoningStakeholder AlignmentMentoring

Tools & Technologies

SvelteReactAI Coding Tools

Industry Keywords

Frontend ArchitectureProduct EngineeringObservabilitySecurityCompliance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ReactSvelteTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Shape the architecture, quality, and developer experience of product surfaces used by customers and internal teams
Work across product teams to make frontend systems scalable, reliable, accessible, and fast
Lead the migration from Svelte to React while sequencing work with product delivery
Maintain and evolve the design system with the frontend guild
Support and guide frontend initiatives across teams, including application architecture, performance, testing strategy, developer experience, and technical debt reduction
Raise UX and UI quality through design reviews, reusable patterns, mentoring, and technical writing
Identify and shape effective agentic AI tooling and codebase practices
Map frontend architecture, product domains, design system, team workflows, and delivery bottlenecks during the first 30 days
Publish a structured analysis and proposal for a cross-team frontend initiative by 60 days
Lead a systemic improvement to measurable progress across teams by 90 days
Help Senior Engineers grow through collaboration, reviews, and shared ownership

Requirements

What you’ll need

Track record of operating at Staff scope, with or without the title
Shipped systemic frontend or product-engineering improvements across multiple teams
Deep expertise in modern frontend engineering
Strong command of TypeScript, component architecture, state management, design systems, accessibility, performance, testing, and maintainable application architecture
Daily use of AI coding tools and experience with agentic workflows
Considered view on where AI coding tools help and what codebases need for agent collaboration
Ability to translate ambiguous workflows and business constraints into pragmatic, elegant product experiences
Comfortable reasoning across frontend, backend, APIs, infrastructure, observability, security, and compliance
Ability to drive cross-team change through credibility, clear writing, architectural reasoning, and stakeholder alignment
Ability to set technical direction and influence without formal authority
Ability to manage diverse stakeholders and build alignment on difficult technical decisions
Experience mentoring engineers
Fluent English, written and spoken
Legal right to work in the European Union
Berlin residence or willingness to relocate to Berlin is requested in the application form

Benefits

Comp & perks

Customizable benefits package covering wellbeing, sport, mobility, food, and more
28 days of vacation, plus 2 company days and local public holidays
Remote setup, contract via EoR
A great tech and work setup
Work with a diverse team of 130+ bunchies from 40+ countries, with leaders who are best-in-class in their domains