Senior Engineering Manager; Frontend

Senior Engineering Manager (Frontend)

Faraday Future (FF) is a California-based mobility company, leveraging the latest technologies and world’s best talent to realize exciting new possibilities in mobility. We’re producing user‑centric, technology‑first vehicles to establish new paradigms in human‑vehicle interaction. We’re not just seeking to change how our cars work – we’re seeking to change the way we drive. At FF, we’re creating something new, something connected, and something with a true global impact.

As a Senior Engineering Manager (Frontend), you’ll lead the development and launch of consumer‑facing web applications and the backend‑for‑frontend (BFF) / service‑proxy layer that powers them. You’ll make architecture decisions, ship iteratively, and set engineering quality bars across the stack.

• Lead end‑to‑end ownership of major web features—from technical discovery and architecture to implementation, testing, deployment, and post‑release iteration.
• Build performant, accessible React/Next.js + Type Script UIs; apply SSR/SSG pragmatically, instrument analytics, and support experimentation/A‑B testing.
• Design and implement reliable REST/Graph
  
  QL APIs and BFF services; enforce clear contracts, versioning, and strong observability.
• Drive performance, security, and reliability at scale (Core Web Vitals, caching/CDN, rate limiting, logging/metrics/tracing, incident response).
• Mentor engineers, review designs/code, and collaborate with Product/Design to translate requirements into high‑quality, incremental releases.

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent practical experience).
• 10+ years building and operating production web applications and services; 3+ years leading technical delivery and/or architecture.
• Hands‑on with modern web tooling (React, Next.js), automated testing, and CI/CD; proficiency with Docker and a major cloud (AWS preferred).
• Solid data/systems skills: relational and No
  
  SQL stores, caching (Redis), message queues, and performance optimization.

• Professional working proficiency bilingual in Mandarin.
• Frontend:
  React 18+/Type Script, Next.js; modern state/data (Redux Toolkit, Tan Stack Query); accessibility (WCAG); testing (Jest/Vitest, Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress).
• Backend:
  Node.js (NestJS/Express/Fastify) or Java (Spring Boot); REST/Graph
  
  QL; BFF pattern; messaging (Kafka/Rabbit
  
  MQ); caching (Redis).
• Cloud: AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, Cloud Front, S3, RDS/Aurora/Dynamo
  
  DB, IAM) and IaC (Cloud Formation or Terraform).
• CI/CD & Dev Ops:
  Git Hub Actions/Git Lab CI/Jenkins; trunk‑based development; blue/green or canary deployments.
• Observability & Security:
  Open Telemetry;
  Prometheus/Grafana or Datadog/New Relic; OAuth2/OIDC; OWASP best practices; secrets management.
• Data:
  Postgre
  
  SQL/MySQL;
  Mongo
  
  DB; schema design and query tuning.
• CRM & Integrations: SAP, Salesforce, or similar.

( 160K- 200K DOE) plus benefits and incentive plans.

• Healthcare + dental + vision benefits (Free for you/discounted for family)
• 401(k) options
• Casual dress code + relaxed work environment
• Culturally diverse, progressive atmosphere

Faraday Future is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.