Frontend Architect

Our Company

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We're on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

We are seeking a highly experienced

to join the Gen Studio Engineering team. This role is ideal for a technical leader who thrives in complex product environments, has strong opinions grounded in experience, and is passionate about building scalable, high‑quality user experiences.

As a Staff Engineer, you will set the architectural direction for large portions of our front‑end platform, partner closely with Product and Design, and mentor engineers across teams. You'll operate at both the strategic and hands‑on levels—shaping long‑term technical decisions while staying close to the code.

• Architect and evolve large-scale front-end systems using modern web technologies, with a focus on React, Type Script, and Node.js.
• Define and drive front-end architecture standards across micro-frontends, shared component libraries, design systems, and platform services.
• Lead technical design for complex, high-impact features that span multiple teams and domains.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Backend teams to translate product requirements into scalable, maintainable front-end solutions.
• Establish best practices around performance, accessibility, reliability, security, and developer experience.
• Own key technical decisions and trade-offs, including state management, data fetching patterns, rendering strategies, and build tooling.
• Mentor senior and staff-level engineers, raising the technical bar through design reviews, code reviews, and architecture forums.
• Identify and proactively address front-end platform gaps, tech debt, and scaling challenges.
• Influence roadmap planning by connecting technical investments to product and business outcomes.
• Stay current with the evolving front-end ecosystem and thoughtfully introduce new technologies where they provide clear value.

• 10-12+ years of software engineering experience, with deep expertise in front-end development at scale.
• Proven experience as a front-end technical lead or architect on complex, production-grade web applications.
• Expert-level knowledge of React, Type Script, modern JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Strong experience with Node.js and understanding of full-stack web architectures.
• Hands-on experience designing systems using micro-frontends, shared UI platforms, and design systems.
• Deep understanding of browser fundamentals, performance optimization, and rendering strategies.
• Experience working in large codebases with multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Strong architectural judgment—able to balance short-term delivery with long-term maintainability.
• Ability to clearly communicate technical ideas and influence without authority.

• Experience building or scaling platform-level front-end infrastructure used by many teams.
• Familiarity with server-side rendering, edge rendering, or hybrid rendering models.
• Experience integrating front-end applications with complex backend and data services.
• Passion for developer experience, tooling, and productivity.
• Track record of mentoring senior engineers and shaping engineering culture.
• Contributions to open source, internal frameworks, or technical communities.
• Experience building front ends for data-heavy, workflow-driven, or AI-powered products.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets, and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this position is $159,200 – $301,600 annually. Pay within this range varies…