Sr. Frontend Engineer

As a Senior Frontend Engineer at WorkBoard, you will play a critical role in shaping the technical direction of our platform's user experience. You will lead the design and delivery of high-quality, performant, and scalable frontend systems , while collaborating closely with backend engineers to contribute across the full stack when needed.

Beyond hands-on development, you will serve as a technical leader: guiding component architecture, mentoring engineers, and driving initiatives that raise the bar for UI quality and frontend engineering practices. This role requires strong ownership, deep problem-solving skills, and excellent communication. You will operate in a small, highly collaborative team where clarity, accountability, and impact matter.

Hands-on experience building AI-powered features and using AI tools to improve engineering productivity is required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead by example: contribute high-quality React code and set the standard for frontend craftsmanship across the platform
• Shape architecture: design scalable component systems, state management patterns, and frontend infrastructure that support long-term growth
• Mentor engineers: coach and support teammates through code reviews, design discussions, and problem-solving
• Own complex problems: drive investigation, debugging, and resolution of performance, rendering, and scalability challenges
• Drive execution: translate product and design requirements into clear technical designs and well-scoped Jira tickets
• Collaborate cross-functionally: work closely with product, design, and backend partners to deliver impactful, end-to-end solutions
• Establish best practices: improve standards around code quality, accessibility, performance, and reliability
• Champion improvement: introduce new tools, patterns, or approaches , including AI-enabled workflows , where they add real value

Requirements:

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong focus on building and owning modern frontend applications
• Deep expertise in React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript, including component architecture, state management, and frontend application design
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code or Cursor to accelerate frontend development and improve engineering productivity
• Strong product and design sensibility, with a high bar for UI quality, usability, consistency, and craft
• Proven track record designing frontend architectures that scale across teams, products, and complex user workflows
• Strong knowledge of performance optimization, accessibility, responsive design, and modern frontend best practices
• Deep debugging and problem-solving skills in browser-based applications, with the ability to quickly identify and resolve issues across frontend-backend boundaries
• Proficiency with GitHub-based development workflows, including pull requests, code review practices, branching strategy, and CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions
• Ability to work effectively with backend systems and APIs, contributing where needed while keeping frontend excellence as the primary focus
• Experience as a technical leader who can drive frontend direction, mentor engineers, and raise the quality bar across the team
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work closely with design, product, and engineering partners

Nice to Have:

• Experience building or integrating AI-powered features
• Familiarity with LangGraph, LangChain, or similar agent-based frameworks
• Experience with data-rich UIs: dashboards, analytics, or complex data visualization
• Background in design systems or shared component libraries
• Experience with Cypress or end-to-end testing frameworks
• Background in DevOps and CI/CD practices

Within Your First 6 Months:

• 1 Month , Ramp up on systems, ship initial contributions, and build context across the platform and team.
• 3 Months , Own features end-to-end, mentor peers, and influence frontend architecture decisions.
• 6 Months , Lead a major frontend initiative, establish guardrails, and raise the bar on performance, scalability, and engineering practices , including thoughtful use of AI where valuable.

Our Values:

• Humble experts
• Hungry for the opportunity
• Intellectually honest
• Operating as one happy team

Awesome Benefits:

• Discretionary time off & sick days
• Paid holidays
• Health insurance
• 401(k) with employer matching
• Quarterly All-Hands meetings
• And much more!

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates learning, diversity and inclusion.