Senior Frontend Engineer, Meltwater

• Expertise in React and TypeScript, including architectural decision-making at scale
• Proven experience leading frontend teams or acting as a technical lead on complex systems
• Track record of owning and delivering large-scale, production-critical frontend systems
• Experience driving cross-team or org-level initiatives (e.g., design systems, platform work, performance improvements)
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture, performance tradeoffs, and scalability challenges
• Experience integrating complex systems via GraphQL and/or REST APIs
• Exceptional debugging skills across browser, performance, and production environments
• Demonstrated ownership of codebase health, system reliability, and engineering standards
• Ability to operate independently and drive clarity in ambiguous problem spaces
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical decisions across teams

Desirable

• You will lead the development and evolution of our frontend platform, driving both team execution and the broader technical direction of the UI across the product
• This role combines hands-on engineering with team leadership and org-wide influence
• You’ll be responsible for delivering high-quality, performant, and accessible user experiences at scale, while partnering with UI leadership to define and execute initiatives spanning design systems, application performance, and frontend architecture
• You care deeply about UI quality and craftsmanship, holding a high bar for usability, performance, and visual polish, and bring strong opinions on what makes a great user experience
• Leading a team of frontend engineers, owning delivery, execution quality, and technical direction
• Owning complex frontend systems and features end-to-end, from design through long-term production health
• Driving org-wide initiatives across design systems, application performance, and frontend technical standards
• Defining and evolving frontend architecture to support scalability, reliability, and rapid product iteration
• Establishing and enforcing high standards for code quality, testing, and maintainability
• Identifying and resolving systemic performance and reliability issues in production
• Building and scaling interactive, data-heavy applications and AI-driven workflows
• Partnering with design, backend, and AI/ML teams to shape product direction and user experience
• Guiding long-term UI technical strategy and key architectural decisions across teams
• Level Expectations:
• Operate as a technical leader for frontend across the team and contribute at the org level
• Own outcomes, not just implementation, including system health, performance, and developer productivity
• Drive large, ambiguous initiatives with cross-team dependencies and no predefined solutions
• Set direction for frontend architecture and influence decisions beyond your immediate team
• Build and maintain scalable systems that other engineers and teams depend on
• Raise the bar for engineering quality, performance, and accessibility across the organization
• Mentor and develop engineers, including setting standards and holding the team accountable
• Proactively identify gaps in the frontend platform and lead efforts to address them