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Sr. Frontend Platform Engineer

DRH Search
Full-time
On-site
New York, New York, United States
Frontend Development
We're assisting a well-funded product and research startup with their search for a Sr. Frontend Platform Engineer to work on one of their consumer apps.  The role will be onsite in their NY office.
 
What you'll do:

  • Work directly with the CTO to build and ship new product features (screens, dashboards, UIs, interactive experiences) users will love

  • Create visualizations and insights based on user media consumption data

  • Help architect and scale the frontend for performance and maintainability

  • Collaborate closely with product team — including the CEO, designer and user researcher.

  • Make key technical decisions across the stack

  • Be responsible for crafting scalable front-end architecture.

  • Ensure code and product quality.

  • Implement engineering best practices across development and deployment.

  • Guide/mentor other engineers 

What you'll bring:
  • 5+ years of experience architecting frontend systems for performance and scale. Should have demonstrated ability to lead architectural decisions for frontend systems, ideally in fast-growing startups.

  • Experience building customer-facing product features with complex UIs

  • Experience in early product development (taking features from 0 to 1)

  • History of cross-functional collaboration with designers and product teams

  • Experience working at an early-stage or high-growth startup, ideally working on consumer-facing applications or platforms

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)

  • Strong TypeScript and React skills and experience

  • Experience with frontend architecture and state management

  • Some full-stack capabilities (ability to work with databases when needed)

  • Performance optimization skills (bonus would be experience with complex UIs and 3D elements)

  • Knowledge of optimal data fetching patterns and rendering optimization

  • Pragmatic product engineering mindset; knows when to take on technical debt, descope features, work on architecture, and prioritize enablers.
  • Collaborative mindset––experience working closely with other product/design/engineering teams, comfortable with some organized chaos
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