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Staff Front End Software Engineer

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Staff engineer on the Core Front-End team for Horizon3's NodeZero platform, driving front-end architecture, design systems, shared tooling, and cross-team standards while contributing hands-on production code. Stack: React, TypeScript, GraphQL, GitLab, AWS; fully remote within the US.

  • We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Core Front-End team and help shape the future of the user experience across the Horizon3 NodeZero platform
  • This is not a traditional feature team role. The Core Front-End team operates as a central front-end architecture and enablement group responsible for driving the long-term scalability, consistency, performance, and usability of the NodeZero platform. You will work across multiple product areas and partner closely with Product, Design, Front-End, Back-End, Platform, and Security Engineering teams to define and implement modern user experiences at scale
  • As a Staff Engineer, you will lead complex technical initiatives that span multiple teams and systems. You will help define architectural direction, establish engineering standards, improve developer workflows, and guide the evolution of our front-end platform and design system. You will also play a key role in mentoring engineers, influencing technical strategy, and accelerating engineering effectiveness across the organization
  • Drive front-end architecture decisions across the platform
  • Design scalable, maintainable, and reusable UI systems and application patterns
  • Lead large cross-functional initiatives involving multiple engineering teams
  • Identify and reduce technical debt across shared front-end infrastructure
  • Define and evolve front-end best practices, standards, and engineering guidelines
  • Improve application reliability, observability, accessibility, and performance
  • Partner with Design to improve consistency and usability across the product
  • Help shape the long-term technical vision for the front-end platform
  • Improve shared tooling, component systems, and developer workflows
  • Drive improvements in CI/CD pipelines, testing strategy, local development experience, and review environments
  • Build reusable frameworks and abstractions that accelerate feature development across teams
  • Collaborate on front-end performance optimization and platform-wide UX improvements
  • Help standardize approaches across teams while balancing flexibility and autonomy
  • Contribute hands-on production code in React and TypeScript
  • Review code and provide high-quality technical feedback
  • Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers throughout the development lifecycle
  • Participate in technical planning, roadmap discussions, and architecture reviews
  • Help unblock teams and provide technical guidance for complex implementation challenges
  • Mentor engineers across multiple teams
  • Raise the engineering bar through technical leadership and collaboration
  • Influence engineering culture, review quality, and development practices
  • Act as a trusted technical partner for both engineering and product leadership
  • Help grow future technical leaders and architects within the organization
  • Our Front-End Stack
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • GraphQL
  • GitLab
  • AWS
  • Modern CI/CD pipelines
  • Design systems and shared component libraries
  • What Success Looks Like
  • Engineering teams can move faster because of the systems and foundations you build
  • Front-end experiences become more scalable, consistent, and maintainable
  • Architectural decisions improve long-term product velocity
  • Shared standards and tooling reduce friction across teams
  • Engineers across the organization seek your guidance for complex technical challenges
  • You help shape the future direction of the platform, not just individual features

Benefits

  • Growth Opportunities: Be part of a dynamic and growing team with numerous career advancement opportunities
  • Innovation-Driven Culture: Work in a collaborative environment that encourages creativity and out-of-the-box thinking
  • Inclusive and Diverse Team: We value diversity and promote an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive
  • Flexible Work Environment: Enjoy the convenience and work-life balance that comes with remote work
  • This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy solving ambiguous problems, influencing technical direction beyond their immediate team, and building systems that enable other engineers to move faster
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to thrive in fast-moving, highly collaborative environments with evolving priorities
  • Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across both front-end and full-stack systems
  • Experience improving front-end performance, reliability, and maintainability
  • Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction
  • Experience designing reusable component systems and scalable UI patterns
  • Strong understanding of modern front-end architecture and application design
  • Deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and React
  • Strong knowledge of application state management, asynchronous data flows, and API integration patterns
  • 8+ years of experience building modern web applications used in production at scale
  • Experience leading large technical initiatives across multiple teams
  • Experience with GraphQL and modern API-driven architectures
  • Experience building platforms, frameworks, or shared engineering infrastructure
  • Experience working in a monorepo environment
  • Experience with modern build systems and tooling
  • Familiarity with cloud-native environments and AWS
  • Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Datadog
  • Experience working closely with Product Design and Design Systems
  • Startup experience, particularly in high-growth environments
  • Experience leveraging AI-assisted development workflows and engineering tooling
  • Cybersecurity or offensive security domain experience
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