Senior Frontend Platform Engineer, App Platform

Jobgether

3d • $187,000 - $283,800 • Remote

About The Position

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the foundational frontend platform that powers a complex, high-traffic SaaS product ecosystem. You will focus on building shared frontend packages, scalable architecture, real-time UX infrastructure, and developer tooling that accelerates engineering velocity and improves reliability. The ideal candidate thrives in collaborative, high-performance environments, enjoys mentoring engineers, and is energized by solving ambiguous technical challenges. Your contributions will directly impact multiple product teams, enabling them to deliver high-quality features to millions of users. This role balances hands-on engineering with strategic platform leadership, providing visibility across product and infrastructure initiatives. You will define standards, improve processes, and drive architectural decisions that ensure long-term sustainability and scalability.

Requirements

• 6+ years of software engineering experience, preferably in SaaS or technology companies, with strong focus on frontend architecture
• Deep expertise in React, TypeScript, and Webpack (or comparable build tooling), including dependency management and performance optimization
• Experience designing, maintaining, and evolving shared frontend platforms and libraries across multiple teams
• Proven ability to manage package ecosystems, including versioning, migrations, and cross-application compatibility
• Experience building processes that keep frontend dependencies aligned, stable, and modern
• Strong debugging skills across build systems, runtime behavior, packages, and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience supporting large-scale migrations, architectural changes, and state management transitions
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, release workflows, and automation for frontend applications
• Excellent communication skills and collaborative mindset to work with cross-functional teams
• Authorized to work lawfully in the United States

Nice To Haves

• Experience in platform engineering, developer experience (DevEx), or internal tools
• Knowledge of micro-frontend architecture, module federation, and integration pipelines
• Experience with Storybook infrastructure, RTK Query caching, and analytics/feature flagging SDKs

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain shared frontend packages and frameworks used across multiple web applications
• Define and evolve frontend architecture, scaffolding, and developer experience for new and existing products
• Build and maintain real-time server-to-client infrastructure to support responsive and dynamic user experiences
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineers across teams, establishing best practices and engineering standards
• Contribute to major initiatives, including large-scale migrations, package performance optimization, and platform capability enhancements
• Partner with product managers, designers, and engineering teams to translate requirements into scalable frontend platform solutions
• Ensure operational excellence through monitoring, testing, incident response, and continuous improvement of frontend infrastructure

Benefits

• Competitive base salary: $187,000 – $283,800 USD depending on location and experience
• Top Performer Bonus program and equity awards
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible work options with remote-first policy
• Support for home office setup and collaboration tools
• Opportunities to work on high-impact projects influencing millions of users
• Mentorship and professional growth in a high-performing, collaborative team
• Participation in large-scale product and infrastructure initiatives

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed