Staff Software Engineer Frontend Web Platform KICK
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JOB DETAILS
Requirements
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with strong frontend focus
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript fundamentals, Next.js and TypeScript
- Experience with server-side rendering (SSR), modern frontend architecture, and testing frameworks
- Proven experience providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and influencing frontend architecture
- Experience designing scalable systems, not just implementing features
- Demonstrated ability to take ownership and deliver complex initiatives end-to-end
- Experience working in cross-team environments requiring alignment and standardisation
- Excellent communication skills and ability to influence across teams
- Ability to balance hands-on work with strategic leadership responsibilities
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve KICK’s web frontend platform architecture across React, Next.js, TypeScript, and the wider frontend ecosystem
- Write and ship high-quality production code, setting the standard for frontend engineering, testing, performance, and reliability
- Define the frontend platform strategy, technical direction, and long-term architecture in partnership with engineering, product, and design teams
- Establish and evolve standards, patterns, and best practices for frontend development across teams
- Own and improve frontend developer experience through shared tooling, libraries, documentation, and self-service capabilities
- Lead cross-team frontend initiatives from problem definition through delivery and adoption, using technical guidance, RFCs, documentation, code reviews, pairing, and shared architectural decisions
- Identify and remove systemic frontend bottlenecks, reliability risks, performance issues, accessibility gaps, and production failure modes across the product
- Mentor and support engineers across teams, helping raise frontend engineering quality, consistency, and ownership
- Communicate technical decisions, trade-offs, risks, and progress clearly to stakeholders with varying levels of technical context
Desired Qualifications
- Experience setting up or leading a frontend platform or enablement function
- Experience delivering and maintaining high-traffic, large-scale web applications or frontend platforms
- Experience working effectively with distributed teams across multiple time zones, including asynchronous collaboration with offshore teams and significant time differences
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