Lead Frontend Engineer

• The Lead Frontend Engineer owns the growth and output of a frontend engineering pod — hiring, developing, and managing a small team — while remaining a strong hands‑on contributor and a voice in technical direction. This is a player‑coach role: you’ll write code and shape architecture alongside your team, not just direct it from a distance, while also partnering with Talent to build out the team and with Engineering leadership to shape where the frontend goes next
• Build and lead a team — hire, mentor, and grow a high‑performing group of frontend engineers as we scale
• Shape technical direction — influence architecture, tooling, and roadmap decisions across frontend systems
• Stay hands‑on — architect and build fast, accessible, elegant web and mobile applications used by over 1 million subscribers
• Scale our systems — help us grow to tens of millions of customers and connected devices
• Raise the bar — build quality tools and frameworks to ensure a high‑quality product
• Champion accessibility and performance — treat both as first‑class concerns across the frontend org
• Drive innovation — work on mission‑critical projects like our next‑gen agentic AI chatbot, a customer‑centric interface giving full control over phone lines, a next‑generation usage dashboard, and an e‑commerce experience unmatched in telecom
• Influence technical direction and architectural decisions across frontend systems, balancing pragmatism with long‑term scalability
• Build a state‑driven UI that adapts seamlessly to network‑specific quirks
• Support legacy and new plans simultaneously
• Create elegant, highly accessible (a11y‑first) interfaces that work across platforms
• Lead and contribute to building modern frontend features using React, TypeScript, and CSS
• Design and build UI components for both web and React Native applications
• Architect scalable systems to support millions of user interactions across different networks
• Collaborate closely with backend, product, and design teams to drive elegant, data‑informed solutions
• Work with emerging technologies like Rust where performance or architecture demands
• Set and uphold engineering standards and best practices across your team
• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of frontend engineers — owning hiring decisions, performance management, career development, and day‑to‑day team health
• Partner closely with Talent/Recruiting to define hiring needs, shape interview processes, and build out the frontend engineering team as we scale

Benefits

• Gym reimbursement
• Free cellular service on the best network in the US
• Free lunch in NYC office & fully stocked kitchen
• Metrocard reimbursement
• Flexible working hours

Proven ability to influence technical direction and drive architectural decisions at a team or organizational level Comfort operating in a fast paced environment — wearing multiple hats across engineering, hiring, and cross‑functional work A strong eye for UX/UI detail, accessibility, and responsive design 12+ years of frontend engineering experience building production‑grade UIs, including experience in a technical leadership or people management role Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field Experience with state management and data fetching libraries (e.g., Tanstack Query, Redux, Zustand) A self‑starter who can define and deliver high‑leverage solutions with minimal oversight Demonstrated experience managing, mentoring, and growing frontend engineers, including hiring and performance management Experience partnering with Talent/Recruiting to build and scale engineering teams — defining roles, running hiring processes, and closing candidates Strong stakeholder management skills — able to represent frontend engineering’s perspective persuasively in front of executives, PMs, and cross‑functional partners Comfort dealing with complexity: legacy code, varied device support, and cross‑platform consistency Bonus: Experience with Rust, Mobile Development (React Native), or Telecom‑related apps Proficiency in TypeScript, React, and CSS‑in‑JS or equivalent styling approaches

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