Senior Frontend Engineer (React / Next.js)

Senior Frontend Engineer (React / Next.js) — Consumer Marketplace

Location: New York, NY (Hybrid — 4 days onsite)

Compensation: Competitive base + equity

Sponsorship: Not available

About the Company

We’re partnering with a high-growth consumer marketplace platform redefining how users access premium lifestyle experiences through a seamless digital product.

The company has achieved strong product-market fit at scale, serving millions of customers and generating significant revenue through partnerships with enterprise-grade providers. Backed by institutional funding and approaching profitability, the business sits at a unique inflection point: high growth with a still-lean, high-impact engineering team.

Why This Role

This is a foundational frontend hire within the consumer product team, with immediate ownership over a major web platform transformation:

• Rebuilding and optimizing a large portion of the core web experience
• Driving improvements in conversion, SEO, and performance
• Supporting international expansion initiatives
• Establishing scalable frontend architecture and best practices

You’ll operate with high autonomy and visibility, working directly with engineering leadership and cross-functional teams to shape the product.

What You’ll Do

• Own the end-to-end development of core frontend features across a high-traffic consumer platform
• Lead large-scale page rewrites and performance optimization initiatives
• Drive improvements in SEO, page speed, and user conversion
• Collaborate closely with product, backend, and data teams on new features and experiments
• Influence frontend architecture, design systems, and engineering standards
• Mentor junior engineers and help elevate frontend quality across the team

What Success Looks Like (First 12 Months)

• Deliver high-impact frontend initiatives tied to conversion and performance metrics
• Successfully launch redesigned core pages and search experiences
• Contribute to international product expansion
• Establish scalable, reusable frontend patterns and systems
• Become a go-to technical leader for frontend development

Ideal Candidate Profile

Experience

• 5–8+ years of frontend or full-stack engineering experience
• Strong background building consumer-facing web applications

Core Skills

• Deep expertise in React + Next.js
• Strong experience with modern frontend architectures and SSR
• Proficiency in TypeScript
• Experience with performance optimization, SEO, and high-traffic applications

Nice to Have

• Experience with Tailwind, component libraries, or design systems
• Background in consumer marketplace or product-led companies
• Exposure to experimentation frameworks (A/B testing, analytics)

What Stands Out

• Proven ownership of frontend systems end-to-end
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-autonomy environment
• Strong product intuition and user-centric mindset
• Demonstrated tenure and impact in prior roles

Team & Culture

• Lean, high-performing engineering team
• Strong emphasis on ownership, speed, and collaboration
• Direct exposure to leadership and business impact
• Opportunity to grow into Staff / Tech Lead trajectory