Front End Architect

Searchability®; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Searchability® is looking for a Principal Frontend Engineer in New York to take end-to-end ownership of its frontend platform. A hands-on individual contributor, you will set architectural direction, resolve performance issues, and ensure frontend resilience as complexity increases. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of experience, deep expertise in React and TypeScript, and a proven track record of enhancing frontend performance and reliability. Aiming for excellence, this role can significantly impact the product's success.

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ experience building frontend applications at scale.
• Deep expertise in React, TypeScript, and modern frontend tooling.
• Proven track record fixing real-world performance and reliability issues in production.

Responsibilities

• Own frontend reliability: error boundaries, state management, data consistency, and graceful degradation.
• Drive performance improvements across large datasets, complex views, and data-heavy UIs.
• Implement virtualization, render optimization, and bundle performance strategies.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Performance Optimization

State Management

Frontend Architecture

Large-Scale Frontend Systems

Observability

Monitoring

Job description

Business-critical product where performance, reliability, and correctness genuinely matter.

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Due to continued growth, we’re supporting a high-scale digital platform used daily by professionals making high-stakes, time-sensitive decisions. The product handles large datasets, complex queries, and collaborative workflows, and is relied upon in moments where failure is not an option.

The engineering organization is entering a new phase of maturity. The frontend has proven product‑market fit and now needs to evolve from “working” to working flawlessly as scale, data volume, and customer expectations continue to rise.

THE PRINCIPAL FRONTEND ENGINEER ROLE

This is a senior, hands‑on individual contributor role with end‑to‑end ownership of the frontend platform. You’ll set architectural direction for the frontend, resolve systemic reliability and performance issues, and build the foundations that allow other engineers to move faster without breaking things. This role sits at the intersection of frontend engineering and platform thinking — ensuring the product remains fast, resilient, and predictable as complexity increases.

You’ll work closely with product and backend teams, but your primary mandate is clear: make the frontend a first‑class, production‑grade system.

Key responsibilities include:

• Owning frontend reliability: error boundaries, state management, data consistency, and graceful degradation
• Driving performance improvements across large datasets, complex views, and data‑heavy UIs
• Implementing virtualization, render optimization, and bundle performance strategies
• Building monitoring and observability to catch issues before users do
• Establishing testing strategies that prevent regressions at scale
• Creating abstractions and patterns that help engineers ship safely and confidently
• Leading major technical decisions and mentoring engineers through complex frontend migrations
• Remaining hands‑on in production code while setting long‑term direction

PRINCIPAL FRONTEND ENGINEER ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• 7+ years’ experience building frontend applications at scale
• Deep expertise in React, TypeScript, and modern frontend tooling
• Proven track record fixing real‑world performance and reliability issues in production
• Strong opinions on frontend architecture, backed by experience
• Ability to think systemically about frontend as a platform, not just a UI layer
• Comfortable operating in fast‑moving environments with evolving requirements

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience building or scaling data‑heavy products (search, discovery, analytics, CRM, ATS, etc.)
• Exposure to complex filtering, querying, or visualization‑driven interfaces
• Experience introducing observability, monitoring, or performance budgets to frontend systems
• Background in high‑growth or product‑led environments
• Ownership mindset from root cause through to durable, long‑term fixes

KEY SKILLS

Principal Frontend Engineer, Frontend Architecture, React, TypeScript, Performance Optimization, Frontend Infrastructure, Observability, Monitoring, State Management, Large-Scale Frontend Systems