Lead Frontend Engineer, Domains Growth

Webhosting; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 185,500 - 299,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Headspace mindfulness app

Private rooftop

Free lunch and snacks

Dog-friendly workplace

Parental leave

Job summary

Squarespace is seeking a Staff Engineer, Frontend – Domains Growth in New York, NY. You will lead architecture and scale frontend systems for high-traffic domains products, collaborating with product, design, and backend teams to grow revenue and conversions.

You will mentor engineers, shape technical strategy, and champion accessibility, performance, and testing while exploring new frontend innovations for complex marketing and checkout flows.

Qualifications

• Lead architecture and design of critical frontend systems.
• Provide hands-on guidance to multiple engineering teams.
• Build reusable components using modern frameworks.
• Collaborate with product, design, and backend engineers.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers.
• Drive frontend quality, accessibility, performance, and testing.
• Stay current with trends and proactively identify opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key technical leader, driving the architecture, design, and implementation of frontend systems.
• Provide hands-on guidance to multiple teams to deliver high-quality frontend solutions.
• Design, develop, and maintain advanced user interfaces and reusable components.
• Collaborate with product, UX/UI design, and backend engineers to build new features.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers to foster learning.
• Lead architectural decisions to ensure long-term frontend health.
• Champion code quality, accessibility, performance, and testing.

Skills

Frontend architecture

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

UI frameworks

Job description

Squarespace is seeking a Staff Engineer, Frontend – Domains Growth in New York, NY. You will lead architecture and scale frontend systems for high-traffic domains products, collaborating with product, design, and backend teams to grow revenue and conversions.

You will mentor engineers, shape technical strategy, and champion accessibility, performance, and testing while exploring new frontend innovations for complex marketing and checkout flows.