Lead Frontend Engineer - Next.js & E‑commerce Platform

Material Bank; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Flexible PTO

Health benefits

401(k) eligibility

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Material Bank, the world’s largest material marketplace for architecture and design, is hiring a Lead Front End Engineer. You will design and deliver features for a brand-new platform, collaborating with designers and engineers to ship the right UI the right way.

You’ll own front-end architecture, optimize performance, and ensure accessibility, responsive UX, and scalable components while coordinating with backend teams on integrations and tooling choices.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of frontend engineering with React in complex apps.
• Strong expertise in HTML, CSS, and responsive design.
• Experience translating designs into accessible, high-performance UI.
• Knowledge of component-driven UI and testing strategies.

Responsibilities

• Build the front-end architecture for a brand-new platform aligned with technical vision.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and QA to implement UI from wireframes.
• Optimize components for performance, scalability, and accessibility.
• Create and maintain UI component documentation and coding standards.
• Refactor frontend from legacy tools to Next.js and implement tests with Playwright.
• Help drive tool selection for SEO, analytics, monitoring, and experiments.

Skills

React

HTML

CSS

Accessibility

UX principles

Web performance

Education

Master’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Next.js

Storybook

React Query

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Job description

Material Bank, the world’s largest material marketplace for architecture and design, is hiring a Lead Front End Engineer. You will design and deliver features for a brand-new platform, collaborating with designers and engineers to ship the right UI the right way.

You’ll own front-end architecture, optimize performance, and ensure accessibility, responsive UX, and scalable components while coordinating with backend teams on integrations and tooling choices.