Senior Front-End Engineer: Creative, Scalable Interfaces

Polarscope Agency; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Polarscope Agency is seeking a Senior Frontend/Full-Stack Developer to translate complex ideas into robust, scalable technical solutions. You will lead development of features, collaborate with design, strategy, production, and back-end teams, and balance performance with accessibility across projects.

We value curiosity, continuous learning, and the ability to mentor junior developers while advancing craft. Join a distributed team across the U.S.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in front-end/full-stack development.
• Advanced proficiency in modern front-end frameworks and tooling.
• Strong understanding of APIs, data integration, and system architecture.
• Experience (or interest) in developing for accessibility and making digital products usable and accessible for everyone

Responsibilities

• Lead development of complex features and interfaces across projects.
• Architect and implement scalable front-end solutions within broader systems.
• Balance performance, accessibility, and maintainability in technical decisions.
• Identify and address technical risks early in the process.
• Partner closely with design, strategy, production, and back-end teams.
• Communicate technical rationale and tradeoffs to varied audiences.
• Support alignment between creative intent and technical execution.
• Own the quality and integrity of development deliverables within workstreams.
• Improve workflows, tooling, and documentation to support team efficiency.
• Review code and provide constructive feedback to peers.
• Support the growth of more junior developers through feedback and guidance.
• Share knowledge, patterns, and best practices across teams.
• Model strong collaboration, accountability, and craft excellence.
• Practices Creative Intelligence by staying curious about emerging tools and technologies (including AI) and applying sound judgment about when and how they should inform the work. Continuously learns and experiments while keeping human needs, craft, and responsibility at the center.

Skills

Frontend/Full-Stack

APIs

CI/CD

AI tooling evaluation

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Version control

CI/CD pipelines

APIs

Job description

Polarscope Agency is seeking a Senior Frontend/Full-Stack Developer to translate complex ideas into robust, scalable technical solutions. You will lead development of features, collaborate with design, strategy, production, and back-end teams, and balance performance with accessibility across projects.

We value curiosity, continuous learning, and the ability to mentor junior developers while advancing craft. Join a distributed team across the U.S.