Senior Frontend Engineer

Axra; United States; Remote; USD 99,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual learning budget

Health coverage for employees and deps

Stock options with 4-year vesting + 1‑

Remote-first across multiple countries

Job summary

Axra seeks a senior frontend engineer to lead substantial work on a customer-facing web product. You will own parts of the app and its shared design system, make technical decisions, and uplift the frontend team with high-quality code and reviews.

You will build and evolve features with React and TypeScript, collaborate with product/design, and mentor teammates in a remote-first environment. This role emphasizes performance, scalable design systems, and strong UI quality.

Qualifications

• At least five years building production web applications, including three or more years with React.
• Deep TypeScript expertise.
• Strong product judgment and attention to interface quality.
• Experience maintaining a component library or design system at scale.
• Familiarity with web performance practices such as Core Web Vitals, lazy loading, and code splitting.
• Clear written communication and comfort working asynchronously in a remote team.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain web application areas such as dashboards, onboarding, and customer pages using React and TypeScript.
• Evolve a shared design system and component library in close collaboration with designers.
• Integrate REST and WebSocket APIs with backend services.
• Guide decisions about state management, testing approaches, and performance targets.
• Mentor junior engineers through reviews, pairing, and documentation.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Product judgment

Design system

Performance optimization

Asynchronous collaboration

Core Web Vitals

Tools

Design system library

Job description

Role overview

Lead substantial frontend work on a customer-facing web product, partnering with product and design to create clear, responsive, trustworthy experiences. You will own parts of the application and its shared design system, make technical choices, and help raise the quality of the wider frontend team.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain web application areas such as dashboards, onboarding, and customer pages using React and TypeScript.
• Evolve a shared design system and component library in close collaboration with designers.
• Integrate REST and WebSocket APIs with backend services.
• Guide decisions about state management, testing approaches, and performance targets.
• Mentor junior engineers through reviews, pairing, and documentation.

Requirements

• At least five years building production web applications, including three or more years with React.
• Deep TypeScript expertise.
• Strong product judgment and attention to interface quality.
• Experience maintaining a component library or design system at scale.
• Familiarity with web performance practices such as Core Web Vitals, lazy loading, and code splitting.
• Clear written communication and comfort working asynchronously in a remote team.

Nice to have

• Background in financial services or regulated products.
• React Native familiarity.
• Startup experience across multiple areas of product development.
• Public contributions or work samples.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote-first work across multiple countries.
• Annual learning budget, health coverage for employees and dependants, and work equipment.
• Stock options with a four-year vesting schedule and one-year cliff.
• Stated salary range of £75,000-£95,000, reviewed every six months.