Senior Frontend Engineer - Real-Time Web UIs (React/TS)

Airwallex; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is seeking a senior frontend engineer with 6+ years of experience to own and deliver scalable web interfaces. You’ll work in SF, collaborating with product, design, and backend teams to build real-time expense and payment experiences using React/TypeScript and modern tooling.

You’ll contribute to design systems, performance optimizations, and a domain-based micro frontend architecture, while raising standards through testing, docs, and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional frontend software development experience.
• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Strong experience with JavaScript or TypeScript, React, HTML/CSS, and modern web development practices.
• Experience integrating frontend applications with APIs and improving frontend performance.
• A track record of writing well-tested, maintainable code and contributing to technical documentation.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across engineering, product, and design.

Responsibilities

• Build maintainable, scalable web interfaces using React and TypeScript, contributing to a domain-based Micro Frontend architecture.
• Partner with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to clarify requirements, iterate quickly, and deliver high-quality experiences in production.
• Integrate frontend applications with backend services through Apollo GraphQL and a Backend-for-Frontend layer, while contributing to shared UI components and the team's design system.
• Raise engineering standards through code reviews, testing, documentation, bug triage, frontend performance improvements, and participation in Frontend Guild discussions, technical spikes, and experimentation.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

React

HTML/CSS

API integration

Testing & documentation

Communication & collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

GraphQL

Design systems

Micro Frontend

CI/CD

Frontend observability tools

Job description

Airwallex is seeking a senior frontend engineer with 6+ years of experience to own and deliver scalable web interfaces. You’ll work in SF, collaborating with product, design, and backend teams to build real-time expense and payment experiences using React/TypeScript and modern tooling.

You’ll contribute to design systems, performance optimizations, and a domain-based micro frontend architecture, while raising standards through testing, docs, and cross-functional collaboration.