Senior Manager, Engineering

Jobtailor; Fairfield (CT); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior frontend engineering leader in Fairfield, CT to drive multiple product-engineering teams focused on scalable UI platform work. You will define and implement micro-frontend architecture, React/TypeScript standards, and shared design-system patterns while coaching engineers and shaping delivery outcomes.

You will collaborate with Product Management to align roadmap, manage module contracts, and ensure robust CI/CD pipelines and quality practices across teams.

Qualifications

• Strong React 18+ experience with hooks and modern patterns.
• Solid TypeScript proficiency for scalable front-end code.
• Experience with Webpack 5 and module federation.
• Hands-on in micro-frontend architectures and API design.

Responsibilities

• Lead 2–3 product engineering teams with day-to-day management and technical presence.
• Set UI platform direction: micro-frontend architecture, shell SDK interfaces, and design-system patterns.
• Drive sprint planning, code reviews, and unblock delivery while improving reliability.
• Establish CI/CD for front-end modules with pipelines, tests, and safe rollouts.
• Ensure well-documented reusable UI capabilities and integration with backend services.

Skills

React 18+

TypeScript

Webpack 5

Micro-frontend

API design

CI/CD

JWT/RBAC

Job description

Responsibilities

• Lead 2–3 product engineering teams (including the core UI team), providing day-to-day management, coaching, mentoring, and performance support while maintaining a strong technical presence.
• Set technical direction for the UI platform: micro-frontend architecture, React/TypeScript standards, shell SDK interfaces, module contracts, and shared design-system/theming patterns.
• Drive engineering execution: sprint planning, technical prioritization, code reviews, and hands‑on contributions to unblock delivery and improve reliability.
• Establish and evolve CI/CD for independently deployable front-end modules, including build pipelines, artifact management, automated testing, and safe rollout practices.
• Ensure reusable UI and service capabilities are well‑designed and documented (including company-wide “skills files”/patterns), and guide integration with supporting backend services such as user management and authorization.
• Partner closely with Product Management to define roadmap, scope features, and deliver high-impact product outcomes.
• Define and maintain clear module contracts, API descriptors, and SDK interfaces to enable independent development across teams.
• Promote scalable integration patterns including event‑driven communication and shared state approaches across modules and services.
• Drive engineering best practices across teams including coding standards, testing strategies, and development workflows (including AI‑assisted tools where appropriate).

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with 3+ years leading and managing engineers.
• Strong React 18+ expertise (hooks, Suspense, StrictMode, error boundaries, lazy loading) and modern TypeScript patterns.
• Deep experience with Webpack 5 and Module Federation or similar approaches to modular front‑end architecture.
• Experience designing and operating micro‑frontend systems or other independently deployable UI architectures.
• Solid experience integrating or developing backend services, including API design and microservices‑based architectures.
• Familiarity with event‑driven communication patterns (pub/sub) and cross‑module state management approaches.
• Experience implementing or working with authentication and authorization patterns (e.g., JWT, RBAC).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern development practices including testing and code quality standards.
• Strong collaboration skills with product, design, and engineering teams, with the ability to balance technical decisions and delivery outcomes.