Senior Software Engineer - Frontend Architecture

Workiva Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 111,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Restricted Stock Units

401(k) match

Comprehensive employee benefits

Job summary

Workiva Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help drive the transition to TypeScript and React across our frontend stack. You will build features, review code, and mentor peers while delivering high-quality UI work.

You’ll collaborate with product and design, optimize performance, and contribute to architecture discussions as the FRESH team evolves. Remote-friendly, travel up to 15% for team meetings.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of frontend development experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• Experience in frontend development

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain frontend features and components in TypeScript and React across shell and microfrontend surfaces
• Contribute to architecture discussions and approach within the team
• Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams to deliver integrated, high-quality solutions
• Optimize UI performance and responsiveness for a smooth user experience
• Write clean, efficient, maintainable code following team standards
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback
• Develop and execute automated tests (unit, integration, functional)
• Debug and troubleshoot issues across frontend surfaces and integration points
• Mentor and support less experienced engineers on the team
• Leverage AI tooling to improve productivity

Skills

Frontend development

TypeScript

React

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Join Frontend Frameworks at Workiva and help build the internal frameworks and tools that Workiva's frontend engineers use to deliver customer-facing products. The FRESH team owns the application shell, microfrontend integration layer, and the UI surfaces that tie Workiva's product experience together. We're executing a major transition to TypeScript and React as our primary frontend stack, and we need strong engineers who can execute at pace, ship quality code, and grow in a team that moves fast. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be a core contributor to that transition, writing production TypeScript and React, participating in technical decision-making, and helping raise the quality bar for the team around you.

What You'll Do

• Build and maintain frontend features and components in TypeScript and React across our shell and microfrontend surfaces
• Contribute to technical discussions around architecture, patterns, and approach within the team
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners, product, design, and other engineering teams, to deliver well-integrated, high-quality solutions
• Optimize UI performance and responsiveness to deliver a smooth user experience
• Write clean, efficient, maintainable code that follows team standards and best practices
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers
• Develop and execute automated tests (unit, integration, functional) with a focus on reliability
• Debug and troubleshoot issues across frontend surfaces and integration points
• Collaborate with support teams in triaging and resolving production issues
• Mentor and support less experienced engineers on the team
• Leverage AI tooling to make your work more effective

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent applicable experience
• Experience in frontend development

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong experience with TypeScript and React in production applications
• Familiarity with microfrontend architecture or multi-team frontend environments
• Solid debugging skills across complex frontend systems
• Interest in or experience with AI-assisted and agent-accelerated development workflows
• Strong communication skills, comfortable working across engineering, product, and design
• Experience working in an agile development environment with a focus on continuous delivery

Travel Requirements and Working Conditions

• Willingness to travel up to 15% for team and corporate meetings, fostering relationships and representing company interests
• Reliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, as we embrace flexible work arrangements

How You’ll Be Rewarded

• Salary range in the US: $111,000.00 - $180,000.00
• A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
• Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
• 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package

The salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this job in the US. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience and other relevant factors.

Why Join Workiva

Workiva is the platform designed to bring confidence, control, and a competitive edge to the world’s most complex organizations. Our AI-powered platform unifies finance, risk, and sustainability on a single, secure foundation—ensuring data is trusted, traceable, and ready to act on. With an unbroken path from source to output, leaders gain confidence in their numbers, visibility into current and emerging risks, and the ability to move with speed and precision in a constantly changing world. At Workiva, you’ll bring technology to market that executives, boards, and regulators depend on. The work you do here helps organizations navigate uncertainty, maintain trust, and make decisions that stand up to scrutiny. If you’re energized by meaningful challenges, inspired by collaborative teams, and motivated to help organizations turn uncertainty into advantage, we’d love to meet you.

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Workiva is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

Workiva employees are required to undergo comprehensive security and privacy training tailored to their roles, ensuring adherence to company policies and regulatory standards.

Workiva supports employees in working where they work best - either from an office or remotely from any location within their country of employment.