Staff Front End Engineer

WSS Associates Ltd; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

WSS Associates Ltd is seeking a Staff Frontend Engineer to shape the technical direction of our frontend applications. You will remain hands-on while influencing architecture, engineering standards and hiring decisions across the business.

Working with Product, Design and Backend teams, you will build complex, data-rich applications using React and TypeScript, own frontend architecture, and mentor other engineers in a fast-paced Agile environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software/frontend engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build and support frontend applications across the platform.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Frontend architecture

Staff level

Agile

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

AWS

GraphQL

Cypress or Playwright

GitLab

Job description

*Please not visa transfer or sponsorship is not available for this role*

Staff Frontend Engineer

We are working with a fast-growing technology business operating at the intersection of financial services, investment data and technology.

The company has developed a sophisticated data platform that helps organisations better understand and work with complex financial information. As the platform continues to scale, they are looking for an experienced Staff Frontend Engineer to take a key role in the technical direction and architecture of their frontend applications.

This is a senior individual contributor position with no direct reports. You will remain hands-on while having significant influence over frontend architecture, engineering standards and technical decision-making across the business.

The Role

Working closely with Product, Design and Backend Engineering, you will:

• Architect, build and support frontend applications across the platform
• Take ownership of frontend architecture and help define the technical direction
• Build complex, interactive and data-rich applications using React and TypeScript
• Translate product requirements and wireframes into intuitive, high-quality user experiences
• Work closely with Backend Engineers to integrate services and build performant, scalable applications
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers
• Influence engineering standards and contribute to technical hiring decisions
• Work within a fast-paced Agile engineering environment

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years' experience within software/frontend engineering
• Strong commercial experience with React and TypeScript
• Proven experience owning or designing frontend architecture
• Experience operating at Staff, Principal, Lead or equivalent senior IC level
• Comfortable taking ownership and making technical decisions with limited guidance
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work across technical and non-technical teams
• Experience working within a start-up, scale-up, financial institution or technology business
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field

Experience in any of the following would be advantageous:

• Investment Management, Asset Management, Private Markets, Capital Markets or FinTech
• AWS
• GraphQL
• Cypress or Playwright
• GitLab

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to join a growing technology business where you will have genuine influence over how the frontend is designed and developed.

Rather than moving away from engineering into people management, you will remain close to the technology while helping shape architecture, standards and technical direction as the platform continues to grow.