Staff Front-End Engineer: JavaScript Tooling & AI DevTools

Meta; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

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Job summary

Meta is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape the future of JavaScript tooling and developer infrastructure across Meta's products. You will design and implement JS compiler enhancements, build tooling like linters and test runners, and integrate AI-powered capabilities into developer workflows.

You will drive architecture, mentor engineers, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and relentlessly optimize build systems and performance to empower thousands of engineers to move fast.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 8+ years of front‑end software engineering experience (JavaScript/HTML/CSS).
• Experience leading front‑end initiatives with cross‑team coordination.
• Experience designing scalable, performant UI systems for large user bases.
• Experience using data/telemetry to drive decisions.
• Ability to communicate technical decisions to varied stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of compiler passes and JavaScript transformations.
• Build and enhance developer tooling infrastructure (linters, test runners, code analysis).
• Integrate AI capabilities into developer workflows for automation and tooling.
• Drive end‑to‑end delivery of JS tooling initiatives across teams.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in build systems and execution.
• Establish best practices for JS tooling including AST manipulation and incremental compilation.
• Mentor engineers on compiler design and tooling architecture.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional stakeholders to set roadmaps.

Skills

Front-end engineering

JavaScript

HTML/CSS

Cross-team coordination

Performance optimization

AI-assisted tooling

Mentoring

Roadmap planning

AST / static analysis

Incremental compilation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

React

JS tooling (linters, test runners)

LLM-powered tooling

Job description

Meta is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to shape the future of JavaScript tooling and developer infrastructure across Meta's products. You will design and implement JS compiler enhancements, build tooling like linters and test runners, and integrate AI-powered capabilities into developer workflows.

You will drive architecture, mentor engineers, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and relentlessly optimize build systems and performance to empower thousands of engineers to move fast.