Staff Frontend Architect — Checkout & AI-Driven UI

Gofundme; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Healthcare benefits

Generous parental leave

Hybrid in-office 3x/week in SF BayArea

Job summary

GoFundMe is hiring a Staff Frontend Engineer to join the Donate team as a senior technical leader. You will lead several concurrent frontend initiatives, shape the architectural roadmap, and set standards for quality, testing, and observability.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product, design, and backend stakeholders, and drive scalable, accessible checkout experiences for nonprofits and donors. SF Bay Area in-office 3x/week is expected.

Qualifications

• 8+ years building, testing, and shipping complex, customer-facing web applications.
• 2+ years in Staff or Lead scope or equivalent leadership.
• Deep expertise with React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
• Proven ownership of frontend architecture that scales across teams.
• Advanced frontend testing with meaningful coverage.
• Strong frontend performance and observability capabilities.
• Able to translate designs into pixel-perfect interfaces using design systems.
• Secure-by-default practices in payment-adjacent flows.

Responsibilities

• Lead concurrent frontend projects and shape the frontend roadmap for the team’s checkout experiences.
• Own frontend architecture, component systems, state management, and module boundaries.
• Set and uphold engineering standards for code quality and reviews.
• Evolve testing strategy across unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
• Build frontend observability and manage incidents end-to-end.
• Champion AI-assisted development practices to improve velocity and quality.
• Mentor engineers and partner with product, design, and backend stakeholders.

Skills

React

Next.js

TypeScript

Frontend testing

Performance & observability

Design systems

Git & CI/CD

Agile

Job description

GoFundMe is hiring a Staff Frontend Engineer to join the Donate team as a senior technical leader. You will lead several concurrent frontend initiatives, shape the architectural roadmap, and set standards for quality, testing, and observability.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with product, design, and backend stakeholders, and drive scalable, accessible checkout experiences for nonprofits and donors. SF Bay Area in-office 3x/week is expected.