Staff Frontend Architect (Next.js / TypeScript)

Artisser Studio; United States; Remote; USD 185,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Job summary

Artisser Studio seeks a Lead Frontend Architect to steer performance-focused design across enterprise web apps, real-time dashboards, and scalable design systems. You will own Next.js and TypeScript architectures, drive browser- and network-performance optimizations, and mentor teams on React Server Components and advanced state machines.

You will work in a fully remote, globally distributed pod, collaborating with product and backend teams to uphold rigorous Core Web Vitals and accessibility

Qualifications

• 6+ years building large-scale frontend applications with React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
• Deep expertise in browser performance profiling, rendering pipelines, and Web Workers.
• Demonstrated ability to architect composable design systems and state-management architectures.
• Strong passion for clean typed APIs, declarative patterns, and automated end-to-end testing with Playwright.

Responsibilities

• Architect large-scale Next.js and TypeScript applications handling high-frequency telemetry and real-time state synchronization via WebSockets and optimistic update patterns.
• Establish enterprise design systems with strict token contracts, headless components, and fluid typography governance.
• Enforce sub-second Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) and zero Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) across complex multi-tenant dashboards.
• Mentor engineering teams on React Server Components, state machines such as XState, and browser rendering pipelines.
• Author technical RFCs and benchmark frontend bundles against rigorous performance budgets.

Skills

React

Next.js

TypeScript

Performance profiling

Design systems

Playwright

Tools

Web Workers

WebSockets

XState

TradingView

Job description

Role overview

Lead frontend architecture for performance-critical enterprise web applications, real-time data visualization consoles, and scalable design system infrastructure. The position centers on eliminating latency in mission-critical dashboards, trading terminals, and multi-tenant SaaS interfaces while upholding strict Core Web Vitals and accessibility standards.

Responsibilities

• Architect large-scale Next.js and TypeScript applications handling high-frequency telemetry and real-time state synchronization via WebSockets and optimistic update patterns.
• Establish enterprise design systems with strict token contracts, headless components, and fluid typography governance.
• Enforce sub-second Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) and zero Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) across complex multi-tenant dashboards.
• Mentor engineering teams on React Server Components, state machines such as XState, and browser rendering pipelines.
• Author technical RFCs and benchmark frontend bundles against rigorous performance budgets.

Requirements

• 6+ years building large-scale frontend applications with React, Next.js, and TypeScript.
• Deep expertise in browser performance profiling, rendering pipelines, and Web Workers.
• Demonstrated ability to architect composable design systems and state-management architectures.
• Strong passion for clean typed APIs, declarative patterns, and automated end-to-end testing with Playwright.

Nice to have

• Experience with real-time financial charting libraries (TradingView), Canvas2D, and WebGL.
• Familiarity with offline-first synchronization protocols and WebSocket architectures.
• Active open-source contributions to UI libraries or developer tooling.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote, full-time, globally distributed.
• Compensation of $185,000 – $240,000 plus profit share.
• Asynchronous working rituals with an engineering pod structure.