Staff Frontend Architect: Platform & Design System Lead

Greylock Partners; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Greylock Partners is hiring its foundational frontend engineer to build the entire frontend platform from scratch. You’ll own the architecture, frameworks, and tooling that every engineer after you builds on, and you’ll craft the core design system and component libraries that set the standard for the product.

You will work directly with design and product to translate complex security workflows into fast, reliable interfaces, prioritizing speed and flexibility.

Qualifications

• Experience leading frontend foundations at early-stage companies.
• Proven ability to design scalable frontend architecture.
• Strong collaboration with design and product to ship rapidly.

Responsibilities

• Own the entire frontend platform from the ground up.
• Define architecture, frameworks, and tooling for the team.
• Build core design system, reusable components, and state management.
• Turn complex security workflows into simple interfaces with AI enhancements.
• Establish testing, performance, and maintainability practices; mentor future engineers.

Skills

System design

Mentoring

Strategic thinking

Tools

React

TypeScript

Design systems

Web performance

Build tooling

Next.js

Job description

Greylock Partners is hiring its foundational frontend engineer to build the entire frontend platform from scratch. You’ll own the architecture, frameworks, and tooling that every engineer after you builds on, and you’ll craft the core design system and component libraries that set the standard for the product.

You will work directly with design and product to translate complex security workflows into fast, reliable interfaces, prioritizing speed and flexibility.