Staff Frontend Engineer - React/TypeScript (EdTech)

Brisk Teaching; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Brisk Teaching is seeking a Staff Product Engineer to set technical direction for frontend architecture and patterns. This senior individual contributor role influences our frontend codebase and must ensure performance, accessibility, and quality across platforms like Google Docs and Microsoft 365. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in software engineering, expertise in React and TypeScript, and experience in leading performance initiatives and mentoring teams. Join us in transforming K-12 education through innovative technology.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience in product development.
• Hands-on experience with telemetry, frontend logging, and real user monitoring.
• A track record of leading frontend performance work.
• Deep expertise in React and TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for frontend architecture and tooling.
• Lead complex UI work in React and TypeScript.
• Own frontend performance: bundle size, rendering paths, and Core Web Vitals.
• Mentor engineers and partner closely with design and product teams.

Skills

Telemetry and observability

Frontend performance

Accessibility expertise

React and TypeScript

Browser APIs and DOM

CSS and layout fundamentals

User-centered mindset

Job description

Brisk Teaching is seeking a Staff Product Engineer to set technical direction for frontend architecture and patterns. This senior individual contributor role influences our frontend codebase and must ensure performance, accessibility, and quality across platforms like Google Docs and Microsoft 365. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in software engineering, expertise in React and TypeScript, and experience in leading performance initiatives and mentoring teams. Join us in transforming K-12 education through innovative technology.