Svelte Frontend Engineer - Scale SaaS UI (Hybrid NYC)

Socket.dev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

16-week parental leave

Company-wide breaks: Aug & Dec/Jan

Job summary

Socket.dev is seeking a frontend engineer to tackle complex problems across the stack, delivering reliable features. You’ll work on frontend architecture, data visualization, and UI workflows, collaborating with our CTO to design core systems spanning multiple clouds.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, code quality, testing, and performance optimization, with a hybrid setup in New York City. Bring 3+ years of frontend experience and a strong command of Svelte/SvelteKit, TypeScript, and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional frontend engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency with Svelte, SvelteKit, or equivalent modern frameworks.
• Deep expertise in TypeScript, modern JavaScript, and web app architecture.
• Advanced proficiency with TailwindCSS for scalable UIs.
• Strong understanding of interaction patterns, layouts, accessibility, and responsive UI.
• Hands-on experience with modern build tools (Vite, ES modules, bundlers, Bun).
• Experience writing and maintaining automated tests.
• Experience developing UX for self-serving applications in fast-paced environments.
• Excellent communication and a documentation-first mindset.
• Strong technical judgment and ability to trade off in evolving products.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, and maintain user-facing features using SvelteKit, Svelte 5, TypeScript, and TailwindCSS.
• Implement scalable, maintainable component structures and frontend architecture.
• Build responsive, accessible, and performant interfaces optimized for clarity and consistency.
• Collaborate with product and backend engineering to refine specifications, workflows, and API contracts.
• Implement robust error handling, boundary states, and loading strategies.
• Ensure code quality through reviews, documentation, linting, and testing.
• Contribute to frontend performance optimization and observability.
• Own features end-to-end, from architecture to implementation to testing to deployment to monitoring.

Skills

Excellent communication

Documentation-first mindset

Technical judgment

Problem solving

Tools

Svelte

SvelteKit

TypeScript

TailwindCSS

Vite

ES modules

Bun

Playwright

GitHub Actions

Job description

Socket.dev is seeking a frontend engineer to tackle complex problems across the stack, delivering reliable features. You’ll work on frontend architecture, data visualization, and UI workflows, collaborating with our CTO to design core systems spanning multiple clouds.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, code quality, testing, and performance optimization, with a hybrid setup in New York City. Bring 3+ years of frontend experience and a strong command of Svelte/SvelteKit, TypeScript, and