Staff Engineer Frontend
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Job Summary
At Freshworks great user experience isnt a layerits built into the foundation. As a Staff Frontend Engineer youll architect the core of that experience. Youll own critical parts of our frontend stack lead large-scale initiatives and build frameworks and UI systems that power our global products.
This role is for engineers who understand performance from first principles write scalable component libraries and can turn design vision into engineering realityat speed and scale.
The Impact You Will Create
- Architecting for Scale: You will own and evolve our complex frontend architecture. By championing initiatives like micro-frontends and robust system design you will build the technical foundation that allows multiple engineering teams to ship code rapidly and safely.
- Elevating the User Experience: You will blur the line between engineering and design. By obsessing over browser rendering DOM optimization and pixel-perfect interactions you will deliver blazing-fast highly accessible and deeply engaging user interfaces.
- Multiplying Engineering Velocity: You wont just write great code; you will build the tools that help others write great code. By creating scalable reusable UI component libraries and establishing bulletproof testing strategies (Unit E2E Visual) you will drastically reduce time-to-market for new features.
- Setting the Gold Standard: As a cultural pillar of the engineering team you will elevate the craft of everyone around you. Through deeply thoughtful RFCs meticulous PR reviews and a relentless focus on quality and empathy you will mentor the next generation of frontend craftsmen.
Responsibilities
- Design build and scale component libraries and design systems across products.
- Own frontend architecture and drive standardisation across teams.
- Lead complex UI efforts involving performance accessibility and responsive design.
- Translate design specs into extensible high-performance components.
- Define and enforce best practices for code structure testing and maintainability.
- Optimize large frontend codebases for performance and readability.
- Mentor frontend engineers across teams; conduct deep technical reviews.
- Collaborate with product managers and designers to influence experience strategy.
Skill Inventory
Core Technical Stack
- Advanced JavaScript / TypeScript
- Modern JS Frameworks (React preferred)
- HTML5 CSS3 and modern styling approaches
- Data Structures & Frontend Algorithms
Architecture & Performance
- Frontend System Design & Micro-frontends
- Browser Rendering & DOM Optimization
- Reusable Component Libraries / Design Systems
- Web Accessibility (a11y) & Cross-Browser Compatibility
Testing & Engineering Practices
- Frontend Testing Ecosystems (Unit E2E Visual Regression)
- Advanced Debugging & Profiling Tools
- Writing Technical RFCs & Architecture Documentation
- CI/CD for Frontend Applications
Soft Skills & Leadership
- Tech-Initiative Leadership & Change Management
- UI/UX Design Sensibility & Empathy
- Mentorship & Peer Code Reviews
- Cross-functional Collaboration (Design Product Backend)
Qualifications :
Requirements
- 10 to 15 years of web developer UI developer JavaScript expert or frontend engineer experience.
- Deep expertise in JavaScript HTML CSS and modern JS frameworks (React preferred).
- Strong experience in frontend architecture micro-frontends and reusable libraries.
- Proven track record in building highly responsive accessible and performant UIs.
- Deep understanding of browser rendering DOM optimization and debugging tools.
- Familiar with testing strategies for frontend apps (unit E2E visual regression).
- Strong foundation in data structures and frontend algorithms.
- Experience driving long-term tech initiatives and architectural upgrades.
Qualification
- Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
- Strong sense of design UX and interaction details.
- Passion for building engineering cultures focused on quality speed and empathy.
- You think like a system designer and execute like a craftsman.
- Strong written and verbal communicationyour RFCs and PR reviews are gold.
Additional Information :
At Freshworks we have fostered an environment that enables everyone to find their true potential purpose and passion welcoming colleagues of all backgrounds genders sexual orientations religions and ethnicities. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and believe that diversity in the workplace creates a more vibrant richer environment that boosts the goals of our employees communities and business. Fresh vision. Real impact. Come build it with us.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Computer Science
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Python
- VMware
- C/C++
- Go
- System Architecture
- gRPC
- OS Kernels
- Perl
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Freshworks makes it fast and easy for businesses to delight their customers and employees. We do this by taking a fresh approach to building and delivering software that is affordable, quick to implement, and designed for the end user. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Freshwork ... View more
