WorkWhile
Staff Software Engineer, Frontend
Remote - San Francisco · Staff+
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 62 days ago
JavaScriptReactReact NativeDesign SystemsAccessibilityLeadershipCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- WorkWhile is revolutionizing frontline work by creating a more flexible and efficient labor market.
- Workers benefit from same-day pay, free telehealth services, upskilling, and the ability to choose shifts that match their skills and schedules.
- We have the audacious goal to align incentives and solve inefficiencies in the labor market, disrupting the $650 billion staffing and recruiting market.
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve frontend systems that span multiple product areas, ensuring consistency, quality, and scalability
- Partner with engineering leadership, product, and design to shape frontend technical strategy and long-term direction
- Lead high-impact initiatives such as architectural evolution, performance improvements, or major UX foundations
- Establish and uphold frontend standards around component design, state management, accessibility, and testing
- Act as a force multiplier for the team: guiding technical decisions, reviewing designs, and mentoring engineers
- Significant experience building and scaling frontend systems using JavaScript and React and/or React Native
Requirements
- A strong track record of owning complex UI systems or frontend platforms, not just individual features
- Ability to operate in ambiguity - defining problems, proposing solutions, and aligning stakeholders
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence technical direction across teams
- Experience mentoring engineers and raising team-wide frontend quality (people management not required)
Nice to have
- Exposure to mobile performance, accessibility, or internationalization challenges
- Experience working on products with real-world impact and high user trust
- We're a small and mighty team with senior engineers from Rippling, Stripe, DoorDash, Faire among others
- We value user-centricity, competence, speed, and having fun
- We embrace independence and take ownership of our projects, yet are also great team players
- We deal in outcomes, not projects
- Read more about our team at https://tech.workwhile.ai/ https://tech.workwhile.ai/?utm_source=dover&utm_medium=job-posting&utm_campaign=candidate-search
- In-person company offsites
Benefits
- Medical, dental, & vision coverage
- Flexible time off
- WFH stipend to support your home office needs
Company info
- Help define how frontend engineering is practiced as the company grows
- What we're looking for
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Employer.
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