Senior Frontend Engineer; Team Lead

Position: Senior Frontend Engineer (Team Lead)
Description

About the Role:

You will lead the development and evolution of our frontend platform, driving both team execution and the broader technical direction of the UI across the product. This role combines hands-on engineering with team leadership and org-wide influence.

You'll be responsible for delivering high-quality, performant, and accessible user experiences at scale, while partnering with UI leadership to define and execute initiatives spanning design systems, application performance, and frontend architecture. You care deeply about UI quality and craftsmanship, holding a high bar for usability, performance, and visual polish, and bring strong opinions on what makes a great user experience.

What You'll Work On:

* Leading a team of frontend engineers, owning delivery, execution quality, and technical direction

* Owning complex frontend systems and features end-to-end, from design through long-term production health

* Driving org-wide initiatives across design systems, application performance, and frontend technical standards

* Defining and evolving frontend architecture to support scalability, reliability, and rapid product iteration

* Establishing and enforcing high standards for code quality, testing, and maintainability

* Identifying and resolving systemic performance and reliability issues in production

* Building and scaling interactive, data-heavy applications and AI-driven workflows

* Partnering with design, backend, and AI/ML teams to shape product direction and user experience

* Guiding long-term UI technical strategy and key architectural decisions across teams

Level Expectations:

* Operate as a technical leader for frontend across the team and contribute at the org level

* Own outcomes, not just implementation, including system health, performance, and developer productivity

* Drive large, ambiguous initiatives with cross-team dependencies and no predefined solutions

* Set direction for frontend architecture and influence decisions beyond your immediate team

* Build and maintain scalable systems that other engineers and teams depend on

* Raise the bar for engineering quality, performance, and accessibility across the organization

* Mentor and develop engineers, including setting standards and holding the team accountable

* Proactively identify gaps in the frontend platform and lead efforts to address them

Must-have:

* Expertise in React and Type Script, including architectural decision-making at scale

* Proven experience leading frontend teams or acting as a technical lead on complex systems

* Track record of owning and delivering large-scale, production-critical frontend systems

* Experience driving cross-team or org-level initiatives (e.g., design systems, platform work, performance improvements)

* Strong understanding of frontend architecture, performance tradeoffs, and scalability challenges

* Experience integrating complex systems via Graph

QL and/or REST APIs

* Exceptional debugging skills across browser, performance, and production environments

* Demonstrated ownership of codebase health, system reliability, and engineering standards

* Ability to operate independently and drive clarity in ambiguous problem spaces

* Strong communication skills with the ability to influence technical decisions across teams

Nice to have:

* Experience with Next.js or similar frameworks in production at scale

* Experience working in monorepos and large shared codebases

* Experience building AI-powered or data-intensive products

* Familiarity with frontend observability and performance tooling

* Strong product sense and ability to balance technical and user experience tradeoffs

What We Offer:

* Enjoy comprehensive paid time off that allows you to have an enhanced work-life balance

* Excellent medical, dental, and vision options

* 401(k) matching, life insurance, commuter benefits, and parental leave plans

* Complimentary Calm App subscription for you and your loved ones, because mental wellness matters.

* Thrive within our inclusive community and seize ongoing professional development opportunities to elevate your career.

Compensation Overview:

At Meltwater, we believe great impact deserves great reward. Our compensation approach is data-driven, market-informed, and built to scale with your growth. We benchmark roles against external market data and use structured leveling frameworks to ensure fairness, consistency, and internal equity across teams and geographies.

These frameworks are based on objective, gender-neutral criteria in line with applicable pay transparency regulations.

For this role, the base salary range is $188,000-$250,000 USD.

Actual offers are determined based on job-related skills, experience, demonstrated capabilities, and work location. We typically hire within the range in a way that supports long-term growth, recognizing that compensation evolves as scope, performance, and impact expand over time.

We regularly review our compensation practices and conduct pay equity analyses to help ensure our decisions remain fair, objective,…