Staff Software Engineer, Front End (Customer Experience)
Scout Motors3 days ago
Base Salary
$182k - $220k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead frontend architecture decisions covering component design, state management, rendering strategy, and application structure.
- Build performant customer-facing experiences end-to-end, including UI implementation, API integration, error handling, and production monitoring.
- Own frontend performance across Core Web Vitals, rendering performance, and resilience during backend or third-party service degradation.
- Contribute to and evolve shared component libraries and design systems with a focus on consistency, accessibility, and developer ergonomics.
- Partner with product and design on interaction and UX decisions and communicate performance, accessibility, and maintainability tradeoffs.
- Drive technical initiatives through design documents, RFCs, architectural decision records, and frontend standards.
- Conduct code and design reviews and maintain a high engineering quality bar.
- Mentor and develop senior engineers in architecture, design systems, and customer experience ownership.
- Champion accessibility throughout the engineering lifecycle.
- Evaluate AI-assisted development tools and help establish effective team practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related technical field.
- 8+ years of frontend engineering experience with staff-level or equivalent technical scope.
- Deep expertise in WebGL, GSAP, Framer, and Astro for performant, maintainable frontend systems.
- Advanced proficiency with React and TypeScript, including performance optimization and application architecture at scale.
- Experience contributing to or owning component libraries and design systems.
- Strong UX and interaction design instincts and the ability to translate design intent into maintainable implementations.
- Knowledge of Core Web Vitals, rendering strategies including SSR, SSG, and CSR, code splitting, and bundle optimization.
- Understanding of WCAG and practical experience building accessible experiences.
- Ability to lead technical work through design documents, architecture reviews, and cross-team influence.
- Strong communication skills for explaining frontend tradeoffs to product, design, and engineering stakeholders.
- Valid driver’s license required.
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, vision, and income protection insurance plans.
- 401(k) program with employer match and immediate vesting.
- 20 days of planned PTO as accrued, 40 hours of unplanned PTO, and 14 company or floating holidays annually.
- Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders.
- Paid leave for bereavement, jury duty, voting time, and military leave.
- Full-time, exempt position with eligibility for an annual performance bonus program.
- Based at the Scout Motors headquarters in San Ramon, California, with three days per week in the office and required domestic travel.
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About Scout Motors
Scout Motors designs and manufactures electric trucks and rugged SUVs for consumer drivers, reviving the historic Scout off‑road brand. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the company is building a manufacturing plant in Blythewood, South Carolina. Its lineup targets work and outdoor use, with both an all‑electric powertrain and a Harvester range‑extender option that integrates a gas generator for extended range.