[Hiring] Lead Frontend Engineer @Collate

Role Description

We are looking for a Lead Frontend Engineer to help shape the next generation of the Collate user experience. If you're up for the challenge, please apply today!

• Lead and evolve Collate's frontend architecture, establishing scalable patterns and best practices across the UI.
• Build high-quality, performant user experiences using React, TypeScript, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Untitled UI, and Node.js.
• Translate complex data, governance, lineage, observability, and AI workflows into intuitive, polished user experiences.
• Partner closely across the organization to deliver features from concept through production.
• Establish and maintain a consistent, reusable component and design system using Untitled UI + Tailwind CSS.
• Define and improve frontend testing, quality, and reliability practices using Playwright and automated CI/CD.
• Mentor frontend engineers, lead code reviews and architectural decisions, and help raise the overall engineering bar.
• Improve frontend developer productivity through better tooling, documentation, development workflows, and automation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience building complex web applications.
• Deep expertise in React and TypeScript, with strong knowledge of modern frontend architecture and development patterns.
• Strong experience with Vite, Tailwind CSS, and component-based design systems; experience with Untitled UI is a plus.
• Strong experience with Playwright or similar end-to-end testing frameworks and a commitment to automated quality.
• Solid understanding of Node.js, REST APIs, web performance, accessibility, responsive design, and frontend security.
• Experience building SaaS applications, preferably complex, data-intensive, or enterprise products.
• Strong product and design sensibility, with the ability to turn complex technical concepts into simple, intuitive experiences.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, mentoring ability, and strong collaboration skills across Engineering, Product, and Design.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and Seed stage startup equity.
• Fully remote.
• Work with smart, motivated, like-minded peers, whom you can teach and learn from to grow together.
• You'll be joining a small team with no bureaucracy or politics and get to work directly with the founders.