[Hiring] Staff Software Engineer @Scout Motors

Role Description

As a Frontend Engineer on the Sales Engineering team, you will be a core contributor to the applications that power Scout's sales and operational workflows. You will build intuitive, scalable, and efficient user experiences for the systems that support order management, customer operations, fulfillment, finance, and other critical business functions throughout the vehicle purchase lifecycle.

• Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, business stakeholders, and cross-functional partners.
• Take ownership of meaningful areas of the frontend architecture.
• Contribute to technical decisions within your team.
• Help shape the user experience of the platforms that keep our business running.
• Modernize internal platforms and improve business processes through technology.
• Deepen your expertise in a complex, high-impact transactional domain.

Become part of an iconic brand that is set to revolutionize the electric pick-up truck & rugged SUV marketplace by achieving the following:

• Architect, design, and develop scalable and performant front-end applications for web platforms.
• Define and drive implementation of best practices in front-end development, including accessibility, security, testing, performance, and maintainability.
• Mentor engineers on the team, fostering growth and raising the technical bar for front-end engineering.
• Work with Design and Product teams to deliver seamless and delightful user experiences.
• Make critical decisions on frameworks, tooling, and component architecture.
• Contribute to the technical roadmap and guide major initiatives from concept to launch.
• Collaborate with backend and platform engineers to ensure smooth integration.
• Be a hands-on contributor while influencing engineering culture and processes.
• Identify, scope, and lead large technical projects.
• Assist in calibrating and developing the software engineering team.
• Champion pragmatic AI-assisted development.

Qualifications

• A 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 with popular tools/frameworks and libraries such as React, NodeJS, GSAP, etc.
• Experience with a mobile app development framework like React Native is a huge plus.
• Experience in identifying, mitigating, and preventing common web application security vulnerabilities.
• Expertise in micro-frontend architecture and its practical application in large-scale systems.
• Proven ability to drive the architectural direction for large-scale front-end systems.
• Deep knowledge of UI/UX design principles, responsive/mobile-first design, SEO, accessibility (WCAG), and performance optimization.
• Exposure to analytics, experimentation platforms, and feature flagging tools.
• Experience interfacing with an IAM / SSO system like Azure, Okta, or Auth0.
• Deep understanding of robust branching strategies, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and cloud environments (AWS preferred).
• Contribution to technical roadmaps and strategic planning.
• Experience operating in start-up settings, launching 0 to 1 product.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

Requirements

• Experience building AI/ML platform foundations or developer AI tooling.
• Experience in automotive, mobility, retail, ecommerce, or digital consumer products.
• Experience building multi-tenant platforms and shared enterprise services.
• Full-stack engineering experience - micro frontend architecture and mobile platform foundations (iOS, Android, React Native).

Benefits

• Competitive insurance including medical, dental, vision and income protection plans.
• 401(k) program with an employer match and immediate vesting.
• Generous Paid Time Off including 20 days planned PTO, 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 circumstances related to bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave.