Lead Frontend Engineer - Engine

USA - New York, NY, Remote. Posted 6 months ago

The role

An experienced Lead Engineer will support a financial products marketplace. You will design full-stack, frontend-leaning systems and lead AI-assisted development to drive technical quality.

What you will do

Uphold quality through design reviews, code reviews, test strategy, and production readiness
Partner with product, design, and engineers to shape solutions and clarify tradeoffs
Design and build full-stack, frontend-leaning systems that are small, composable, and resilient
Enforce architectural and operational quality
Champion functional programming principles and immutability
Use AI assistants/agents for prototyping, scaffolding, refactoring, and exploratory development
Build and maintain an automated test suite of unit, integration, component, and end-to-end coverage

Required qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering, or a related field
10+ years of experience building production web applications
2+ years as a Principal Engineer
Expert-level proficiency with TypeScript
Strong experience with React
Server-side rendered Next.js (or similar) experience
Performant component-driven development experience
Deep understanding and experience of the orchestration and composition of calls across multiple services
Ability to articulate complex technical trade-offs to stakeholders
Demonstrated development of simple, reusable, changeable systems
Advanced knowledge of the testing pyramid
Proven technical leadership through mentorship, delegation, and high-quality code reviews

Nice to have

Preference for functional programming and a deep understanding of why immutability is critical

Benefits

Flexible working options
Time off
Competitive pay
Benefits
Well-being programs

Before you apply

Code Review Assessment
Recruiter Interview
Hiring Manager Interview
Final Round (in person or virtual)

About the company

Gen is a global company dedicated to powering Digital Freedom through brands including Norton, Avast, LifeLock and MoneyLion. They deliver cybersecurity, online privacy, identity protection and financial wellness solutions to nearly 500 million users.