Staff Frontend Engineer

The role

You will lead the architecture and evolution of user facing experiences across Vetcove's platforms. You will define frontend strategy, establish best practices, and build high performance React and React Native applications.

What you will do

• Lead the architecture, design, and delivery of large scale frontend applications across web and mobile
• Build and evolve high performance React and React Native applications
• Define and enforce frontend best practices, including performance optimization, accessibility, and maintainability
• Develop shared component libraries, design systems, and frontend infrastructure
• Drive improvements in application performance, reliability, and user experience
• Partner with product managers, designers, and backend engineers
• Mentor junior front end engineers
• Influence technical direction and frontend strategy across multiple product areas
• Debug and resolve complex frontend and cross stack issues

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong focus on frontend development
• Experience building Claude/Cursor skills to help streamline FE best practices
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks (especially React)
• Experience architecting and scaling complex frontend applications and systems
• Strong understanding of performance optimization, state management, and frontend architecture patterns
• Experience building and maintaining design systems or shared component libraries
• Solid understanding of APIs and backend interactions (REST, GraphQL, etc.)
• Proven ability to lead projects and mentor engineers
• Strong communication skills
• Product-oriented mindset
• Comfortable operating in fast paced, evolving environments

Nice to have

• Familiarity with mobile development (React Native or similar) is a plus
• CS or technical degree preferred

Benefits

• 100% remote within the USA
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Automatic 401k contribution
• Employee referral program
• At home office set up
• Bi-annual company retreats
• Open vacation policy
• Equity
• Monthly team events

Before you apply

• Unable to sponsor work visas at this time
• Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check

About the company

Vetcove is a fast-growing, mission-driven company backed by Y Combinator and top venture investors. They provide a suite of platforms including a procurement marketplace, ecommerce experience, and practice management system for veterinary organizations.