Staff Frontend Software Engineer

TLDR

Join a growing engineering team that drives the design and architecture of scalable user experiences, influencing product roadmaps and leading technical strategies with advanced React applications.

What you’ll be doing
  • Lead the design, architecture, and development of rich, scalable user interfaces and experiences across distributed systems that integrate seamlessly with backend services

  • Drive frontend technical strategy and establish best practices for building high-performance, maintainable, and scalable UI architectures

  • Partner closely with customers to understand technical requirements, address complex questions, and design scalable solutions that can leveraged across the broader customer base

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and engineering teams to shape and deliver elegant, responsive, and high-impact user experiences across multiple devices and platforms

  • Champion improvements to engineering standards, frontend architecture, tooling and development processes to enhance team productivity and product quality

  • Lead thoughtful code reviews, mentor engineers, and foster a culture of high-quality, reusable and maintainable frontend code

  • Build and evolve a robust repository of reusable UI components and shared libraries that accelerate development across teams

  • Provide technical leadership and clear documentation for key technical and business stakeholders, proactively communicating architectural decisions, project milestones and development progress

  • Influence product and engineering roadmaps by identifying opportunities to improve user experience, scalability and platform capabilities

  • We’ll be excited if you have
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field

  • 6+ years of related experience 

  • Advanced proficiency in building responsive and scalable Web applications in React

  • Proven experience with AJAX, XML, JSON, and best practice design patterns

  • Familiarity with UX principles and site performance optimization

  • Advanced knowledge/ experience with React 

  • Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals, such as data structures and algorithms

  • Working experience with automated testing and version control systems like Git

  • Team-oriented mindset and excellent communication skills; ability to understand different perspectives and contribute to meaningful technical discussions

  • Experience with commerce and CMS platform integration as a big plus 

  • Locations

    The role is hybrid and we are looking for candidates in Fuzhou, China. Candidates outside the location are encouraged to apply though must be willing to relocate.


    Don’t hold back

    We understand some candidates may see the above and not apply because they don’t meet all the qualifications. We encourage you to apply anyway; we often find talented candidates that fit many other opportunities we have and look for potential too, not just what you did in the past.  As an equal employment opportunity employer, we are a diverse team that strives for an inclusive environment for all. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

    Firework is an innovative video commerce and livestreaming platform that empowers businesses to create engaging shoppable videos, transforming the online shopping experience. Designed for brands and retailers, it integrates interactive digital experiences with the energy of in-store engagements, enhancing customer connections and driving conversions. Firework stands out by harnessing AI technology to provide a rich, seamless framework for connected commerce.

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