Staff Frontend Engineer

• As a Staff Frontend Engineer, you’ll lead the architecture and evolution of the user facing experience across Vetcove’s platforms
• You’ll own critical frontend systems that power how tens of thousands of veterinary professionals and millions of pet parents interact with our products daily; from clinical workflows to patient care tools
• This role goes beyond implementation
• You’ll define frontend strategy, establish best practices, and shape how our applications scale in performance, usability, and maintainability
• You’ll work closely with product, design, and backend teams to deliver seamless, high-quality user experiences at scale
• You’ll have the opportunity to work closely with users, influence the product roadmap, and make a real difference in an industry that impacts millions of animals and their caregivers
• 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 to improve team velocity
• Drive improvements in application performance, reliability, and user experience
• Partner closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to deliver cohesive, user centered features
• Mentor junior front end engineers
• Influence technical direction and frontend strategy across multiple product areas
• Debug and resolve complex frontend and cross stack issues
• Tools We Use
• Backend: Python (Django, Django Rest Framework)
• Frontend: JavaScript (React, React-Query), TypeScript
• Datastores: Postgres, Elasticsearch, Redis, Clickhouse
• Mobile: React Native
• Version Control: Git

Benefits

• Open Vacation Policy
• Stock Options & Benefits
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401K Matching

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