Staff Software Engineer

Ladders
RemoteFull-time$130,000–$170,000Posted Aug 27, 2026

About the role

For our client, we are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the team of a leader in the Enterprise Technology space.

This role will focus on building modern front-end experiences that support scalable, reliable enterprise software. You will partner closely with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver user-centric capabilities, strengthen engineering standards, and help shape the technical direction of the front-end stack. The position also includes mentoring peers and improving performance, accessibility, and code quality across the application.

Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available

Compensation: $130,000 – $170,000 annually

Responsibilities

Design and develop scalable front-end solutions using React

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define user-centric features

Build reusable UI components and contribute to a design system

Ensure code quality through best practices

Optimize applications for speed, reliability, and responsiveness

Ship accessible experiences incorporating WCAG practices

Participate in architecture discussions and define standards

Mentor other engineers through technical guidance

Qualifications

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

10+ years of front-end development experience with production web applications

Strong proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript

Experience with state management patterns, such as Redux

Familiarity with integrating RESTful APIs

Solid testing and quality assurance practices

Knowledge of CI/CD workflows and source control

Benefits

Generous PTO and holiday schedule

Parental leave

Progressive healthcare options

Retirement programs

Education reimbursement opportunity

Commuter offset for specific locations

Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop scalable front-end solutions using React
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define user-centric features
  • Build reusable UI components and contribute to a design system
  • Ensure code quality through best practices
  • Optimize applications for speed, reliability, and responsiveness
  • Ship accessible experiences incorporating WCAG practices
  • Participate in architecture discussions and define standards
  • Mentor other engineers through technical guidance

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years of front-end development experience with production web applications
  • Strong proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript
  • Experience with state management patterns, such as Redux
  • Familiarity with integrating RESTful APIs
  • Solid testing and quality assurance practices
  • Knowledge of CI/CD workflows and source control

Benefits

  • Generous PTO and holiday schedule
  • Parental leave
  • Progressive healthcare options
  • Retirement programs
  • Education reimbursement opportunity
  • Commuter offset for specific locations

Skills mentioned

Frontend DevelopmentReactHTMLCSSJavaScriptReduxREST APIsWeb AccessibilitySoftware TestingCI/CD

About Ladders

We lead the leaders. Ladder’s community of 10 mm leading professionals come to us to be inspired, grow in their careers, and get ahead in their professional lives. We focus on the $100K+ job market, representing 25% of all jobs and about 50% of income in the US & Canada. We build data-driven tools, marketplaces, news and entertainment products for our growing audience, and the companies, recruiters, and advertisers that want to reach them. We work best with people who enjoy using their talents, commitment and hard work to achieve great successes for millions of real life users through products that impact their careers. We are deeply technology-driven -- about half the company are engineers, technical product people or product designers -- but we never build technology for technology’s sake. We’re always trying to connect our efforts to the good it can do in people’s lives.

Technology51-200 employeesNew York

H-1B sponsorship history

Historical employer filing data was found for Ladders. The employer record includes 8 historical certified applications. This is employer-level history, not a guarantee that this role currently offers sponsorship.