Lead Front-End Software Engineer – AI Products (React / TypeScript)

Ladders
RemoteFull-time$145,000–$190,000Posted Sep 14, 2026

About the role

For our client, we are seeking a Lead Front-End Software Engineer – AI Products (React / TypeScript) to join the team of a leader in the Consumer Technology space.

This role will lead the development of front-end experiences that power AI-driven products and user workflows. You will shape reusable UI patterns, improve architecture, and help deliver polished, reliable, and accessible interfaces for end users. The position partners closely with Product, Design, Backend, and Platform teams to translate business needs into high-quality product experiences. This is an opportunity to influence technical direction while mentoring engineers and strengthening the team’s frontend capabilities.

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

Compensation: $145,000 – $190,000 annually

Responsibilities

Build and ship front-end features for AI experiences and related product workflows

Design reusable, well-documented component patterns for broad organizational adoption

Collaborate with Product, Design, Backend, and Platform teams to deliver end-to-end solutions

Improve accessibility, performance, testing, and overall UI quality

Strengthen technical designs and code through review processes

Drive modernization and technical decisions to improve the product experience

Mentor engineers and help develop team skills

Influence technical direction in alignment with business priorities

Qualifications

6+ years of production experience in front-end development using React and TypeScript

Strong experience with component libraries such as MUI

Proven ability to build complex, user-facing products with a focus on usability and reliability

Solid understanding of testing practices, code quality, and scalable UI architecture

Experience managing architecture and team capabilities while shipping features

Excellent collaboration skills across multiple teams, including Product, Design, Backend, and Engineering

Demonstrated technical leadership

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid parental and caregiver leave, plus flexible time off

Mental health support and wellness reimbursement

Career development and education assistance

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

  • Build and ship front-end features for AI experiences and related product workflows
  • Design reusable, well-documented component patterns for broad organizational adoption
  • Collaborate with Product, Design, Backend, and Platform teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
  • Improve accessibility, performance, testing, and overall UI quality
  • Strengthen technical designs and code through review processes
  • Drive modernization and technical decisions to improve the product experience
  • Mentor engineers and help develop team skills
  • Influence technical direction in alignment with business priorities

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of production experience in front-end development using React and TypeScript
  • Strong experience with component libraries such as MUI
  • Proven ability to build complex, user-facing products with a focus on usability and reliability
  • Solid understanding of testing practices, code quality, and scalable UI architecture
  • Experience managing architecture and team capabilities while shipping features
  • Excellent collaboration skills across multiple teams, including Product, Design, Backend, and Engineering
  • Demonstrated technical leadership

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Paid parental and caregiver leave, plus flexible time off
  • Mental health support and wellness reimbursement
  • Career development and education assistance

Skills mentioned

Frontend DevelopmentReactTypeScriptJavaScriptHTMLCSSSystem DesignPerformance OptimizationWeb AccessibilitySoftware Testing

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.