Lead Software Engineer, Front-End Engineering

Location: Plano, Texas, United States of America. The role requires the right to work in the United States and does not offer employment-based visa or work authorization sponsorship.

Company

hirify.global Financial Services, hirify.global’s finance and insurance brand in North America, develops customer-focused products supporting hirify.global and Lexus mobility services.

What you will do

• Lead the architecture, implementation, and production deployment of complex front-end features.
• Design, build, and maintain full-stack features spanning polished user interfaces, APIs, and backend services.
• Drive technical design discussions, architecture decisions, and resolution of performance, reliability, debugging, and technical debt issues.
• Establish engineering standards for code quality, testing, deployment, and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and engineering teams to shape feasible solutions and communicate tradeoffs and risks.
• Mentor engineers through reviews, pairing, design feedback, and technical guidance; participate in technical interviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a strong front-end focus and a record of technical leadership.
• Strong expertise in React and Next.js, including App Router, SSR, SSG, and modern rendering patterns; confident TypeScript proficiency.
• Hands-on experience with Tailwind CSS, component libraries or design-system tooling, and state management using Zustand, Redux Toolkit, or equivalent.
• Experience with schema validation and form handling using Zod or similar libraries.
• Ability to design and build RESTful and GraphQL APIs, including contracts, error handling, and type-safe client integration.
• Experience with AWS serverless services, including API Gateway, Lambda, CloudFront, S3, and DynamoDB or RDS.
• Strong understanding of front-end performance, including Core Web Vitals, code splitting, lazy loading, image optimization, and bundle optimization.
• Experience debugging across the full stack and testing with unit, component, integration, and E2E approaches; familiarity with modern build tools such as Vite, esbuild, Webpack, Turborepo, or Nx.
• Strong communication skills for documenting decisions, leading design discussions, and explaining tradeoffs.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree, or experience in financial services, banking, or insurance.
• Experience building shared design systems, micro-frontends, or event-driven AWS architectures using EventBridge, SQS, SNS, and Lambda.
• React Native or cross-platform mobile development experience.
• Exposure to GenAI tooling in front-end products, including streaming AI responses or prompt interfaces.
• AWS certifications, open-source front-end contributions, ADR writing, or experience leading technical initiatives.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, respectful work environment focused on teamwork, flexibility, and inclusion.
• Professional growth programs and tuition reimbursement.
• Health care, wellness plans, paid holidays, paid time off, and tax-advantaged accounts.
• 401(k) savings plan with company match and an annual retirement contribution, where applicable.
• Vehicle purchase and lease programs, family support referral services, and relocation assistance where applicable.