Staff Software Engineer (Frontend) (Infra)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Frontend): Building and optimizing a scalable frontend for a startup discovery engine with an accent on reliability, performance, and developer enablement. Focus on fixing core issues, optimizing large datasets, and establishing robust testing strategies.

Location: New York, Hybrid (3 days in office)

Company

hirify.global is a startup discovery engine that helps venture capital firms find and invest in promising startups.

What you will do

• Fix core reliability issues: error boundaries, state management, data consistency.
• Optimize performance: virtualization for large datasets, bundle optimization, render performance.
• Build monitoring and observability to catch issues before users do.
• Establish testing strategies that prevent regressions.
• Create abstractions and patterns that help engineers ship faster without breaking things.
• Drive technical decisions and mentor the team through complex migrations.

Requirements

• 7+ years building frontend applications at scale.
• Deep expertise in React, TypeScript, and modern build tooling.
• Track record of fixing production performance issues at scale.
• Strong opinions on frontend architecture, backed by experience.
• NYC-based, in office 3 days/week.

Nice to have

• Experience with discovery systems, search use cases, recommendation systems.
• Exposure to venture capital, private markets, or company intelligence data.

Culture & Benefits

• Top of the line health, dental and vision insurance, with 100% premium covered.
• 401k matching.
• Free lunch in office.
• Monthly team dinner.
• Commuter benefits.

Hiring process

• Recruiter Screening: 20 mins.
• Technical Screening: 45 mins.
• Jam Session: 2 hours.
• Behavioral interviews with our Head of Engineering and CEO: 30 mins each.
• References.