Jobs · Engineering · Texas

Experienced Senior Frontend / Architect (React / Next.js / SSR)

Travoom · Austin, TX · 1 wk ago
EngineeringFull-time

Core Areas You May Own

  • Social feeds and microblogging experiences
  • Real-time messaging and notification systems
  • TikTok-style video interfaces and engagement flows
  • Live score and match interaction experiences
  • Football history and SEO-driven content systems
  • Shared component systems and frontend infrastructure
  • Real-time data rendering and state management
  • Mobile-first responsive experiences across web and native applications

What You’ll Be Responsible For

  • Arcitecting scalable frontend systems across web and mobile
  • Building reusable, maintainable UI components and frontend infrastructure
  • Developing high-performance real-time user experiences
  • Collaborating closely with backend engineers on APIs, event systems, and real-time workflows
  • Optimizing rendering performance, responsiveness, and frontend scalability
  • Contributing to frontend architecture, standards, and engineering direction
  • Helping establish long-term frontend engineering culture and technical quality

What We’re Looking For

  • 7–12+ years of frontend or full-stack engineering experience
  • Strong experience building complex consumer-facing products at scale
  • Deep understanding of modern frontend architecture and performance optimization
  • Strong experience with React, Next.js, TypeScript, and modern frontend tooling
  • Experience building real-time applications, feeds, messaging systems, or high-engagement products
  • Strong understanding of responsive design, frontend state management, and rendering performance
  • Experience collaborating closely with product, design, and backend engineering teams
  • Ability to operate independently with high ownership and minimal hand-holding
  • Strong engineering judgment and ability to balance speed with long-term maintainability

Nice to Have

  • Experience with SSR and SEO-focused frontend architecture
  • Experience building video-heavy or media-rich products
  • Experience with WebSockets, streaming, or event-driven systems
  • Experience working alongside Rust backend infrastructure
  • Experience with AI-driven consumer experiences
  • Startup experience building products from zero to one
  • Pasison for football, sports media, or global fan communities

What Makes Someone Successful in This Role

  • You have personally built and operated production frontend systems
  • You care deeply about performance, usability, and user experience quality
  • You can explain technical decisions and tradeoffs clearly
  • You understand how consumer products scale technically and operationally
  • You focus on practical engineering over unnecessary complexity
  • You are comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-moving startup environments
  • You value ownership, simplicity, and execution

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