Staff Front End Engineer

About the role

You will serve as the front end technical lead for a critical product team, owning the architecture and user experience of our marketplace interfaces. The work involves close collaboration with mobile and backend engineers to ensure that the application is responsive, reliable, and intuitive for both clinicians and administrative users. Your responsibilities will span from high-level design decisions to detailed code quality, always with an eye on scalability and user needs in a high-growth environment. You will translate complex healthcare workflows into coherent, accessible digital interactions that feel effortless to the end user. This role requires a deep commitment to interface performance, accessibility, and polished user interactions across a distributed team. You will define component architectures and interaction models for complex scheduling and matching interfaces that power our core business. The position involves leading the front end strategy for core marketplace features within an agile, cross-functional environment. You will mentor engineers at various levels, fostering a culture of thoughtful code reviews and collaborative problem-solving.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Lead the front end strategy for core marketplace features, working within an agile, cross-functional environment to align technical execution with business goals.
• Define component architectures and interaction models for complex scheduling and matching interfaces that reduce friction for healthcare workers and administrators.
• Build responsive dashboards that provide real-time visibility into workforce data for hospital administrators, enabling faster decision-making.
• Establish and maintain design system principles that create consistency across clinician tools and administrative portals, improving long-term maintainability.
• Implement robust testing strategies that catch issues before release and limit production regressions, ensuring high reliability for critical healthcare workflows.
• Drive improvements in developer experience by introducing linting rules, automated checks, and modern tooling to streamline the development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with mobile teams to ensure consistent behavior across web and native applications, delivering a unified experience for all users.
• Mentor engineers at various levels, fostering a culture of thoughtful code reviews and collaborative problem-solving to elevate the entire team.
• Translate complex healthcare workflows into coherent, accessible digital interactions that feel effortless to the end user while meeting strict compliance considerations.
• Optimize rendering efficiency, memory usage, and performance constraints across different environments to support a diverse range of client devices.
• Take ownership of the full product lifecycle from initial concept through production launch, coordinating closely with design and product stakeholders.
• Contribute to architectural decisions that balance short-term delivery needs with long-term scalability and technical debt management.
• Analyze user behavior and system metrics to inform iterative improvements that enhance both clinician and administrative experiences.
• Partner with backend and mobile engineers to define clear interfaces and contracts, reducing integration risks and accelerating feature delivery.

Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of professional front end development experience, with at least 3 years focused on React, including state management and performance optimization in complex applications.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript or TypeScript, familiarity with GraphQL, and experience with modern frameworks and build tools used in production environments.
• A track record of architecting complex, interactive applications from initial concept through production launch while maintaining high quality standards.
• Deep commitment to interface performance, accessibility, and polished user interactions that meet the needs of a diverse healthcare workforce.
• Experience leading engineering initiatives and contributing to team process improvements that drive measurable outcomes.
• Comfort working across whiteboards, design documents, and implementation tasks to bridge the gap between vision and execution.
• Understanding of rendering efficiency, memory usage, and performance constraints across different environments, including mobile and low-bandwidth scenarios.
• A Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science or a related technical field that provides a strong foundation in software engineering principles.
• Familiarity with healthcare workflows, scheduling systems, or clinical applications is beneficial but not required for this role.
• Willingness to engage with regulatory and compliance considerations inherent in digital healthcare products.
• Ability to communicate technical tradeoffs clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders during planning and review discussions.
• Commitment to writing clean, maintainable code that adheres to team standards and best practices in version control.
• Proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues before they impact users, supported by monitoring and observability practices.
• Willingness to participate in on-call rotations or incident response as needed to support production systems and minimize downtime.
• Openness to feedback and collaboration within a distributed, mission-driven team that values transparency and continuous learning.

Nice to have

• You approach problems with an understanding of the broader product context, not just isolated components, enabling more effective decision-making.
• You have delivered measurable improvements in performance, scalability, or developer experience on high-traffic applications that serve critical users.
• You communicate architectural tradeoffs clearly and remain open to alternative solutions, fostering constructive technical debates.
• You care about the subtle details in UI such as accessibility, motion timing, and responsive behavior, contributing to a polished user experience.
• Experience contributing to open source projects or engaging with the broader developer community through talks, writing, or mentorship.

Practical notes

Work location is flexible with proper approval. Medely is an E-Verify participant, ensuring compliance with employment eligibility standards. Medely does not accept unsolicited resumes from external agencies. Submissions without prior approval will not be recognized for ownership considerations.