Orum is looking for a Staff/Senior Staff Frontend Software Engineer to lead the architecture, standards, and systems that power the user interface layer across our real-time, high-scale platform. You will drive the long-term vision for the frontend ecosystem, building foundational design systems, shared component libraries, tooling, and standards.
What You'll Do
- Define and lead the architecture of our frontend ecosystem, focusing on scalability, performance, and maintainability.
- Own and evolve our unified design system, component library, and UI patterns in partnership with Design.
- Improve developer velocity through standardized tooling, templates, build pipelines, and testing frameworks.
- Establish and document frontend best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines.
- Set and enforce performance budgets, accessibility standards, and UI quality benchmarks.
- Integrate automated testing (unit, integration, visual, accessibility) into CI workflows.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to deliver cohesive, high-quality user experiences.
- Mentor and influence engineers across teams, driving adoption of shared systems and frontend excellence.
- Lead cross-team initiatives that modernize the frontend stack and improve product delivery velocity.
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong emphasis on frontend development.
- Expert-level proficiency with JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and modern front-end architectures.
- Demonstrated experience building or leading design systems, component libraries, or UI platforms used across multiple product teams.
- Strong knowledge of performance optimization, accessibility (WCAG), responsive design, and cross-browser compatibility.
- Deep familiarity with frontend tooling (Webpack, Vite, Turborepo, ESLint, Storybook) and testing frameworks (Cypress, Playwright, Jest, RTL).
- Proven ability to lead technical direction, mentor senior engineers, and drive adoption of standards.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering teams.
Nice to Have
- Experience working in high-scale, low-latency, or real-time UI environments.
- Strong understanding of design workflows using Figma and design-to-code alignment.
- Experience with monorepos, shared library versioning, and package architecture.
- Experience contributing to or building open-source UI frameworks or design systems.
- Prior experience improving developer experience or UI platform capabilities.
- Experience with data visualization, real-time collaboration patterns, and offline-first strategies.
- Experience in high-scale, real-time domains (telephony, streaming media, or analogous event-driven systems).
- Familiarity with our broader stack: NodeJS with TypeScript, PostgreSQL, Ruby, GCP, and FreeSWITCH.
Technical Stack
- NodeJS
- TypeScript
- React
- PostgreSQL
- Google Cloud Platform
- FreeSWITCH
Team & Environment
You will partner closely with Product, Design, and Engineering teams.
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $225,000–$300,000 + meaningful stock options.
- Flexibility to work anywhere in the U.S.
- Flexible Vacation Policy.
- Orum Days Off (first Friday each month, two weeks off at year end, and additional observed holidays).
- 90% coverage for employees and dependents for medical, dental, and vision.
- Online behavioral health and virtual healthcare options.
- Parental leave with quota relief.
- Life Insurance and AD&D coverage.
- 401(k) savings plan.
- Meaningful stock options.
- $1,000 equipment reimbursement (yours to keep).
- Company retreats and meetups to connect in person.
- Company ERG — Women of Orum (WOO).
Work Mode
This is a remote position open to candidates anywhere in the United States.
Orum is a remote-first team of builders and dreamers creating a future where work feels more meaningful and connected.
We're committed to continually adding to our diverse team that represents various backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
