Staff Engineer-Frontend

About Rocketlane

Rocketlane is a fast-growing, innovative SaaS company making waves in customer onboarding and professional services automation.

Our mission? To empower B2B companies with a smooth, consistent, and efficient way to onboard customers and manage client projects—reducing chaos and boosting customer satisfaction across industries.

We're a close-knit team of close 200 passionate professionals, all focused on building a product that teams love to use. Our journey has been fueled by $45M in funding from top investors, including 8VC, Matrix Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners.

What will you do?

As a Staff Engineer-Frontend at Rocketlane, you'll play a pivotal role in defining and shaping our frontend architecture while leading by example as an expert individual contributor. You'll work alongside a passionate team of engineers to build pixel-perfect UIs, scalable frontend systems, and delightful user experiences.

• Design and implement scalable, performant frontend architectures using React, TypeScript, and modern SPA paradigms.
• Build reusable design systems, component libraries, and tooling that empower speed and consistency.
• Lead the adoption and integration of Generative AI technologies to enhance frontend experiences and productivity within the product.
• Guide the engineering team in evaluating, implementing, and optimizing AI-powered features, ensuring they align with performance, UX, and ethical standards.
• Set the frontend technical vision and guardrails across products and teams.
• Drive engineering excellence by mentoring developers, reviewing code, and enforcing standards and best practices.
• Collaborate with design and product to bring high-fidelity mockups to life with pixel-perfect precision and interactive fluidity.
• Engineer seamless real-time collaboration features, live editing tools, spreadsheet interfaces, and more.
• Continuously monitor, profile, and optimize frontend performance for responsiveness and rendering speed across devices.
• Eliminate jank, reduce bundle sizes, and build blazing-fast interfaces that scale.
• Establish and evolve patterns for state management, component composition, and codebase modularity.
• Champion testability, type safety, accessibility, and developer productivity.
• Take complete ownership of major features and architectural decisions, from ideation through delivery and ongoing iteration.
• Lead by example with hands-on contributions and deep problem-solving skills.

You should apply if

• 10+ years of experience building complex web applications using React, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frontend stacks.
• Expertise in React: Deep understanding of React, component-driven architecture, and state management (Redux, Zustand, or React Query).
• Proficiency in SPA Frameworks: Strong grasp of modern frontend patterns, single-page applications, and component-based design.
• Advanced JavaScript & TypeScript: Hands-on experience with ES6+, modern JavaScript concepts, and TypeScript.
• HTML, CSS, SASS: Strong knowledge of UI styling methodologies and responsive web design.
• Performance Optimization: Experience optimizing frontend performance through caching, memoization, and rendering strategies.
• Browser APIs & Web Standards: Understanding of browser-based features like caching, local storage, and compatibility considerations.
• Experience with Build Tools: Familiarity with Webpack, Vite, or other module bundlers.

Why join us?

At Rocketlane, we're all about building a great product and a great place to work. Here's why you'll actually look forward to Mondays:

• Impact and ownership: You won't just be another cog in the machine; here, you're more like a turbocharged engine part. Bring your ideas, make them happen.
• Work with the best: We're a team of passionate, quirky, and ridiculously talented people. Come for the work, stay for the memes.
• Celebrate wins: Whether we're hitting major milestones or celebrating new funding, we like to mix it up. From rap videos to team outings, we believe in celebrating big.
• Learn and grow: We're all about learning—and we're not just talking about the latest SaaS trends. You'll grow your career, pick up new skills, and maybe even learn to love Excel (or at least tolerate it).
• Flexibility and balance: While we love collaborating in the office five days a week, we know everyone has their own rhythm. That's why we offer flexibility around hours—so you can bring your best energy, whether you're an early bird or a night owl. Pajamas optional (at least outside the office).