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Job Description

Our mission is to continuously build the best, easiest-to-use, and most reliable software that empowers the world's large enterprises and governments to solve their most critical problems.

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We pair our award-winning culture and comprehensive benefits with an agile startup mentality to give our team stability in an engaging environment. Come work with us to build happier, more efficient teams!

Sensei Labs is seeking a Lead Frontend Engineer. As a core member of an Agile team, your primary focus will be on developing new features that directly impact our product's functionality. In this role, you'll also serve as a key technical leader, advancing the front-end technology stack, optimizing performance, and enhancing developer workflows. Your expertise in front-end frameworks, rendering techniques, and architecture will shape both the immediate feature delivery and the long-term evolution of our product, ensuring high standards of code quality and scalability across projects.

What You'll Do

• Leadership and Mentorship : Actively mentor and guide fellow engineers, creating opportunities for learning and growth. Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment that encourages open communication, embraces diverse perspectives, and promotes continuous improvement.
• Architect and Implement Frontend Solutions : Design and build new frontend functionality that enhances our platform, focusing on modularity, scalability, and performance.
• Optimize Frontend Performance : Diagnose and address performance bottlenecks, ensuring smooth and efficient operation across large-scale applications.
• Improve Developer Experience : Implement new tools, libraries, and frameworks to improve developer productivity, simplify workflows, and increase the quality of the front-end codebase.
• Enhance Security Measures : Ensure the frontend adheres to security best practices, protecting against common vulnerabilities such as XSS and CSRF.
• Collaborate on System Architecture : Work with peers and major stakeholders to create and review technical designs, ensuring alignment between front-end and back-end systems.
• Drive Frontend Standards : Advocate for and implement new technologies and approaches that optimize the efficiency and scalability of the frontend architecture.
• Maintain High Code Quality : Regularly contribute to the front-end codebase, performing thorough code reviews to maintain high standards in code organization, simplicity, and readability.
• Test Automation : Improve the front-end and UI testing infrastructure, ensuring robust automated testing and continuous integration pipelines for front-end deployments.
• Enhance User Experience : Collaborate closely with product designers and other stakeholders to create front-end features that deliver a seamless user experience.
• Scale and Optimize : Improve tooling and infrastructure for measuring and optimizing frontend performance in real-world scenarios.

What We're Looking For

What Will Set You Apart

About Sensei Labs and Conductor

Conductor® empowers transformative journeys for the world's largest companies, government agencies, professional service firms, and private equity funds by providing a single source of truth, accountability, and governance on their terms.

Our mission is to continuously build the best, easiest-to-use, and most reliable software that empowers the world's large enterprises and governments to solve their most critical problems. Our team uses modern, award-winning digital tools to orchestrate work and foster collaboration. We thoughtfully select our work orchestration stack to empower all team members to work in the most productive and efficient way possible.

Four things every Sensei LOVES

We continue to build an amazing, diverse team and inclusive culture. Our competitive advantage is rooted in our team members' unique perspectives and experiences. We encourage you to apply even if you don't have all the qualifications listed but want to bring new ideas and perspectives to augment our team.

We're very proud of our team's achievements and the culture we've built together. If you'd like to hear more from our team, you can check out our Careers Page and our reviews on Glassdoor (4.9 ⭐s out of 50+ reviews!). You'll see quotes such as "Fantastic team, great leadership", "Great culture, very diverse, excellent work-life balance," and "Amazing team!".

We're committed to ensuring equal access to employment opportunities for all qualified candidates, including candidates of color, women, 2SLGBTQI+ candidates, candidates with family caregiving responsibilities, Indigenous candidates, immigrant candidates, and differently-abled candidates. If you require accommodation during the application or interview process, please let us know, and we'll work with you to ensure you have a positive experience.