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Senior Frontend Engineer (React)

ORBIS, New York, NY, United States


Senior Frontend Engineer (React / Next.js)

New York City | Onsite

$170K-$210K + equity

I'm working with a

category-defining marketplace in the hospitality space

that's scaling fast and already operating at serious volume (millions of users, hundreds of millions in revenue generated).

They're now hiring a

Senior Frontend Engineer

to lead a full

web rewrite of their highest-traffic user journeys .

This is a

Senior role with clear Staff-level scope

- ideal for someone who wants ownership and influence without waiting years for the title.

What you'll own
Leading the rebuild of key surfaces (search + booking flows)
Driving improvements across

performance, SEO, and conversion
Defining frontend architecture and reusable patterns in

Next.js
Partnering closely with product/design on large initiatives
Raising the bar through

code quality, standards, and mentorship
Improving developer experience (testing, tooling, observability)
Tech

Next.js • React • TypeScript • Tailwind

Playwright • Datadog

Backend: Rails / Node / AWS

What they're looking for

5+ years building

production web applications
Strong

React + Next.js

experience (SSR / modern architecture)
Experience leading

large-scale rewrites or migrations
Strong product sense (performance, UX, conversion)
Comfortable owning ambiguous, high-impact projects
Why this role stands out

Own a

high-visibility rewrite

from the ground up
Real path to

Staff-level impact
Product at scale, but team still small enough to influence
Based

onsite in NYC

with a strong product + engineering culture

If you're a frontend engineer who enjoys

owning big problems, improving performance, and shaping how products are built , happy to share more.