Lead Frontend Engineer - Gatsby

About GatsbyGatsby is modernizing how enterprises manage executive relationships and event workflows. Used by leaders in venture capital, finance, enterprise, and nonprofits, Gatsby replaces disjointed planning tools with a streamlined, intelligent event CRM platform that powers everything from personalized invites to real-time guest tracking.Gatsby customers organized over 1,000 events in 2023 and sent 125,000+ communications through the platform — growing 10x year-over-year. With an ambitious roadmap ahead, we’re expanding from events into broader relationship workflows like recruiting, sales, and executive communications.About The RoleWe’re looking for a Lead Frontend Engineer to shape the future of our core product experience. This is a high-impact role where you’ll drive architecture, set engineering standards, and deliver elegant, high-performance interfaces that power mission-critical workflows for our customers. You'll be our frontend technical leader and a key partner to design, product, and leadership.If you’re excited to architect from first principles, mentor others, and bring design to life in a fast-moving startup, this role is for you.What You'll DoOwn and evolve the frontend architecture across our customer- and internal-facing productsCollaborate with Product and Design to deliver pixel-perfect, intuitive, and performant user experiencesLead the development of our component system and UI tooling (e.g., Storybook), helping us scale design consistency and speedSet the standard for frontend excellence — driving code quality, testing practices, and system performanceMentor fellow engineers, share knowledge, and build a strong frontend cultureBalance execution speed with technical debt management, scalability, and maintainabilityWork cross-functionally to scope projects, prioritize enhancements, and improve developer velocityGatsby Tech StackFrom front to back for core pathways:Reactstyled-componentsGraphQL (deprecating) / REST / WebSocketsNodeRedis / MongoDB / PostgresTerraform / EKSWhat You HaveThe ideal candidate will have many of the below:5+ years of experience building modern SaaS web applicationsDeep experience with React, including building and maintaining reusable component systemsA thoughtful approach to performance, accessibility, and scalable design patternsExperience creating custom React Hooks, design token systems, and themingComfort working closely with designers and product managers to shape user experiencesAn ability to guide and mentor other engineers — technical leadership experience is a plusA bias toward action, with a desire to take ownership and drive meaningful outcomesCuriosity and passion for startups, user-facing software, and high-quality UIExperience creating highly performant UIIntellectual curiosity in business, investing, technology, and designEntrepreneurial mindsetInclination to solve underlying or hidden problemsBonus PointsReact Native or hybrid mobile development experience; understanding the trade-offs between mobile and web UI performanceBuilt and maintained complex UIs like page builders, visual editors, or large-scale table componentsExperience with WebGL, Canvas, or advanced charting/visualization libraries (e.g. seating chart builders, map tools)Deep understanding of performance and state management in highly interactive appsTesting UIs at multiple levels (unit, integration, E2E) with Jest, Testing Library, Cypress, or PlaywrightExperience implementing real-time features using WebSockets or similar patterns (e.g., live updates, collaborative editing, presence indicators)Experience building WYSIWYG editors with Prosemirror with a focus on email html compatibilityWhy GatsbyA tight-knit, high-caliber team of builders and operatorsOpportunity to help shape a fast-growing company and productOwnership and visibility across product, customers, and internal stakeholdersBacked by top-tier investors and growing fast

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