Senior Frontend Engineer (Marketplace Web Rewrite)

Dear applicants, please keep in mind that applications without provided salary expectations and active LN profile will not be considered.

Hope for your understanding.

Employment Type: Full-time
Level: Senior / Staff-leaning
Schedule: Onsite in NYC
Start: ASAP
Interview Process: Technical Assessment → Final Interviews

We are hiring a Senior Frontend Engineer to become the technical anchor of our Marketplace web rewrite - rebuilding the highest-traffic journeys and defining frontend standards for the next 5+ years. This is a foundation year for the web experience. Approximately 75% of platform pages will be rebuilt. Two-thirds of our traffic comes from web, making performance, SEO, and Core Web Vitals business-critical. You will lead major initiatives such as full SRP (Search Results Page) and DLP (Detail Landing Page) rewrites, with a clear path toward becoming Tech Lead for our largest features and expanding influence across Marketplace Core, Growth, and Hotels teams.

The roadmap is ambitious:

International expansion (Mexico & Caribbean this year, Europe next)

In-housing search (moving from Algolia)

Full consumer experience rebuild

New Hotel SaaS product

Launching Spa as a major new vertical

AI integrations (concierge chatbot, AI spa booker)

Tech Stack

Next.js 16.x (App Router)

React 19

TypeScript

Tailwind

shadcn/ui

Playwright

Datadog

Ruby on Rails, Node.js (AWS), Postgres, MongoDB

We are open to strong Full Stack engineers willing to grow deeper into React/Next.js.

Key Responsibilities

Own major frontend initiatives end-to-end across highest-traffic surfaces (SRP, DLP)

Drive improvements in Core Web Vitals, SEO, conversion, and reliability

Lead technical design (RFCs, design docs) and align with Product & Design

Define scalable frontend architecture patterns (routing, data fetching, caching, components, analytics, error handling)

Raise the engineering quality bar via reviews, standards, and mentorship

Improve testing and observability (Playwright, Datadog, CI hygiene)

Partner with backend teams to design performant API contracts

Requirements

7+ years building production web applications

Deep React expertise

Strong experience with modern frontend architecture (SSR/SPA hybrids, especially Next.js patterns)

Proven experience leading high-traffic rewrites or migrations with measurable performance/SEO gains

Strong ownership mindset and ability to drive ambiguous projects to completion

High engineering standards (testing discipline, observability mindset, maintainability)

Bonus Skills

Next.js 16.x (App Router)

React 19

TypeScript

Tailwind, shadcn/ui

Playwright

Datadog

Backend exposure (Rails, Node.js, AWS)

Marketplace / two-sided platform experience (e.g., Airbnb-style platforms)

Ideal Background

We value engineering quality and judgment over narrow stack specialization.

Strong signals:

Experience in top-tier engineering organizations (Stripe, Airbnb, or similarly rigorous environments)

Strong CS fundamentals (ideally formal CS education)

High learning velocity and technical ownership mindset

Experience working on high-scale consumer web platforms

Benefits

Equity participation

Significant ownership opportunity in a growing company

Clear path toward Tech Lead scope