Senior Frontend Engineer

The Team: 

The Frontend Platform team champions frontend excellence at Upstart by empowering teams to engineer high-quality, scalable user experiences. We  build tools and services that are used internally by the engineering, design and product teams, including Upstart’s Design System.

As a Senior Frontend Engineer working on the Design System, you’ll play a key role in modernizing Upstart’s frontend foundations and shaping the future of our borrower-facing products. You’ll help evolve our design system - aligning with modern product design  principles to ensure consistency, accessibility, and adaptability across responsive web and native app surfaces. This work will enable a unified, future-proof foundation that accelerates developer velocity, enhances design-engineering collaboration, and delivers polished, consistent user experiences across all of Upstart’s borrower touchpoints.

How you’ll make an impact

• Mature Upstart’s design system to enable consistent UI development and a shared vocabulary between engineers and design
• Author, document and maintain UI components that are accessible, performant and robust
• Act as a liaison between product design and engineering, providing technical guidance and coaching
• Build relationships with frontend engineers working on Upstart products and drive best practices

Minimum Qualifications 

• 6+ years of professional web development experience, with at least 4+ years of experience working with modern Javascript web frameworks like React, Angular, Vue, Svelte, etc
• Advanced knowledge of Typescript
• A strong understanding of semantic HTML and CSS3, including layouts, responsive design and accessibility
• Experience with modern testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, react-testing-library, etc) and Storybook

Preferred Qualifications

• You have experience  building and maintaining a design system or designing, auditing, and building highly accessible web components
• You have experience with vanilla-extract, Sprinkles, Chakra UI or other atomic CSS frameworks like tailwindcss
• You are familiar with best practices around design token versioning and maintenance
• You’re adept at clear, concise and well-organized written communication

Position location This role is available in the following locations: Remote-United States

Time zone requirements The team operates on the East/West coast time zones. 

Travel requirements As a digital first company, the majority of your work can be accomplished remotely. The majority of our employees can live and work anywhere in the U.S but are encouraged to to still spend high quality time in-person collaborating via regular onsites. The in-person sessions’ cadence varies depending on the team and role; most teams meet once or twice per quarter for 2-4 consecutive days at a time.

What you'll love: 

• Competitive Compensation (base + bonus & equity)
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with Health Savings Account contributions from Upstart 
• 401(k) with 100% company match up to $4,500 and immediate vesting and after-tax savings
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Life and disability insurance
• Generous holiday, vacation, sick and safety leave  
• Supportive parental, family care, and military leave programs
• Annual wellness, technology & ergonomic reimbursement programs
• Social activities including team events and onsites, all-company updates, employee resource groups (ERGs), and other interest groups such as book clubs, fitness, investing, and volunteering
• Catered lunches + snacks & drinks when working in offices

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