About the role

We're looking for a Staff Frontend Engineer to join a large-scale digital product environment and take ownership of complex frontend and architecture challenges. This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone who wants broad influence without moving away from engineering. You'll work across high-traffic customer-facing products, helping shape technical direction, improve performance and scalability, and guide other engineers through complex design decisions.

Key responsibilities

- Designing and evolving frontend architecture across large-scale web applications
- Remaining hands-on with React, TypeScript and contemporary JavaScript
- Leading system design and technical decision-making
- Improving performance, reliability, scalability and maintainability
- Reviewing code and helping lift engineering standards
- Working across frontend, backend and platform teams
- Mentoring engineers and supporting complex technical problem solving
- Partnering with product, design and architecture on solution direction




- Identifying technical risks, bottlenecks and opportunities for improvement
- Helping teams make pragmatic decisions around architecture and delivery

About you

- Strong experience with React, TypeScript and modern frontend engineering
- Experience operating at Staff, Principal, Lead or senior technical leadership level
- Strong frontend architecture and system design capability
- Experience working across high-traffic or complex customer-facing platforms
- Strong understanding of frontend performance and scalability
- Experience working with APIs, distributed systems and backend services
- Strong knowledge of testing, CI/CD, observability and production support
- Ability to clearly explain technical trade-offs and alternative approaches
- Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction

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📌 Staff Frontend Engineer (New South Wales)
🏢 The Onset
📍 New South Wales