Staff Software Engineer, Frontend Infra
About this role
What we are looking for?
We are seeking a Staff Frontend Software Engineer, Infra with 7+ years of experience building frontend applications at scale. This individual will be crucial in transforming Harmonic's frontend from "it works" to "it works flawlessly, " ensuring reliability, performance, and developer enablement. We need someone who can drive technical decisions and mentor the team through complex migrations, especially those with experience from companies like LinkedIn due to the similar technical challenges in managing large databases of people.
What will you be doing?
Fix core reliability issues: error boundaries, state management, data consistency.
Optimize performance: virtualization for large datasets, bundle optimization, render performance.
Build monitoring and observability to catch issues before users do.
Establish testing strategies that prevent regressions.
Create abstractions and patterns that help engineers ship faster without breaking things.
Drive technical decisions and mentor the team through complex migrations.
Company at a glance
Harmonic is a startup discovery platform that transforms unstructured data into structured intelligence for venture capital firms, enabling them to identify breakout companies and manage deals through AI-powered search and a proprietary knowledge graph.
What happens next
Skip the application pile. I get you in front of the people who decide.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
When the company wants to meet, I get the call on your calendar. You just show up.
Culture & values
High-growth environment
Work with talented people
Company has defined values that candidates should resonate with
Transparent decision-making processes documented for engineering function
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