Frontend Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• ▹Provide technical leadership in architectural decisions and champion existing frontend best practices across the team
• ▹Lead the design and implementation of complex frontend features using TypeScript and React, ensuring high-quality, reusable components
• ▹Partner with product and design teams to shape intuitive experiences that help e-commerce brands access and manage their funding
• ▹Own end-to-end delivery: shape solutions with product/design, build and test, ship to production, and monitor/iterate using the observability stack
• ▹Drive improvements in performance, accessibility, and user experience across the platform
• ▹Mentor engineers across the team and conduct thorough code reviews to maintain high quality standards
• ▹Work closely with backend engineers, contributing across the stack when needed
• ▹Lead technical discussions and contribute to the team's technical strategy
• ▹Identify and proactively address technical debt and system scalability challenges

Requirements

• ▹Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• ▹5+ years of experience with deep expertise in frontend development
• ▹Advanced proficiency in TypeScript and extensive experience with React and modern frontend architectures
• ▹Expert knowledge of HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript fundamentals with a focus on performance optimisation
• ▹Strong experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and managing complex state, including hands-on experience with TanStack Query
• ▹Experience contributing to and working with design systems
• ▹Experience with CI/CD pipelines (especially GitHub Actions) and maintaining high-quality testing practices (Storybook/Chromatic, Playwright, Vitest)
• ▹Proven track record of leading technical initiatives and mentoring engineers
• ▹Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to break down complex problems
• ▹Excellent communication abilities and experience managing stakeholder relationships

Nice to have

• ▹Familiarity with backend technologies (Python, Django) and a willingness to contribute across the stack
• ▹Experience in financial services, fintech and business-to-business organisations

Soft skills

About the company

Wayflyer builds capital-financing technology that keeps pace with small businesses' growth ambitions, assessing businesses in minutes and sending funds in as little as 24 hours. It has deployed over $6bn worldwide, backed by Tier 1 banks such as J.P. Morgan, with offices in Dublin, London, New York, Charlotte, Berlin and Sydney.