Senior UI/UX Engineer

Summary

Join Redpanda, a fast-growing streaming data platform company, as a Senior UI/UX Engineer. You will build and maintain front-end features using React and TypeScript, collaborating with design and product teams. Responsibilities include translating wireframes into UI, ensuring UI consistency, contributing to component libraries, identifying and resolving UI/UX issues, mentoring junior engineers, and communicating design trade-offs to stakeholders. This role requires 5+ years of experience with React and TypeScript, a strong design sensibility, and a deep understanding of front-end principles. The ideal candidate will also possess experience collaborating with design teams and a proven ability to articulate technical and visual ideas. Redpanda offers a remote-first work environment and a competitive salary.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience developing complex web applications with React and TypeScript
• A strong design sensibility — you sweat the details in layout, motion, spacing, and polish
• Deep understanding of modern front-end principles including component architecture, state management, and accessibility
• Familiarity with testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Vitest, React Testing Library) and performance optimization strategies
• Experience collaborating with design teams and contributing to scalable design systems
• Proven ability to clearly articulate technical and visual ideas in writing and conversation
• Ability to work independently and own features from conception to deployment

Responsibilities

• Build high-quality, maintainable front-end features using React and TypeScript
• Collaborate with design and product teams to translate wireframes and prototypes into accurate UI
• Champion consistency in UI behavior, accessibility, and responsive design
• Contribute to and evolve our component libraries and design systems
• Identify and resolve UI/UX issues with a keen eye for visual and interaction detail
• Advocate for users by raising concerns about usability, performance, or technical debt
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance through code reviews and knowledge sharing
• Communicate design trade-offs, implementation options, and technical constraints to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with AI tools for design or development (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Figma AI features, UI prototyping with AI, automated code generation tools)
• Experience designing wireframes & mockups in Figma (or similar tools)
• Experience using streaming platforms such as Redpanda or Apache Kafka
• Experience with microfrontend architecture (e.g: Module Federation)
• Experience with protobuf, react-query and other data fetching methodologies

Benefits

• U.S. base salary range for this role is $195,000 - $230,000 (CA, NY, WA) and $186,000 - $220,000 (other US locations)
• As a remote-first company, we strive to consider each candidate's job-related skills, location, experience, relevant education or training to determine individual base salary