Senior/Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join Prepared's UX Core team as a senior-level engineer to build the infrastructure and systems that empower product teams to deliver exceptional user experiences. As one of the first hires, you will play a key role in shaping how the company builds, scales, and delivers front-end systems. This role requires a systems-thinking approach, partnering with design, engineering, and platform teams to evolve the front-end architecture and scale the design system. You will also be responsible for building workflows, standards, and tooling that enable high-quality product development. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguous environments and is comfortable setting vision, creating structure, and iterating in the open. Prepared offers a remote-first culture and a competitive compensation package.

Requirements

• Has 5+ years of experience working on modern front-end applications, with deep fluency in React, TypeScript, CSS architecture , and component-based design
• Understands the tradeoffs and challenges of scaling design systems in complex product environments
• Has a track record of cross-functional collaboration, and elevating team-wide standards
• Cares deeply about developer experience , accessibility, performance, and quality — and knows how to embed those values into workflows and systems
• Thrives in ambiguous, 0→1 environments and is comfortable setting vision, creating structure, and iterating in the open

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale the foundations of our front-end stack — from reusable component systems to cross-cutting concerns like performance, a11y, theming, and responsiveness
• Drive operational excellence in how we deliver UX — building the workflows, standards, and tooling that enable high-quality product development at scale
• Partner across disciplines with design, product, and platform engineers to solve complex problems and ship cohesive, reliable user experiences
• Influence technical direction with Prepared Frontend, mentoring other engineers and collaborating on long-term strategy and roadmap
• Enable and empower product teams through documentation, onboarding support, and contribution tooling that lowers the barrier to quality work

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in or setting up monorepos , internal packages, or platform-level tooling
• Familiarity with Storybook, design tooling APIs , or internal component registries
• Contributions to platform teams, developer experience initiatives , or open-source libraries

Benefits

• Remote-First Culture
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• 401k + Free Financial Advisors with Betterment
• Monthly Cell Phone Stipend
• Unlimited Time Off + 15 Observed Holidays
• 12 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave (birthing + non-birthing parents)
• Visit a PSAP (911 Center)
• WeWork Membership for All Employees
• Annual Company Offsite
• AI Tools like ChatGPT + NotionAI
• $500 Work from Home Budget