Senior Front-End Specialist

DiscordSan Francisco, United Stateslast year

What you will be doing

Implement Highly Polished UIs: Function as both a thought leader who can craft thoughtful solutions to design problems, both independently and in collaboration with dedicated designers. Bring interfaces to life with smooth animations and delightful interactions, translating design concepts into pixel-perfect, high-quality code.
Front-End Excellence: Write clean, maintainable code in React and React Native, and drive best practices in performance and accessibility for all UI components.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with Product, Design, and Marketing to define your team's vision and roadmap by thoroughly understanding the needs of our users. Seamlessly transition between designing independently and implementing designs from the design team.
Own projects end to end — you’ll be responsible for working with Product Management, Design and other stakeholders to refine requirements, creating technical designs and specs, implementing changes, and seeing projects through to launch and maintenance.

What you should have

4+ years of front-end development experience building rich, user-centric applications (web and/or mobile).
Expertise in React and/or React Native: You have built complex applications in both, and understand their ecosystems/libraries deeply.
A focus on impact. You have a sharp eye for what changes can bring a product from good to great. You collaborate closely with product managers, designers, analysts, and other engineers to define great solutions to business problems.
Strong UI/UX sensibility: Passion for great design and user experience. You have an eye for detail and have implemented polished interfaces and animations (bonus if you’ve used libraries like Reanimated).
Portfolio of Work: Ability to showcase specific UI examples of past work – e.g. live demos, GitHub projects, or portfolios demonstrating your front-end and design expertise.
Performance & Accessibility: Extensive knowledge of front-end performance optimizations and web/mobile accessibility standards like WCAG. You ensure that your UIs are not only beautiful but also fast and usable for everyone.
Collaboration & Communication: Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

Bonus Points

FAQ

Is the Senior Front-End Specialist position at Discord remote?: Yes. This role was posted on Remote Backend Jobs, a job board that lists exclusively fully remote positions.
When was this Senior Front-End Specialist job posted?: This listing was posted on May 13, 2025 and is still open for applications.
How do I apply for the Senior Front-End Specialist position at Discord?: Use the apply button on this page — it takes you directly to the employer’s application page.