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# Staff Software Engineer, Frontend Infra

- **Company:** Skanda Solutions Llc
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $127,026.0 - $152,978.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Big Data, Databases, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Monitoring of Systems, Recommender Systems, Strategies of Testing, TypeScript, ReactJS, Backend, Data Layers, Build Tools, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** August 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=fa29dee469414dc2

## About the Role

* Deep expertise in React, TypeScript, and modern build tooling
 * Significant experience optimizing infrastructure performance (reducing lag, latency, etc.)
 * Track record fixing production performance issues at scale
 * Fluency with AI-assisted development tools (Copilot, Cursor, etc.)
 * Backend-leaning thinking - able to reason about data layer, APIs, and system boundaries

Nice-to-Have

 * Experience with discovery, search, or recommendation systems
 * Background at a Tier 1 VC-backed startup, big tech with rapid promotions, or a database-heavy company (e.g., LinkedIn, Notion), * 7+ years in frontend infrastructure with demonstrated scope expansion (promotions into Staff-level ownership, platform-wide impact)
 * Strong communicator - direct, goes deep under probing, not surface-level
 * High energy, collaborative, genuine enthusiasm for the company's mission

## Description

About Client: A high-growth startup discovery platform helping top VCs identify and fund the next generation of category-defining companies. Growing revenue 100%+ annually, backed by top-tier investors, working at the scale of hundreds of users querying millions of companies.

What You'll Do

 * 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/patterns that help engineers ship faster without breaking things
 * Drive technical decisions and mentor the team through complex migrations


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