Staff Frontend Engineer

You are product minded and care deeply about UX and polish, and help us deliver delightful experiences to our users.

You leverage and experiment with new AI tools effectively while applying strong engineering judgement.

You care about and contribute to the culture of the engineering org.

7+ years of experience as a software engineer building complex and scalable frontend systems and components.

Experience working on large-scale consumer or content platforms.

Deep proficiency in React and Typescript (

In addition to the new skills you'll pick up, here's what else you'll enjoy by working at Medium:

Working with a fully distributed team: We’re fully remote and have teammates across the U.S. & France.

Generous parental leave policy.

Mental health support through Talkspace.

Financial wellness support through Northstar.

Lead complex, high-impact frontend initiatives end-to-end, partnering with multiple teams to deliver experiences used by millions of readers and writers.

Provide technical leadership within and across teams by shaping architecture, guiding implementation approaches, and helping engineers execute effectively.

Remain deeply hands-on in the codebase, contributing high-quality code and setting the standard for frontend engineering practices.

Raise the bar on Medium’s web architecture, engineering standards, and development patterns across the organization.

Partner closely with product leadership and designers to build thoughtful, user-centered experiences with a high level of polish.

Improve performance, reliability, and maintainability across Medium’s web platform.

Medium is building the best place for reading and writing on the internet—a place where thoughtful ideas can find an audience, and where writers, experts, and storytellers are rewarded for depth rather than for capturing fleeting attention.

Every day, millions of people come to Medium to read stories that expand their understanding of the world. Behind that experience is a web platform that powers everything from discovery and publishing to subscriptions and community.

We are a fully remote company with teammates across the U.S. and France. Our work is shaped by four operating principles: Humans First, Deepen Understanding, Orient for Impact, and Ladder Together. We believe the internet should reward meaningful ideas, and we’re building the technology to support that vision.