Senior Staff Engineer – Frontend

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November 12

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Workiva

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SaaS • Finance • Compliance

Workiva is a cloud-based, AI-powered platform that unifies financial reporting, risk and compliance management, and sustainability reporting. It enables teams to connect data across systems, collaborate in real time, automate reporting (including XBRL tagging), and maintain auditability and traceability for regulated disclosures and assurance processes. Workiva serves large enterprises and finance, legal, audit, and sustainability teams to accelerate reporting, improve accuracy, and reduce risk.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2008

☁️ SaaS

💸 Finance

📋 Compliance

📋 Description

• Design and evolve scalable frontend architecture, frameworks, and reusable systems that enable product teams to build faster and more consistently. • Partner with product, design, and engineering peers to deliver performant, accessible, and cohesive user experiences. • Develop clear patterns, documentation, and examples that make adoption of shared systems intuitive across teams. • Build and enhance frontend solutions with a focus on performance, responsiveness, and seamless integration with downstream systems. • Drive improvements in developer experience, tooling, and processes that reduce friction and improve maintainability. • Lead by example through hands-on contributions, code reviews, and architectural guidance. • Develop and maintain testing strategies to ensure reliability and quality across shared frameworks. • Mentor engineers, fostering technical growth and alignment in frontend best practices. • Contribute to discovery and innovation efforts, identifying opportunities to strengthen our frontend ecosystem and developer experience.

🎯 Requirements

• Deep expertise in React and TypeScript, including component architecture, frontend APIs, and application design at scale • 6+ years of relevant experience as a Software Engineer • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field; an advanced degree may be considered in lieu of professional experience • Strong knowledge of modern frontend and microfrontend architectures, with proven ability to design scalable, maintainable solutions • Proven ability to debug complex systems and optimize for performance and reliability • Experience building or maintaining shared frameworks, SDKs, or libraries used across multiple products or teams • Solid foundation in computer science, including data structures, algorithms, and distributed system principles • Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction and drive alignment across multiple teams • Passion for mentoring and fostering a collaborative, growth-focused culture • Excellent communication and technical storytelling skills, you’re able to articulate complex concepts to diverse audiences • Familiarity with agile development practices and continuous delivery pipelines • Curiosity and drive to stay current with evolving frontend technologies and best practices.

🏖️ Benefits

• A discretionary bonus typically paid annually • Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire • 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package