Staff Frontend Engineer

Own the end-to-end implementation of ML-powered product surfaces, including the For You Feed, tag and topic pages, and story page features used by millions of readers every day

Collaborate with data scientists and ML engineers to translate model outputs into polished, performant product experiences

Wire up experiments, feature flags, and A/B tests to validate hypotheses and drive measurable growth

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

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

Maintain tooling for product experimentation across the Medium platform

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

Mentor engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, and design discussions

Help identify and solve the most impactful technical challenges across the web stack

Contribute to the technical direction and engineering culture of the broader organization

Attend Medium’s twice-yearly, in-person offsites (hosted in locations around the U.S.)

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

You are a frontend-led, full-stack engineer with 7+ years of building complex, scalable frontend systems and features. You have deep proficiency in React and TypeScript, and you're comfortable owning features end-to-end, including backend integrations and API layers

You are product minded and care deeply about UX, UI polish, and delivering delightful experiences to our users

You have experience wiring up experiments and feature flags, and understand how to design experiments that produce meaningful signal

You're comfortable working alongside ML systems. You don't need to write model code, but you can reason about model outputs, understand their constraints, and build great product experiences around them

You thrive with high ownership and ambiguity (i.e. you can translate a data science hypothesis into shippable frontend work or ideate and execute on your own designs)

You make pragmatic tradeoffs and communicate decisions clearly

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

You sweat the small stuff. You care about copy, grammar, and consistency

You’re focused on outcomes, not egos, and give direct feedback early and often

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

Nice to Haves

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 (Bonus: GraphQL, AWS, experimentation frameworks)

Experience operating at scale (millions of users, continuous delivery, feature flags, A/B testing)

Experience improving testing infrastructure, developer tooling, or testing practices across frontend teams

You’ve personally used Medium and are excited to contribute to Medium’s mission of deepening understanding through human storytelling!

Benefits

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

Healthcare benefits covered at 100% for employees and 80% for dependents

Generous parental leave policy

Mental health support through Spring Health (or find a provider through Rula or Kaiser Mental Health Network)

Financial wellness support through Northstar

Stipends for co-working, professional development, wifi, and a one-time home office bonus

Unlimited PTO and standard company holidays

A discounted Medium membership

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