Staff Software Engineer, Frontend

Suno Suno · Multimodal · Boston, MA · Engineering

Staff Software Engineer, Frontend at Suno, a consumer entertainment company focused on AI music. The role involves architecting component libraries, shared abstractions, and foundational TypeScript/React code, driving a culture of high-quality craft, and scaling a component library for feature development. The engineer will design and build interactive, performant experiences for music exploration and listening, with an emphasis on performance, accessibility, and craft.

What you'd actually do

  1. Architect the component libraries, shared abstractions, and foundational TypeScript and React code
  2. Make it easy for feature teams to do the right thing through tooling and infrastructure that keeps quality high without sacrificing velocity
  3. Drive a culture of high-quality craft through code review, documentation, and hands-on collaboration with engineers across the org
  4. Accelerate feature development by scaling a rich component library with an emphasis on reusability and a consistent and accessible user experience
  5. Write tests, documentation, and structured briefs that make agentic development workflows reliable

Skills

Required

  • 7+ years experience shipping production web apps
  • Advanced expertise in TypeScript, React, NextJS, CSS
  • Experience building complex responsive web apps that are modular and maintainable
  • Experience translating ambitious prototypes into production-ready code without compromising on quality, accessibility, or delight
  • An obsession with great user experiences, getting the details right, and iterating rapidly
  • Strong communication skills with experience collaborating across engineering, design, and product teams
  • Passion for web performance metrics and a healthy fear of red numbers

Nice to have

  • Experience building developer tooling and automation pipelines
  • Familiarity with design systems and building shared component libraries
  • Experience with AI-assisted development workflows
  • A love of music (listening, exploring, making) is a huge plus

What the JD emphasized

  • shipping production web apps
  • TypeScript, React, NextJS, CSS
  • complex responsive web apps that are modular and maintainable
  • translating ambitious prototypes into production-ready code without compromising on quality, accessibility, or delight
  • obsession with great user experiences, getting the details right, and iterating rapidly
  • performance, accessibility, and craft of our products
  • web performance metrics
  • AI-assisted development workflows