Senior Frontend Engineer

🏢 About Nextiva

Nextiva is a global leader in reimagining how businesses connect, bringing together customer experience and team collaboration on a single, AI-powered, conversation-centric platform. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, Nextiva serves over 100,000 businesses worldwide. The company fosters a forward-thinking, customer-obsessed culture built on meaningful connections and amazing service, empowering businesses to deliver exceptional experiences.

🎯 The Role

As a Senior Frontend Engineer at Nextiva, you will be a hands-on individual contributor responsible for the development, modernization, and optimization of Nextiva's frontend platform. This role involves actively delivering high-quality production code, working on complex frontend initiatives, and participating in technical design discussions. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to build scalable, reliable, and user-centered web applications that align with business goals and Nextiva's AI-powered vision.

🛠️ Tech Stack

• React JS + TypeScript
• JavaScript + HTML5 + CSS3
• Tailwind CSS
• CI/CD Pipelines
• Modern Frontend Tooling (e.g., Webpack, Vite)
• State/Data Management (e.g., TanStack Query)
• Monorepo Tooling (e.g., Turborepo, Nx, pnpm)
• Component Libraries (e.g., Storybook, Radix UI, Base UI)
• Real-time Communication (e.g., WebRTC, WebSockets)
• Mobile Development (e.g., React Native)

💼 What You'll Do

• Contribute to the rebuild and modernization of existing web applications to enhance performance and user experience.
• Collaborate closely with design teams to translate UI/UX concepts into scalable, high-quality interfaces.
• Write clean, maintainable, and high-performance React-based frontend code.
• Participate in end-to-end feature delivery, from initial design through deployment.
• Contribute to frontend engineering standards through rigorous code reviews, testing strategies, and best practices.
• Debug application issues, identify performance bottlenecks, and implement optimizations.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines and modern frontend development workflows.
• Evaluate and implement modern frontend tools and libraries to improve the platform.
• Ensure consistency, maintainability, and scalability of frontend applications.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including product, backend, QA, and design.
• Contribute to shared component libraries and frontend architecture initiatives.
• Participate in PR reviews with a strong focus on maintainability, accessibility, and code quality.
• Support and mentor junior engineers within the team, fostering their growth and development.
• Stay current with modern frontend technologies, frameworks, and engineering practices.
• Leverage AI tools to improve engineering productivity across code generation, testing, and debugging.
• Understand and contribute to AI-powered experiences that enhance customer engagement and platform usability.

✅ What You'll Need

• 6–9 years of hands-on experience in frontend development.
• Strong expertise in React and core frontend fundamentals including JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
• Proven experience working in product-based organizations.
• A strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Demonstrated experience debugging frontend applications and optimizing their performance.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern development workflows.
• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals.
• Solid TypeScript experience, including types, generics, and reusable component patterns.
• Experience with modern frontend tooling and package management.
• Hands-on experience building reusable UI components and scalable frontend applications.
• Experience with Tailwind CSS or other modern styling approaches.

🌟 Nice to Have

• Experience with WebRTC or other real-time communication technologies.
• Experience with React Native or mobile application development.
• Exposure to modern state/data management libraries such as TanStack Query.
• Familiarity with monorepo tooling like Turborepo, Nx, or pnpm workspaces.
• Familiarity with modern frontend architecture patterns.
• Experience with real-time or WebSocket-based applications.
• Familiarity with Storybook-driven component development.
• Exposure to headless UI/component libraries such as Radix UI or Base UI.
• Flexibility to contribute across web, mobile, or browser extension experiences.