Staff Engineer Frontend - Domains Growth

The Squarespace Domains Growth organization is looking for a Frontend Staff Software Engineer to lead large initiatives and develop the technical strategy for our platforms. Squarespace Domains supports millions of Domains customers – a community of dreamers entrepreneurs and pro-level users all seeking to establish their online presence - you'll work on products used by millions with a direct and measurable impact on their success. 

As an engineer in the Domains Growth organization you will be part the effort to build several core capabilities in the domain space including: Front Site Landing Page for Squarespace Domains and other traffic entry points domain search reseller opportunities pricing strategy cross-sell conversion checkout and other growth areas in premium and expired domains. You will collaborate closely with engineering product and design to build systems that focus on increasing revenue customer acquisition and conversion. This is a hybrid role working from our New York City office 3 days per week and you will report into the Domains Growth Engineering Manager.

• Serve as a key technical leader driving the architecture design and implementation of critical frontend systems and client platforms
• Provide hands-on guidance to multiple engineering teams ensuring the delivery of high-quality scalable and maintainable frontend solutions
• Design develop and maintain advanced user interfaces and reusable components using modern frameworks and libraries
• Collaborate with product managers UX/UI designers and backend engineers to define and build new features
• Act as a mentor and role model for junior and mid-level engineers fostering a culture of continuous learning
• Drive architectural decisions and lead technical discussions to ensure the long-term health of our frontend platform
• Champion best practices in code quality accessibility performance and testing.
• Stay current with emerging trends and technologies and proactively identify opportunities for innovation

• Have 8+ years of professional experience in frontend web development
• Have a proven track record of designing and implementing complex high-performance and scalable web applications in collaboration with multiple teams and stakeholders
• Demonstrate the ability to lead technical projects and mentor other engineers
• Have experience with HTML5 CSS3 and modern JavaScript frameworks such as React Vue or Angular
• Have a strong understanding of web performance security and accessibility principles
• Are familiar with server-side rendering (SSR) and static site generation (SSG)
• Are familiar with cloud platforms (e.g. Google Cloud AWS Azure).

• Provide opportunities that align with your interests career growth and the growth of the company
• Create an inclusive environment that’s psychologically safe and encourages learning 
• Work with you to build a personalized career growth plan with clear expectations and milestones

• A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums 
• Health Savings Account with Squarespace funding
• Fertility and adoption benefits
• Supplemental Insurance plans
• Headspace mindfulness app subscription
• Global Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement benefits with employer match
• Flexible paid time off
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and family care leave
• $100 per month remote Stipend
• Access to supplemental insurance plans for additional coverage
• Education reimbursement
• Employee donation match to community organizations
• 7 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

The base salary for this position will vary based on job-related criteria including relevant skills experience and location among other factors.

In addition to the cash compensation above (which includes base salary and where applicable for eligible roles may include overtime pay) Squarespace employees are eligible to be granted an option to purchase our common stock. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive structure in addition to base salary.

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence build an audience monetize and scale their business. Our suite of products range from websites domains ecommerce and marketing tools as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity and creating and managing social media presence with Bio Sites and Unfold. Our team of more than 1700 is headquartered in New York City with offices in Dublin Ireland and Aveiro Portugal. For more information about our company visit https://www.squarespace.com/about/careers.

Today more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives and experiences with the world. Not only do we embrace and celebrate the diversity of our customers but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ethnicity ancestry religion national origin gender sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation age citizenship marital or parental status disability veteran status or other class protected by applicable law. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

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What We Do

Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence build an audience monetize and scale their business. At Squarespace we celebrate creative possibility. With a culture rooted in curiosity Squarespace aims to provide its employees with the support to turn possibility into reality – learning from challenges and celebrating progress. At Squarespace we root for customer and employee success uplifting them with the tools needed to achieve their goals while also applauding what makes them unique and fulfilled. Our customers and employees alike are imaginative with the confidence to put their ideas out into the world and welcoming input and iteration. And our people run towards the next frontier to create our success motivated by the unknown and inspired by “first-ever” opportunities truly embracing a sense of possibility.

Why Work With Us

Squarespace employees are ownership-minded builders tenacious resourceful hands-on humble self-motivated experimental curious resilient inclusive and empathetic.

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