PandaDoc is seeking a Staff Frontend Engineer to join our Application Platform track, specifically in the Surfaces (Core UX) area — a team dedicated to building and evolving the core frontend infrastructure and user experience foundations that power the PandaDoc application.
We’re looking for an experienced engineer passionate about crafting high-quality user interfaces, elevating developer experience, and shaping platform-wide frontend strategy at scale. You’ll play a critical role in defining the technical vision for our shared components, performance tooling, and frontend architecture — helping us scale PandaDoc’s UI and design system across 35+ product teams.
About Surfaces (Core UX)
Surfaces is the foundational team for PandaDoc’s frontend experience. We focus on:
Evolving frontend architecture to improve scalability, performance, and maintainabilityDelivering modern shared components and primitives that support a consistent and delightful user experienceEmpowering product teams with better DX and tooling for building UI faster and saferDriving best practices in accessibility, performance, testing, and maintainabilityLeading cross-team initiatives to modernize the frontend stack and introduce new technologiesIn this role, you will
Define and drive long-term technical strategy for core frontend architecture, shared components, and performanceLead design and delivery of scalable, reusable, and accessible UI components that align with our design systemCollaborate across product and platform teams to ensure consistent user experience and engineering practicesGuide major architectural improvements and migrations (e.g., modernizing React usage, bundling strategies, or performance instrumentation)Mentor engineers across the company on frontend best practices, accessibility, testing, and performanceSet standards and drive adoption of new tools, libraries, and patterns that elevate developer experience and code qualityIdentify and resolve complex frontend challenges related to performance, accessibility, or scalabilityPartner with Design Systems and Platform teams to align on foundational UI and DevEx investmentsOur stack
JavaScript/TypeScriptEvent SourcingReactReduxRedux-sagaStyled-componentsWebpackJest/testing-library, playwrightAbout you
8+ years of frontend engineering experience, including 2+ years in a staff or principal-level roleDeep expertise in React, TypeScript, and modern frontend architecturesStrong understanding of web performance, responsive design, and testing strategiesExperience designing scalable component libraries or frontend frameworks used by multiple teamsProven track record of technical leadership in cross-functional, multi-team initiativesPassion for clean, maintainable, and well-documented codeStrong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence engineers and stakeholders at all levelsComfortable operating in ambiguity, driving alignment, and making pragmatic trade-offsWhy join us?
Lead platform-wide UI architecture that impacts millions of usersWork with a kind, collaborative, and driven team of engineers and designersInfluence the direction of frontend development across the companyHelp shape the future of PandaDoc’s engineering excellence and product qualityEnjoy a supportive, remote-first environment that prioritizes growth and autonomyBenefits
An honest, open culture that emphasizes feedback and promotes professional and personal developmentAn opportunity to work from anywhere — our team is distributed worldwide.6 self-care daysA competitive salaryMedical insuranceAnd much more!Company Overview
PandaDoc empowers more than 60,000 growing organizations to thrive by taking the work out of document workflow. PandaDoc provides an all-in-one document workflow automation platform that helps fast-scaling teams accelerate the ability to create, manage, and sign digital documents including proposals, quotes, contracts, and more.