Staff Software Engineer

As a Staff Software Engineer, UI on the Platform Experience team, you will lead the development and evolution of frontend platform capabilities that power Rapid7 s unified product experience. You will drive technical direction across teams, enabling scalable, consistent, and high-performing UI solutions that accelerate product development and improve customer experience.

About the Role

• Lead the design and evolution of frontend platform architecture, including micro-frontend systems and shared UI infrastructure
• Drive adoption and continuous improvement of the Rapid7 design system across multiple product teams
• Partner with engineering teams to guide implementation, unblock challenges, and ensure alignment with platform standards
• Define and promote best practices for frontend development, performance, and accessibility
• Improve developer experience through tooling, documentation, and scalable platform solutions
• Collaborate with Product and UX to align platform capabilities with business and customer needs
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across teams, raising the bar for engineering excellence
• Identify and lead initiatives that improve system performance, reliability, and scalability

The skills and qualities you ll bring include:

• You bring a minimum of 7 years of experience in software engineering, with deep expertise in modern frontend technologies, including React, TypeScript, and component-driven architecture (or equivalent frameworks such as Angular or)
• You possess experience designing and scaling frontend platforms, such as micro-frontends, shared UI systems, and building and maintaining design systems or component libraries at scale.
• You have experience with cloud-based architectures and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• You have the ability to debug and solve complex UI and system-level challenges, and possess a strong understanding of web performance, accessibility, and browser fundamentals.
• Experience working cross-functionally in large, distributed system with multiple teams contributing to a shared platform
• You have a passion for helping your organization to scale by improving developer experience through tooling, CI/CD workflows, and documentation
• You hold yourself and others responsible for driving outcomes by providing mentorship and technical leadership that improves quality across teams
• You think big and act small, breaking larger platform goals into smaller components to achieve meaningful outcomes and balance long-term investments with delivery
• You communicate in a clear manner that conveys your technical objectives and rationale to engineering, product, and UX partners
• Core Value Embodiment: Embody our core values to foster a culture of excellence that drives meaningful impact and collective success