Senior Frontend Engineer

• Lead the development of internal tools, component libraries and robust SDKs, leveraging React, Typescript and Node.js.
• Take full responsibility for Zip's internal web apps and oversee their entire lifecycle, ensuring quick production releases in a dynamic setting.
• Hybrid working arrangement with two team connect days in the office.

Join Zip’s Technology function, responsible for building and maintaining seamless, secure and sustainable platforms that enable customers to shop with confidence and merchant partners to grow their brands.

As part of the Internal Tooling squad, you will own the ecosystem of web applications, component libraries, and SDKs that empower Zipsters to work efficiently. You'll work on high impact tools that quickly go live, keeping our internal systems polished and high performing.

• Lead the design and maintenance of high-performing internal applications using React, TypeScript, and Node.js.
• Develop and evolve Zip’s design system and reusable component libraries (e.g., ShadCN, Material UI).
• Modernise and improve build pipelines, bundling, and dependency management tooling.
• Optimise application performance, focusing on bundle size, rendering patterns, and runtime behaviour.
• Mentor and elevate other engineers, championing engineering best practices and a culture of quality.

• 8+ years of frontend engineering experience with React and Typescript.
• Experience with modern UI frameworks and component libraries such as ShadCN, Radix UI, Material UI, or equivalent.
• Strong Node.js fundamentals and a deep understanding of modern CSS patterns like Tailwind or CSS Modules.
• Exposure to GraphQL and API integration patterns.
• Exposure to React Native.
• Proven experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing (Jest, Cypress), and production monitoring tools.
• A mindset that embraces AI and new tools to adapt, learn and grow.
• An aptitude for identifying and managing risks, acting as a leader regardless of your formal title.
• Our values in your DNA: Customer First, Own It, Stronger Together and Change the Game.

As we write this next exciting chapter in our story, we will continue to move at pace and embrace change. For you, this might mean opportunities to learn new skills with hands on experience, broader responsibilities, or the buzz of seeing your work impact customers faster.

Zip is a place where you’ll get out exactly what you put in. When you join the team, we'll do our best to make sure you can be yourself and surround yourself with smart, friendly colleagues and leaders who have your back, so that you can make the big things happen.

• 25 days paid leave annually, including birthday leave and quarterly wellbeing days.
• 16 weeks paid parental leave for primary carers, and 4 weeks for supporting carers.
• Family support policies including miscarriage bereavement leave and domestic violence leave.
• Mental health and wellness initiatives, including $299 annual wellbeing allowance, free access to Sonder, and discounted health insurance.
• 2 days paid volunteering leave, 2 days study leave and 2 days religious or cultural leave per year.
• Fee-free Zip products and discounts with Zip merchant partners.
• Team social events, epic offices, free breakfast daily, and weekly free lunches in Sydney.

We pride ourselves on being a workplace that provides equal opportunities to people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender identities, abilities, veteran status, and everything else that makes you unique.

Equally, we’re committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive. Please let us know if there are any adjustments that need to be made to ensure you have a fair and equitable experience.

Zip Co Limited (ASX: ZIP) is a digital financial services company, offering innovative, people-centred products. Operating in two core markets - Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) and the US, Zip offers access to point-of-sale credit and digital payment services, connecting millions of customers with its global network of tens of thousands of merchants.

We’re proud to be a values-led business and our values - Customer First, Own it, Stronger Together and Change the Game - guide us in everything we do.

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