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 Team
The Platform Experience team builds and maintains the shared UI architecture, design system, and frontend infrastructure that enable Rapid7 product teams to deliver a unified and consistent customer experience at scale.
About the Role
As a Staff Software Engineer, UI - Platform Experience, your primary responsibility will be to lead the technical direction of Rapid7's frontend platform and enable teams to build scalable, high-quality user interfaces. Specifically, your focus will be to:

• 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 Vue.js )
• 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

We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That's because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don't be shy - apply today.
#LI-CG1
About Rapid7
At Rapid7, our vision is to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by harnessing our collective expertise and passion to challenge what's possible and drive extraordinary impact. We're building a dynamic and collaborative workplace where new ideas are welcome.
Protecting 11,000+ customers against bad actors and threats means we're continuing to push the envelope just like we' ve been doing for the past 20 years. If you 're ready to solve some of the toughest challenges in cybersecurity, we're ready to help you take command of your career. Join us.