Senior Front-End Platform Engineer
Bizzabo
Description
Our front-end ecosystem is a journey through the history of web development—spanning everything from Backbone.js to modern React and Next.js architectures. We are looking for a Senior Front-End Platform Engineer to be the architect and executioner of our technical evolution.
You won’t just be shipping features; you will be building the foundation that allows our entire engineering team to move faster, stay secure, and transition seamlessly into the next generation of web technologies.
Our Tech Landscape
- Legacy: Backbone.js, older versions of Node.js, various state management libraries.
- Modern: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS.
- Infrastructure: [Insert your CI/CD e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, AWS].
Why This Role?
This isn't a "maintenance" role. This is a transformation role. You will have the autonomy to choose the tools and patterns that will define the next five years of our engineering culture.
Bizzabo’s Event Experience Operating System is a modern, intuitive platform used by the world’s leading organizations to deliver immersive experiences and events at scale. Named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ and Forrester Wave™ for event technology, enterprises rely on Bizzabo to manage their entire event portfolio, regardless of format or size. Bizzabo is recognized by Newsweek as a 2024 Global Most Loved Workplace and as a 2024 Top Most Loved Workplaces® for LGBTQ+ employees. Bizzabo was founded in 2011 by Boaz Katz, Alon Alroy, and Eran Ben-Shushan and is headquartered in New York and Tel Aviv.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities:
- Architectural Evolution: Design and execute migration strategies to move legacy applications (Backbone, older Node/React versions) toward a unified, modern stack (Next.js, TypeScript).
- Developer Experience (DX): Build and maintain shared tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and build systems (Webpack, Vite, Turborepo) that serve multiple FE applications.
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Act as a bridge between teams, providing the "paved path" for feature developers to adopt new patterns without friction.
- Performance & Standards: Set the bar for web vitals, accessibility, and security across our disparate applications.
- Legacy Interoperability: Create "bridges" or micro-frontend patterns that allow our old and new stacks to coexist gracefully during the transition.
What We Are Looking For:
- 5+ Years in Software Development: You have deep experience building, shipping, and maintaining complex products.
- The "Polyglot" Mindset: You are comfortable jumping into a Backbone file one hour and a Next.js Server Component the next. You respect legacy code for the value it provides while being eager to improve it.
- Migration Experience: You have successfully led or participated in large-scale migrations (e.g., JS to TS, Monolith to Micro-frontends, or Class-based to Functional React).
- Deep Tooling Knowledge: Expert-level understanding of Node.js environments, package managers (pnpm/yarn), and the modern build pipeline.
- Pragmatism: You understand that we can't rewrite everything overnight. You know how to prioritize technical debt based on business impact.
- LLM Believer: You know how to use Cursor, Gemini and are not afraid to do it. You know that LLM and Agents are tools that help engineers solve engineering problems.