About the role

Role overview

Senior / Staff Frontend Engineer (Web & Mobile) at Kindred, an early engineering hire. You will help shape the product across platforms by bridging web and mobile experiences and influencing the technical roadmap.

Responsibilities

Serve as a technology leader and contribute to decisions on tech stack and strategy for web (Next.js) and mobile (React Native).
Work closely with co-founders, CTO, product designers, and engineers to build and iterate on the platform.
Architect, build, test, and scale features across the Next.js web app and React Native mobile app.
Develop reusable UI components and contribute to cross-platform design system thinking.
Optimize for performance, scalability, and responsiveness on both web and mobile.
Integrate with backend APIs to ensure seamless data flow and user experience.
Help establish and grow the engineering organization, including mentoring and supporting future engineers.

Requirements

5+ years building consumer-facing applications with deep expertise in React (web) and React Native (mobile).
Experience building, testing, and scaling large-scale web and mobile applications.
Proficient in JavaScript and TypeScript and modern frontend/mobile tooling (e.g., Webpack, Metro, Tailwind CSS).
Experience architecting scalable frontend and mobile solutions.
Strong understanding of native mobile toolchains (iOS/Android) and their integration with React Native.
Experience building scalable, reusable UI components and contributing to or working with design systems.
Strong UI implementation detail and consumer UX understanding across web and mobile.
Skilled in performance optimization for both web and mobile.
Demonstrated success operating as a tech lead or senior individual contributor on critical projects.
Prior experience at a high-growth stage company.

Nice to have

Next.js experience (called out as a strong plus).

About Kindred

Kindred is a members-only home swapping platform enabling renters and owners to exchange primary residences with trusted peers. It supports a more affordable, responsible, and connected alternative to hotels and short-term rentals, powered by a global community across many cities. Since launching in 2022, Kindred has grown rapidly and raised significant venture funding from top Silicon Valley investors.