Engineering Manager - Front-End (UI/UX)

🚀 About Us

We’re Bolt.new by StackBlitz!

We’re the team behind WebContainers, the groundbreaking technology that made it possible to run Node.js right in your browser. No installs, no setup, just instant dev environments. That innovation kickstarted our journey in 2019 and powers the blazing-fast online IDE used by over a million developers every month.

But we didn’t stop there.

We took everything we learned from building WebContainers and used it to create Bolt.new. The fastest way to go from idea to production without writing traditional code. Think of it as the Canva or Figma for full-stack applications: a next-gen, AI-powered builder that lets you create, edit, and deploy web and mobile apps instantly, right in your browser.

WebContainers make it possible. Bolt.new brings it to life. Together, they reimagine what it means to build software lowering the barrier to entry, speeding up workflows, and unlocking creativity for the next generation of builders.

We’re a globally distributed, fully remote team of passionate engineers, designers, and creatives building the future of software development. If you love shipping fast, solving real problems, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible we’d love to meet you.

✨ About This Opportunity

A hands-on technical leader who balances coding with leadership. You'll own frontend architecture, code quality, and team growth - spending significant time writing code while developing engineers and coordinating across teams.

🛠️ How You'll Contribute

Technical Leadership

Own UI architecture: component patterns, state management, performance, and frontend infrastructure

Write code regularly on complex features, migrations, and architectural improvements

Review all UI PRs and maintain quality standards across the domain

Drive technical initiatives and manage technical debt strategically

Coordinate with other Team Leads on cross-domain architectural decisions

Team Development

Conduct performance reviews and own career development for UI team members

Hold regular 1:1s to support growth, remove blockers, and provide feedback

Make hiring decisions and address performance issues proactively

Build a high-performing, autonomous team culture

Coordination

Assign team members across features based on skills, capacity, and priorities

Participate in coordination meetings with other Team Leads

Regular 1:1s with Head of Engineering to align on priorities and resources

Run weekly UI team meetings for knowledge sharing

AI-Native Development

Champion AI coding tools and model effective usage

Build AI-powered UI features and agent interaction patterns

Dogfood Bolt.new daily and drive product improvements

💡 Qualifications

Technical

10+ years frontend development, 3+ years leadership

Expert in React, TypeScript, and modern frontend architecture

Strong HTML, CSS (Tailwind), performance optimization

Experience with design systems, state management, and complex UI flows

Track record of architectural decisions balancing speed and maintainability

Daily user of AI coding assistants (Cursor, Copilot, Claude)

Experience building AI-integrated applications and interfaces

Leadership

Performance reviews, career development, and difficult conversations

Growing engineers to senior/staff+ levels

Hiring frontend engineers

Building remote team culture

Coaching mindset with balance of individual and business needs

Skills

Strong UX sensibilities and eye for detail (spacing, typography, animations)

Experience with Figma/Sketch and translating designs to pixel-perfect interfaces

Excellent communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Pragmatic mindset: ship MVPs, bias toward action, match quality to business need

Business thinking: tie technical work to clear outcomes

Collaborative: knowledge sharing and unblocking others is core work

🎯 Bonus Points

Web Workers, Web Components, Remix, browser dev environments

Developer tooling or design tools experience

Design engineering background

Open-source contributions to UI libraries

WebAssembly or advanced browser APIs

📌 A Few Notes

You do not need a college degree to apply

You do not need to be located in the U.S. — we’re remote-friendly

You do not need to meet every qualification listed above