Staff Software Engineer – Frontend (Payments & Commerce) jobs in United States
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Bolt · 4 months ago

Staff Software Engineer – Frontend (Payments & Commerce)

positionUnited States
timeContract
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
date8+ years exp

Bolt is a fast-growing fintech startup transforming modern commerce and financial infrastructure. As a Staff Frontend Engineer, you will lead the development of user experiences for our payments and commerce platform, architecting customer-facing products and driving high-impact initiatives.

E-CommerceFraud DetectionMobile PaymentsPayments
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Responsibilities

Architect and build modern frontend applications for merchants and end-users: payment flows, checkout experiences, dashboards, subscriptions, invoicing, and loyalty tools
Drive frontend architecture and establish best practices for performance, accessibility, security, and code quality
Collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to deliver cohesive, intuitive user experiences
Lead frontend strategy and contribute to design systems, SDKs, and component libraries
Ensure seamless integration with backend systems (payment routing, fraud prevention, ledgers)
Mentor engineers through design reviews, pair programming, and code reviews

Qualification

ReactTypeScriptGraphQLFrontend architectureSecure applicationsPerformance optimizationUser-centered designMentoring engineersDesign systemsMobile SDKsPCI compliance

Required

8+ years of frontend experience, including React, TypeScript, GraphQL, or similar frameworks
Expertise in building secure, performant, and scalable applications for high-traffic products
Experience designing complex interfaces for financial or commerce systems
Familiar with integrating frontend apps with real-time APIs and backend services
Strong product sensibility and ability to advocate for user-centered design

Preferred

Experience with mobile SDKs, payments UIs (e.g., checkout flows, tokenized wallets)
Familiarity with PCI-compliant frontend patterns and secure data handling
Contributions to design systems or frontend open-source libraries

Benefits

Comprehensive health coverage: Medical, dental and vision
Remote-first workplace
Time away: Minimum of 20 days guaranteed PTO, paid holidays + floating holidays, your birthday off!
Paid parental leave
Competitive Pay
Retirement plans
Virtual and in-person team & company events

Company

Bolt

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Bolt is a fintech company that facilitates one-click online checkouts.
dateFounded in 2014
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://www.bolt.com

H1B Sponsorship

Bolt has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (5)
2024 (4)
2023 (12)
2022 (44)
2021 (20)
2020 (4)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$982.08M
Key Investors
WestCapActivant CapitalLong Venture Partners
2022-01-19Secondary Market
2022-01-14Series E· $355M
2021-10-12Series D· $393M

Leadership Team

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Justin Grooms
President
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Laura Levinsohn
Director of Employee Experience
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