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Faraday Future · 1 month ago

Senior Engineering Manager (Frontend)

Gardena, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$160K/yr - $200K/yr

10+ years exp

Faraday Future is a California-based mobility company focused on innovative vehicle technology. As a Senior Engineering Manager (Frontend), you will lead the development of consumer-facing web applications and oversee the architecture and quality of engineering processes.

AutomotiveElectric VehicleElectronic Design Automation (EDA)Information Technology

Responsibilities

Lead end‑to‑end ownership of major web features—from technical discovery and architecture to implementation, testing, deployment, and post‑release iteration

Build performant, accessible React/Next.js + TypeScript UIs; apply SSR/SSG pragmatically, instrument analytics, and support experimentation/A‑B testing

Design and implement reliable REST/GraphQL APIs and BFF services; enforce clear contracts, versioning, and strong observability

Drive performance, security, and reliability at scale (Core Web Vitals, caching/CDN, rate limiting, logging/metrics/tracing, incident response)

Mentor engineers, review designs/code, and collaborate with Product/Design to translate requirements into high‑quality, incremental releases

Qualification

TypeScriptReactNode.jsAWSGraphQLREST APIsCI/CDDockerBilingual in MandarinSoft skills

Required

Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline (or equivalent practical experience)

10+ years building and operating production web applications and services; 3+ years leading technical delivery and/or architecture

Strong programming in TypeScript/JavaScript and at least one backend stack (Node.js or Java); deep understanding of HTTP, API design, and web security

Hands‑on with modern web tooling (React, Next.js), automated testing, and CI/CD; proficiency with Docker and a major cloud (AWS preferred)

Solid data/systems skills: relational and NoSQL stores, caching (Redis), message queues, and performance optimization

Preferred

Professional working proficiency bilingual in Mandarin

Frontend: React 18+/TypeScript, Next.js; modern state/data (Redux Toolkit, TanStack Query); accessibility (WCAG); testing (Jest/Vitest, Testing Library, Playwright/Cypress)

Backend: Node.js (NestJS/Express/Fastify) or Java (Spring Boot); REST/GraphQL; BFF pattern; messaging (Kafka/RabbitMQ); caching (Redis)

Cloud: AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, CloudFront, S3, RDS/Aurora/DynamoDB, IAM) and IaC (CloudFormation or Terraform)

CI/CD & DevOps: GitHub Actions/GitLab CI/Jenkins; trunk‑based development; blue/green or canary deployments

Observability & Security: Open Telemetry; Prometheus/Grafana or Datadog/New Relic; OAuth2/OIDC; OWASP best practices; secrets management

Data: PostgreSQL/MySQL; MongoDB; schema design and query tuning

CRM & Integrations: SAP, Salesforce, or similar