Director, Technology (US)

The Machine team at Code and Theory operates as a forward-thinking enterprise AI startup within the larger agency. We are always striving to balance the demanding nature of working on new technologies with the real-world demands of high performance, high security, and accessibility. Working in collaboration with our multi-disciplinary engineering, design, and quality assurance teams, you will build an AI-native software ecosystem that powers marketing workflows for both internal and external users.

React is our most frequently implemented frontend framework and we have built up substantial skill in implementing React and its ecosystem of technologies. Our frontends interact with a BFF (Backend For Frontend) where we host the APIs and services that enable the FE capabilities. You should be well versed in the Full stack needs required to support the BFF as well as the FE.

You are a passionate advocate for software quality, its role in our society, and its relationship to technology. You deeply understand nuances of how to achieve experiences which are high performance while being innovative, immersive and impressive for the end user.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

: Be a hands-on leader and coach to engineering teams in successfully delivering scalable, maintainable, and secure features to our users; serving as a role model for code quality, process, and improvements Leverage advanced TypeScript implementations of React primarily in Next.js but also Astro, Remix, and Gatsby as well as modern styling frameworks (Tailwind, MUI, CSS Modules, etc) on modern content, commerce, or custom applications Conduct technical audits to present software architecture recommendations in the format of a Technical Approach Document that outlines the software and hosting architecture, software “bill of materials,” development strategy, and technical best practices Work on all aspects of the stack, including implementation of the design wireframes, high-fidelity designs, animation/motion, business logic, interfaces to the backend APIs, incorporating analytics, performance and security Collaborate with Design, Engineering, and Product teams; to define, design and ship new features Experience with creating plugins for commercial tools Translate functional

Requirements

js, deno, bun GraphQL), to CSS-in-JS styling and component frameworks (Tailwind, MUI, CSS Modules, etc) Deep experience thinking and building flexible and scalable Design Systems that follow the Atomic Design or equivalent principles. Using tools like Storybook as a robust delivery for well-documented, living design systems. Experience implementing robust testing plans for UI systems which ensure that regressions are minimized and the team can have high confidence making substantial changes at high velocity.