Lead Software Engineer

About Chargebee:

Chargebee is a subscription billing and revenue management platform powering some of the fastest-growing brands around the world today, including Calendly, Hopin, Pret-a-Manger, Freshworks, Okta, Study.com and others. Thousands of SaaS and subscription-first businesses process over billions of dollars in revenue every year through the Chargebee platform.

Headquartered in San Francisco, USA, our 500+ team members work remotely throughout the world, including India, the Netherlands, Paris, Spain, Australia, and the USA.

Chargebee has raised over $480 million in capital and is funded by Accel, Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Steadview Capital, and Sapphire Ventures. And we’re on a mission to push the boundaries of subscription revenue operations. Not just ours, but every customer and prospective business on a recurring revenue model.

Our team builds high-quality and innovative software to enable our customers to grow their revenues powered by the state-of-the-art subscription management platform.

Position Overview:

Lead Software Engineer – Frontend

As part of our frontend engineering team, you will play a key role in the evolution of our design systems and developer tooling, collaborate closely with cross-functional partners, and drive frontend excellence across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable and high-performing frontend architectures using Vue.js and React.js and modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Build and evolve reusable design systems, component libraries, and developer tools to ensure consistency, accessibility, and performance across products.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and designers to transform wireframes and mockups into pixel-perfect, responsive, and accessible UI components.
• Take ownership of key features and workflows, leading their design, development, deployment, and optimization phases.
• Implement compile-time and runtime performance monitoring and proactively address UI performance bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with backend and DevOps teams to ensure seamless integration and cloud-readiness of frontend solutions.
• Contribute to architectural decision-making, code quality standards, and best practices to ensure maintainability and scalability.
• Act as a mentor to junior developers and contribute to knowledge sharing within the frontend guild.
• Drive faster delivery cycles through component reuse, automation, and efficient engineering practices.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of hands-on experience developing enterprise-grade web applications using

  React.js

  ,

  JavaScript (ES6+)

  , and

  Redux

  .
• Strong understanding of frontend architecture patterns and modern SPA development practices.
• Proven experience in developing and maintaining

  component libraries

  and

  design systems

  for large-scale applications.
• Proficient in HTML5, CSS3, and responsive UI design, with an emphasis on cross-browser compatibility and accessibility (WCAG standards).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as

  AWS

  ,

  Azure

  , or

  GCP

  , including experience with frontend deployment and monitoring tools.
• Strong debugging, profiling, and optimization skills related to both compile-time and runtime performance.
• Excellent communication skills and experience working collaboratively with design, product, and engineering stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, drive projects independently, and own outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience working on or integrating AI-powered features.
• Experience in a

  technical leadership

  or

  mentorship

  role, contributing to team growth and delivery excellence.
• Experience in

  building frontend platforms from scratch

  , including architecture, tooling, and developer workflows.
• Working knowledge of backend technologies (Node.js) and full-stack development principles.
• Familiarity with enterprise-grade monitoring, logging, and observability platforms (e.g., Sentry, Datadog, New Relic).

Benefits:

Want to know what it means to work for a company that genuinely cares about you? Check out just a few of the benefits we give our employees:

We are Globally Local

With a diverse team across four continents, and customers in over 60 countries, you get to work closely with a global perspective right from your own neighborhood.

We value Curiosity

We believe the next great idea might just be around the corner. Perhaps it’s that random thought you had ten minutes ago. We believe in creating an ecosystem that fosters a desire to seek out hard questions, and then figure out answers to them.

Customer! Customer! Customer!

Everything we do is driven towards enabling our customers’ growth. This means no matter what you do, you will always be adding real value to a real business problem. It’s a lot of responsibility, but also a lot of fun.

If you resonate with Chargebee, have a monstrous appetite for curiosity, and an insatiable urge to learn and build new things, we’re waiting for you!

We value people from all backgrounds and are dedicated to hiring and employing a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Come be a part of the Chargebee tribe!