Staff Front-End Engineer Software - Core Platforms, Calendar Team

Job Type Full-time DescriptionLocation: Remote (Must be based anywhere in the Czech Republic) About Paylocity Paylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, offering the most complete platform for the modern workforce. The company has become one of the fastest-growing HCM software providers worldwide by offering an intuitive, easy-to-use product suite that helps businesses automate and streamline HR and payroll processes, attract and retain talent, and build a strong workplace culture. While traditional HR and payroll providers automate basic HR processes such as payroll and benefits administration, Paylocity goes further by developing tools that HR and businesses need to compete for talent and deliver against the expectations of the modern workforce. Help Paylocity enhance communication and enable employees to connect, collaborate, and create from anywhere with a position in Product & Technology! Want to develop the strategies and principles needed to deliver compelling software? Join our team and help us enhance our all-in-one software platform, elevate our one-of-a-kind technology, and improve the employee experience. Take your career to the next level at one of G2's Top 100 Software Companies. Explore our Product & Technology positions to see where you fit! Position Overview The Staff Front-End Engineer drives technical excellence and innovation across our organization. This role combines deep front-end expertise with architectural vision and leadership — focusing on building scalable, performant, and elegant user experiences while fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaboration. About The Calendar Platform Team Modern HR and payroll systems are full of date-driven events — time off, shift schedules, payroll deadlines, holidays, compliance tasks, and more. But too often, these critical timelines are scattered across disconnected tools, creating confusion for employees and friction for businesses. At Paylocity, the Calendar Platform Team is building the foundational time layer that brings it all together. We own the central calendar infrastructure that powers experiences across our entire product ecosystem — used by dozens of internal teams and millions of end-users.What We’re Building Our mission is to make time-based data consistent, contextual, and actionable across the platform. We’re not just building UI components — we’re building a Calendar-as-a-Platform, combining reusable front-end libraries with robust APIs that other teams can easily plug into. Recent And Upcoming Initiatives Include

• Unified calendar experience across our HR suite
• Deep integrations with Time Off, Scheduling, and Payroll modules
• Visibility into Benefits and Pay Cycle timelines
• Developer-focused APIs for easy integrations

Why Join Us

• Shape both the core platform architecture and user-facing calendar experiences
• Collaborate closely with product teams, designers, and platform architects
• Influence how millions of users interact with time across our ecosystem
• Build and scale a platform product with true horizontal reach, solving challenges around performance, extensibility, and usability

Primary ResponsibilitiesCore Responsibilities

• Design and implement modular, scalable, and maintainable front-end architectures
• Drive best practices for UI performance, accessibility, and component reusability
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers to deliver pixel-perfect, intuitive experiences
• Lead and participate in front-end technical design discussions and code reviews
• Champion high-impact technical initiatives that elevate the user experience
• Ensure code quality through testing, automation, and continuous improvement
• Partner with back-end and platform engineers to define efficient APIs and data flows
• Balance short-term delivery with long-term architectural vision

Growth & Leadership

• Mentor engineers across experience levels, especially in front-end best practices
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative culture that values craftsmanship and learning
• Build alignment on technical strategy across teams and departments
• Communicate technical decisions clearly and constructively
• Help evolve front-end standards, tooling, and developer experience

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with strong emphasis on front-end development
• Proven track record of leading significant front-end initiatives or architecture

RequiredTechnical Experience

• Deep expertise in ReactJS (or a comparable modern framework such as Vue or Angular, with willingness to work in React)
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS
• Experience building highly interactive, responsive, and performant UIs
• Understanding of modern API integration patterns (REST, GraphQL, etc.)
• Familiarity with unit testing, integration testing, and automation tools
• Strong understanding of front-end architecture, state management, and modular design
• Experience working in agile, cross-functional teams
• Commitment to clean, maintainable, and efficient code

Nice to Have

• Hands-on experience with any back-end language (e.g., .NET, Node.js, Python, Java, Go, etc.)
• Familiarity with cloud services (AWS preferred)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices
• Knowledge of observability and monitoring tools (Datadog, Prometheus, etc.)
• Experience with mobile development using React Native or shared component libraries

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit for extended periods: The role requires sitting at a desk or workstation for long periods, typically 7-8 hours a day.
• Use of computer and phone systems: The employee must be able to operate a computer, use phone systems and type. This includes using multiple software programs and inquiries simultaneously.

Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer. Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better. We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers. We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact leavebenefits@paylocity.com. This email address is exclusively designated for such requests, aligning with federal and state disability laws. Please do not send resumes to this email address, as they will be removed. We give our employees what they need to succeed, including great benefits and perks! We offer medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and a pension match, as well as perks that support you, your family, and your finances. And if it’s career development you desire, we provide that, too! At Paylocity, people matter most and have always been at the heart of our business.