Staff Frontend Engineer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 53 job postings with the title “Staff Frontend Engineer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is React, with demand down 39% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many Staff Frontend Engineer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 53 job postings with the title “Staff Frontend Engineer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 39% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Staff Frontend Engineer jobs require?
Across Staff Frontend Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are React, TypeScript, performance optimization, JavaScript, accessibility.
+Which cities are hiring the most Staff Frontend Engineer?
As of 2026-05-17, Staff Frontend Engineer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, San Mateo, New York City, Sydney, Austin.
+Is Staff Frontend Engineer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 53 Staff Frontend Engineer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 39% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Staff Frontend Engineer postings is React, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Staff Frontend Engineer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Staff Frontend Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| React | 50 | 19.7% |
| TypeScript | 45 | 17.7% |
| performance optimization | 22 | 8.7% |
| JavaScript | 21 | 8.3% |
| accessibility | 16 | 6.3% |
| Code review | 14 | 5.5% |
| observability | 14 | 5.5% |
| state management | 13 | 5.1% |
| CSS | 11 | 4.3% |
| testing | 10 | 3.9% |
| HTML | 10 | 3.9% |
| GraphQL | 9 | 3.5% |
| UI Design | 7 | 2.8% |
| Telemetry | 6 | 2.4% |
| point-and-click interactions | 6 | 2.4% |
Top metros hiring Staff Frontend Engineer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 8 | 29.6% |
| San Mateo | 7 | 25.9% |
| New York City | 4 | 14.8% |
| Sydney | 3 | 11.1% |
| Austin | 1 | 3.7% |
| Belgrade | 1 | 3.7% |
| La Argentina | 1 | 3.7% |
| Little Canada | 1 | 3.7% |
| London | 1 | 3.7% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “Staff Frontend Engineer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- Staff Frontend Engineer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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- 2026-05-17
- window_days
- 90
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