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Frontend Software Engineer | React | Next.js | TypeScript | Frontier AI Startup

  • Source: LinkedIn
  • Optimal
  • On-site
  • San Francisco
  • Full-Time
  • Mid level

Job Description

**Frontend Software Engineer React Next.js TypeScript Frontier AI Startup**
  • Must Have Startup Experience & CS foundation from a top programme

Salary: $180,000 - $225,000 + meaningful equity

Location: San Francisco, CA (5 days onsite)

Eligibility: Must be a US or Canadian resident.

Required: React/Next.js, TypeScript, zero-to-one product delivery, VC-backed startup experience, Strong CS foundation from a top programme - (Non-Negotiable)

🚨 Non-Negotiables - Please only apply if you have ALL of the following 🚨

Core technologies:

  • Proficient in TypeScript (this is tested in the technical screen)
  • Production experience building UIs with React and Next.js
  • Comfortable building fast, responsive interfaces on a data-intensive product
  • Strong CS foundation from a top programme

Environment:

  • Strong experience in a fast-moving, VC-backed startup or scale-up
  • Shipped zero-to-one product features end-to-end with visible business impact
  • Able to own features end-to-end and iterate fast with high autonomy
  • Comfortable working onsite 5 days a week in San Francisco

Key skills:

  • 3 to 6 years of frontend engineering experience
  • Strong grounding in modern frontend architecture and performance
  • Ability to build polished, intuitive interfaces that thousands of users touch daily
  • High-level written and spoken English for a sharp, collaborative team

Role Overview

We’re partnered exclusively with one of the fastest-growing AI companies in San Francisco. Seriously well-funded, moving at real pace, and hiring hard as they scale. This is a chance to join early and own a huge amount from day one.

This is a hands-on frontend role for someone who wants massive ownership. You’ll build cutting-edge, intuitive interfaces on a data-rich product, shipping to production daily and working shoulder to shoulder with engineers, researchers and product to turn ideas into polished, real-world features.

Key Responsibilities

  • Ship polished, high-performance UI features used by thousands of people every day
  • Build fast, responsive interfaces on a complex, data-heavy product
  • Design and build interfaces that surface complex, AI-driven solutions to customers
  • Iterate rapidly with the wider team to deploy new features fast
  • Stay ahead of modern frontend tooling and raise the bar on the product

Nice to Have

  • Experience building data-heavy or ML-powered user interfaces at production scale
  • Familiarity with TailwindCSS, Node.js, tRPC, PostgreSQL, or AWS
  • Track record of high personal achievement in fast-growing environments

If you tick every box, thrive in a high-ownership startup, and can be onsite in San Francisco, we’d love to hear from you.

Skills

  • React
  • next-js
  • TypeScript
  • microsoft-typescript
  • tailwind-css
  • NodeJS
  • trpc
  • PostgreSQL
  • amazon-web-services
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