Front End Engineer

Description

• Build and maintain web applications used daily by customers and internal teams • Develop features across customer-facing and internal apps in Rails-embedded and standalone environments • Own and extend the shared component library • Add components and keep them documented in Storybook • Implement Figma designs with high fidelity and identify specification gaps • Improve performance across rendering, bundle size, large lists, and uploads • Maintain and extend test coverage • Investigate production issues using Sentry and PostHog • Collaborate with design, product, and backend engineering • Participate in thoughtful code reviews and create clear documentation • Use coding agents where they add value

Requirements

• 5+ years building production web interfaces in React and TypeScript • Strong HTML, CSS, and responsive layout skills; comfortable with Tailwind • Comfortable working directly from Figma files: inspecting specs, extracting tokens and spacing, and flagging inconsistencies with designers • Experience integrating REST APIs and handling auth, loading, empty, and error states well • Experience with at least one of Vitest, Jest, or Playwright • Familiarity with coding agents and practical judgment about when they are useful • Clear written communication with designers, backend engineers, and product • Radix UI or a shadcn-style component system is a bonus • TanStack Query, React Router, or Next.js is a bonus • Experience integrating coding tools with a design system or component library, including Figma-to-code workflows, design tokens, or Storybook documentation is a bonus • Must be authorized to work in the United States • Education level is collected in the application form, but no minimum educational credential is required in the posting

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (100% employer-paid for employees) • Unlimited PTO with encouragement to actually use it • Paid holidays • Work from anywhere in the US • Annual learning stipend • Access to top conferences • Direct mentorship from experienced founders • Competitive equity package with clear growth potential as we scale • Budget for the best equipment and software • High-trust, low-ego environment focused on impact, transparency, and work-life balance • Occasional team offsites

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