Junior Frontend Engineer

About the company

Our client is a software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Build user interfaces for a business software product while working closely with senior engineers and designers early in your career. You will ship frontend features, learn established team practices and refine the interface based on feedback so it feels polished and responsive.

What you'll do

- Build production interface components and features that connect to backend APIs.

- Contribute to shared component libraries and established UI patterns.

- Turn designers' mockups into working interfaces and weigh technical limits against user experience with backend engineers.

- Speed up prototyping and delivery by putting AI-assisted development tools to work in your daily process.

- Receive code review and mentorship from senior engineers.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- Working knowledge of React and TypeScript, shown through real projects, ideally with Tailwind or a similar styling library.

- Solid frontend fundamentals and a sharp eye for design, including noticing animation jank, layout shift and off colors.

- Hands-on familiarity with AI programming assistants in everyday development work.

- A degree from a top program or clear signs of excellence, such as patents, conference talks, a strong GitHub profile, Olympiad results or standout hackathon wins.

- Based in San Francisco or willing to relocate there, working from the office.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 140,000 to 205,000 per year

- Health, dental and vision coverage

- Paid parental leave

- Retirement plan

- Commuter benefits

Location and work model

- San Francisco, CA, United States

- Hybrid, with Wednesday as a flexible work-from-home day

- Full-time