Software Engineer (Frontend)
Confidential Client is seeking a Frontend Software Engineer to design and build intuitive, high-performance web and mobile interfaces for their AI-driven physical safety platform. The role involves owning major parts of the customer experience, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, and shaping frontend architecture to deliver real-time operational software that supports critical decision-making in safety environments. This position offers significant ownership and impact on both product and engineering culture in an on-site, full-time capacity.
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About the Role
Confidential Client is hiring a Software Engineer (Frontend) to help define and build customer-facing safety and operational products. This full-time, in-office role is located in New York, NY. You'll work across web and mobile experiences to deliver polished, high-performance interfaces that help organizations understand and respond to events in real time.
What You’ll Do
As a Frontend Engineer you will:
- Build and own major parts of the web and mobile product surface from architecture through production.
- Design interfaces that make operational workflows intuitive, reliable, and fast under pressure.
- Translate ambitious designs into production-quality React/TypeScript components and systems.
- Collaborate with backend, infrastructure, ML, hardware, and design teams to launch new capabilities.
- Implement real-time experiences (maps, live video, alerts, incidents, communications, automation).
- Shape frontend architecture, component libraries, performance standards, and best practices.
- Set the quality bar and mentor peers as the team grows.
- Talk directly with customers and incorporate field feedback into product decisions.
Qualifications
You’re a strong fit if you have:
- 2+ years building modern web applications and user-facing products.
- Strong experience with React and TypeScript and modern frontend patterns.
- A track record of shipping polished products with attention to performance and usability.
- Experience owning large frontend systems (not just isolated features).
- Strong product intuition and ability to make thoughtful tradeoffs independently.
- Experience working closely with designers and implementing detailed UI interactions.
- Familiarity with real-time systems, data visualization, mapping, or operational software is a plus.
- Experience with React Native or mobile app development is a plus.
- Strong written and verbal communication and comfort engaging with customers when needed.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range: $130,000 – $225,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.
- Actual compensation will depend on experience, skills, and other job-related factors.
- Confidential Client offers equity and benefits; details will be provided during the interview process.
A note before you apply
Research shows women and people from underrepresented groups apply less often unless they meet every listed qualification. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, please apply — you may be exactly who we’re looking for.
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