Senior Frontend Engineer (Founding Team)

Description

Job Summary: We are looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer with a \ Key Highlights: 1. True autonomy to make decisions and directly impact the product 2. Lead frontend standards for the company and engineering team 3. Develop Chat UI and Dashboard with a focus on UX, performance, and quality **Why Join Us?** This is an opportunity to exercise true autonomy in decision-making and delivery (0 to 1/1 to N), with direct impact on the product. You will have a broad scope of responsibility (Chat UI \+ Dashboard) and the chance to lead frontend standards across the company. **About the Role:** We are seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to become one of the founding members of our engineering team. You will hold full ownership over the development and evolution of our Chat UI and platform Dashboard, ensuring optimal performance, user experience (UX), quality, and production reliability. If you are passionate about building intuitive and robust interfaces from scratch, this is the right opportunity for you. **Who We’re Looking For** Owner mindset: Someone who is hands-on and possesses a strong sense of ownership, along with the energy and commitment required to thrive in a startup environment. Quality vs. speed: You balance delivery speed with uncompromising technical rigor, recognizing that high-quality code is essential for long-term success. Proactivity: You take initiative to identify what needs to be done and execute without requiring constant direction. Clear communication: You are an excellent collaborator, capable of articulating your ideas concisely and consistently delivering more than promised. **What You’ll Do:** Lead the development of our Chat UI, focused on delivering a user experience with maximum impact. Evolve the existing Dashboard by improving navigation, data visualization (tables and insights), and various application states (loading, empty, error). Design and build reusable and accessible components, manage asynchronous states, and optimize data fetching for peak performance. Define frontend team quality standards by implementing tests, monitoring, and observability. Collaborate with product and backend teams to define the roadmap and make strategic technical decisions. Requirements: **Next.js, React, and TypeScript**: Proven expertise and production experience with these technologies. **Performance and Accessibility:** Solid experience optimizing performance, handling asynchronous states, and building accessible interfaces. **Code Quality:** Knowledge of testing (unit and E2E), version control, and CI/CD. **AI for Developers:** Daily use of AI-powered coding tools such as Cursor or Claude Code. **Nice-to-Haves:** Prior experience building interfaces for the travel industry (flights, hotels, etc.), with solid understanding of user journeys in those contexts. Familiarity with Design Systems (Storybook) or frameworks such as Radix/shadcn and Tailwind or CSS\-in\-JS. Experience integrating analytics/telemetry tools and feature flags. Knowledge of Node/Edge and APIs for end\-to\-end (full\-stack) collaboration. **Bonus:** Experience with MCP/advanced tooling, DX (Developer Experience) automation, or sophisticated linting/CI setups. Knowledge of data visualization (data\-viz), list virtualization, and hardcore bundle optimizations.