Role: Senior Frontend Engineer (UI/UX + AI-Assisted Development)
Industry: HR Tech / Enterprise SaaS
Salary: $150K–$180K + annual profit sharing
Full-time, Permanent Role

What They Do:
Our client is a profitable, 20+ year-old SaaS company entering a major modernization phase. They are rebuilding their entire platform—migrating from a legacy front end to a fully redesigned, component-driven UI powered by a new design system, modern JavaScript frameworks, and AI-assisted development workflows. With major customers ready to adopt upcoming features, they are effectively operating in “startup mode” with the stability of an established business.

The Role:
They are hiring their first dedicated frontend engineer to own the rebuild of the company’s UI/UX from the ground up. You’ll implement a newly completed design system (delivered in Figma), work closely with engineering leadership to define architecture and patterns, and leverage AI tools that generate ~80% of the baseline React code. Your job is to guide them, correct them, and establish frontend excellence that the team can scale on for years.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Building the new UI from completed Figma files using React + TypeScript

• Defining the frontend architecture, component patterns, file structure, and naming conventions

• Partnering with backend engineers to design clean, reusable API contracts

• Using AI-assisted tools for code generation, paired programming, & workflow acceleration

• Ensuring the generated code is correct, maintainable, and does not “hallucinate”

• Contributing UX insight and helping unify the look and feel across multiple product areas

• Supporting long-term modernization: current front end ? next-gen system (2024) ? backend rebuild (2027)

About You:

• 5+ years of professional frontend experience (senior-level)

• Strong experience in modern JavaScript/TypeScript and component-based frameworks (React)

• Proven ability to translate UI/UX designs into clean, scalable production code

• A strong opinionated sense of architecture, structure, readability, and long-term maintainability

• Experience working with design systems and Figma files

• Ability to explain state management trade-offs, architectural decisions, and API contract design

• Interest or experience in AI-assisted development tools (Copilot, GPT-based codegen, etc.)

• High ownership, energy, and willingness to operate in a fast-moving, startup-like environment

Compensation & Perks:

• $150K–$180K base salary

• Annual profit sharing

• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage

• PTO, paid holidays, and flexible remote work

• Additional stretch-goal bonus opportunities aligned with company OKRs

• Remote-friendly; monthly in-office optional meetup (Austin area)