Frontend/Full-Stack Engineer

Company Overview

This startup is an AI-powered government sales platform designed to help businesses find, manage, and respond to government contracting opportunities. With government spending accounting for nearly 40% of the U.S. GDP and over $2.2 trillion allocated annually to contracting, the platform lowers the barrier to entry for businesses, much like TurboTax did for taxes. Backed by industry experts and rapidly growing, the company prioritizes talent density over team size and fosters a highly iterative development culture.

Job Summary

As a Frontend/Full-Stack Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in building and optimizing real-time chat interfaces and document editors that leverage large language models (LLMs) over diverse and unstructured data sources. You will work across the stack, primarily focusing on frontend development while contributing to backend features when needed. Your work will directly impact businesses by enabling them to secure and manage government opportunities more efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-performance, real-time chat interfaces.
• Develop and maintain complex document editors using ProseMirror/Tiptap, including custom extensions and collaborative features.
• Architect state management solutions using Zustand to handle complex application state and real-time updates.
• Optimize data fetching and caching strategies using React Query to improve performance.
• Build accessible, responsive UIs with Radix primitives while maintaining a consistent design system.
• Improve frontend performance, including rendering optimizations for large datasets.
• Write clean, maintainable TypeScript code and contribute to frontend best practices.
• Support backend feature development using FastAPI and SQLAlchemy as needed.
• Participate in code reviews, debugging, and troubleshooting to ensure application stability.
• Collaborate with designers, backend engineers, and product managers to enhance user experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and modern React development.
• Hands-on experience with Next.js, including client and server-side rendering strategies.
• Proficiency in state management with Zustand (or similar libraries).
• Strong knowledge of React Query (or similar data-fetching frameworks).
• Experience building accessible UIs using TailwindCSS and component libraries like Radix.
• Familiarity with browser performance optimization techniques.
• Basic understanding of backend development with FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, and PostgreSQL.
• Proficiency with Git and modern frontend build tools.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with ProseMirror and/or Tiptap, especially in building custom extensions.
• Experience developing real-time LLM-based chat applications.
• Knowledge of WebSocket integration in React applications.
• Familiarity with collaborative editing algorithms and operational transformation.
• Experience with server-side rendering (SSR) optimizations in Next.js.
• Expertise in frontend performance monitoring and debugging.
• Advanced knowledge of database design principles and PostgreSQL.

Experience

Open to candidates at all experience levels, including new graduates.

Environment

• In-office role based in Newport/Jersey City, NJ.
• Small, high-talent-density team with a focus on impact over team size.
• Highly iterative and customer-focused development process, involving frequent user feedback loops.
• Open to candidates from non-traditional backgrounds—no emphasis on prestigious schools or pedigrees.

Salary

• Salary: $130K - $200K
• Equity: 0.50% - 2.00%

Growth Opportunities

• Opportunities to advance in a fast-scaling AI-powered SaaS company.

Benefits

• Competitive healthcare benefits and paid time off.
• Fully covered in-person work trial as part of the interview process.