Senior Front-End Engineer

Summary

Join Istari Digital, a digital engineering software company, as a Senior Front-end Engineer and be a key contributor to our platform frontend, building functional, performant, beautifully designed, and usable interfaces. Collaborate with customers, partner teams, and engineering managers to gather requirements and build impactful features. Work closely with the Head of Design and other engineers to implement UI components and ensure consistent UX. Maintain high engineering standards for performance, security, maintainability, and velocity. Contribute to team-wide engineering practices, mentoring peers, reviewing code, and evolving our frontend architecture. This role requires strong proficiency in React, TypeScript, and modern frontend tooling, experience with REST APIs, and a strong product mindset. We offer competitive compensation and a remote-first work environment with regular in-person gatherings for collaboration and team building.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in React , TypeScript , and modern frontend tooling (we use Vite , Vitest , and Tailwind CSS )
• Experience working with REST APIs to power dynamic frontend applications
• Comfort using Figma and partnering with designers to implement component libraries and responsive layouts
• A strong product mindset — you care not just about how things work, but how they feel to the user
• Demonstrated ability to independently own and deliver frontend features in a production setting
• Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD without experience

Responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of frontend feature delivery — from shaping and spec’ing to design, implementation, testing, and release
• Collaborate with customers, partner teams, and engineering managers to gather requirements and build impactful features
• Work closely with our Head of Design and other engineers to bring user research to life, implement UI components that follow our design schema, and ensure consistent UX across the platform
• Maintain high engineering standards for performance, security, maintainability, and velocity across the frontend codebase
• Contribute to team-wide engineering practices, mentoring peers, reviewing code, and evolving our frontend architecture

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with backend technologies like Python , or deployment tooling such as Docker , Kubernetes , and Helm
• Experience working on developer tools , mechanical engineering platforms , or high-security applications (e.g., in aerospace or defense )
• Familiarity with documentation sites like Docusaurus or low-code tools like Webflow

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Employee Premiums are 100% Company Paid
• Life Insurance
• Flexible Work Hours
• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO) with federal government holidays
• Competitive Compensation
• 401k
• Company Stock Options
• Home Office Setup Budget
• Reimbursement for approved trainings and subscriptions
• Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)