Senior Frontend Engineer - GenAI Agents

Summary

Join Deputy, a global SaaS remote-first workforce management company, as a Senior Frontend Engineer specializing in GenAI Agents. You will leverage your expertise to bring the power of Generative AI directly to our users, driving quality outcomes by combining strategic thinking and problem-solving skills. Collaborate with peers, product, design, and leadership to build AI-powered products and features. Your work will focus on creating intuitive and engaging interfaces for millions of users and businesses. You will design cutting-edge user experiences for AI agents and integrate with their underlying services, impacting the livelihood of millions worldwide. This role offers the opportunity to mentor junior engineers and contribute to architectural decision-making.

Requirements

• You are a skillful engineer with high standards and a passion for quality backed by 5+ years of related work experience, with a demonstrated interest or experience in developing user interfaces for AI or data-intensive applications
• Strategic problem-solver who excels at tackling complex technical challenges and providing innovative solutions that enhance product performance and user experience, especially in designing interactions with intelligent agents
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts, including GenAI agent functionalities and UX considerations, to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and contribute to architectural decision-making
• Experience with mentoring junior and mid-level developers, promoting best practices, and contributing to architectural decisions, particularly regarding frontend patterns for AI integration
• Thrives under high levels of autonomy, takes initiative and ownership, and can navigate ambiguity. Has demonstrated ability to lead projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and drive project progress in a fast-paced environment, with an emphasis on integrating cutting-edge AI technologies
• Passionate about continuous learning, with a deep commitment to staying ahead of industry trends and experimenting with new tools, frameworks, and development practices, especially in Generative AI, LLMs, and agentic systems
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, ensuring seamless integration and deployment workflows that accelerate development cycles and ensure high-quality releases, including for features leveraging AI agent APIs
• Extensive experience implementing responsive designs into software by developing reusable components with JavaScript, HTML and CSS
• In-depth knowledge of CSS and JavaScript libraries/frameworks. We use Vue
• Extensive experience working with various APIs (REST, GraphQL) and a strong understanding of how systems and microservices integrate, with specific practical experience in integrating frontend applications with AI/ML microservices and agent orchestration layers
• Demonstrated understanding of Natural Language Processing (NLP) concepts and how they translate to user interactions
• Proven ability to design and implement intuitive Human-Agent Interaction (HAI) patterns and apply user experience (UX) principles specifically for conversational AI or agent-driven interfaces
• Experience with frontend-centric evaluation and testing strategies for AI features, such as A/B testing agent responses or user feedback loops for AI performance

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and deliver robust frontend software solutions for product features, with a specific focus on integrating and orchestrating interactions with GenAI agents, ensuring high-performance and high-quality systems and applications
• Write simple, efficient, self-documented, modular, high-quality code that follows best practices, specifically considering the unique challenges of frontend interaction with NLP models and agent outputs
• Uphold a high bar of engineering standards and coordinate with Infrastructure and Quality, ensuring the reliable display and interaction with AI-generated content and agent states
• Influence and problem-solve with senior, mid, and junior engineers to deliver high-quality outcomes, particularly in the domain of human-agent interaction design and prompt engineering. This role may not have direct reports, but your leadership and mentorship will drive the squads to successful outcomes
• Mentor and guide more junior engineers in an impactful and meaningful way, particularly in best practices for designing and developing user interfaces for AI-driven features
• Actively participate in prompt engineering discussions, contributing a frontend perspective on how prompts can be structured to optimize user experience and agent responsiveness
• Develop and implement strategies for displaying, interpreting, and managing NLP outputs from GenAI agents to create clear and actionable user experiences
• Contribute to defining frontend-specific evaluation and testing methodologies for agent interactions, ensuring the user experience is fluid, predictable, and delightful

Benefits

• Ownership in the company via Share Options
• Paternity/Maternity Leave Policies
• Flexible Remote-First Work Policy
• Company wide Development & Coaching
• Hackathons
• Awards - "Your Time to Shine & Celebrate Success"
• Social Events & variety of social clubs (Books, LGBT, Games, Sports)
• Mental Health Support
• Munch & Learns