Software Engineer, Front-End

Salient•San Francisco, CA

2d•$180,000 - $250,000•Onsite

About The Position

Salient builds AI agents for regulated financial services. Our agents automate loan servicing, compliance, collections, recovery, insurance claims, and disputes for banks, captives, and specialty lenders. We are backed by a16z and Y Combinator, with $75M raised in Series A funding. We have achieved 8-figure ARR in under 4 years, are already serving over 20% of the auto lending industry, and process millions of real customer calls and transactions daily. We are fully deployed with major financial institutions. We are actively expanding into new financial services segments and are cash flow positive. We have an in-person office culture in San Francisco, CA. We are fully integrated with our customers, own the full stack, and are moving fast to bring modern AI into regulated industries where precision, reliability, and performance matter most. We're looking for a Software Engineer for our Front-End to build powerful, intuitive interfaces that help users navigate and act on complex data. You’ll work closely with product, design, and AI teams to craft elegant UIs, define frontend architecture, and ship features that directly improve the user experience at scale. You’ll be an early and visible member of a small, fast-moving engineering team - owning end-to-end features, contributing to UI strategy, and helping shape the future of our product as we scale beyond voice.

Requirements

4+ years of experience building production front-end applications
Strong proficiency in React, TypeScript, modern JavaScript, and front-end tooling
Deep understanding of responsive design, browser performance, and accessibility
Experience with data visualization libraries (e.g., Chart.js, D3, etc.)
Customer-obsessed mindset - you actively engage with users, understand their workflows, and translate their pain points into product improvements
Strong sense of ownership and bias for action - you move quickly, make pragmatic trade-offs, and care deeply about delivering value to real customers
Thrives in an environment where product feedback comes directly from production users and enterprise partners
Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
Located in (or willing to relocate to) San Francisco

Responsibilities

Design and implement responsive, performant user interfaces using React + TypeScript
Translate complex workflows into simple, usable product experiences
Collaborate across product, design, and AI teams to build and iterate quickly
Help define frontend architecture and build reusable UI components
Build data visualizations that make financial data clear and actionable
Work closely with backend engineers to integrate APIs and services
Ship clean, testable, maintainable code on a rapid release cycle
Advocate for the user in product and engineering discussions