Sr. Front-End Engineer

Standard Template Labs • New York City, NY

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About The Position

Standard Template Labs is a stealth-mode, AI-native startup reimagining the future of IT Service and Configuration Management. Backed by leading investors, we're leveraging AI, graph-based architecture, and exceptional design to transform how enterprises manage and engage with their technology ecosystems. The Role We are seeking a Senior Front-End Engineer (AI-First) to join our small but growing engineering team. In this role, you’ll own and shape the user-facing product end to end : designing and building polished, high-performance interfaces, setting front-end technical direction, and leveraging AI-driven tools to accelerate development. You’ll partner closely with Product, Design, and Backend Engineering to turn complex enterprise workflows into intuitive, scalable front-end experiences. This is a hands-on senior role with real ownership - ideal for someone who enjoys building, mentoring through example, and raising the bar for front-end quality across the product.

Requirements

• Several years of professional front-end engineering experience (or equivalent), with deep hands-on experience building production applications using modern JavaScript / TypeScript frameworks (e.g. React, Next.js).
• Strong mastery of HTML, CSS , and modern styling approaches (CSS-in-JS, design tokens, component-based styling), with a deep understanding of browser behavior, layout, and performance.
• Proven experience owning and evolving complex front-end systems , not just implementing features.
• Experience integrating with backend APIs (REST / GraphQL / streaming APIs) and collaborating closely with backend teams on system design.
• Experience building or supporting realtime, streaming, or AI-driven UI components .
• Strong product and UX instincts - comfortable working with designers and product managers to refine flows, interactions, and edge cases.
• High standards for code quality and maintainability; experience with testing strategies, CI/CD workflows, and version control (Git).
• Strong interest in - and comfort with - AI-augmented engineering workflows , using AI tools to accelerate development without sacrificing correctness or quality.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building conversational or chat-based interfaces , including managing complex client-side state, streaming responses, and dynamic message flows (e.g. ChatGPT-style UIs).
• Prior ownership of a design system or shared component library used by multiple engineers or teams.
• Deep experience with TypeScript in large-scale front-end codebases.
• Strong background in performance optimization, accessibility (a11y), and cross-browser support at scale.
• Experience working in a fast-moving startup or AI-native product environment.
• Strong communication skills - able to clearly articulate UI constraints, technical trade-offs, and architectural decisions to cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities

• Own the front-end architecture for core product surfaces, making thoughtful decisions around state management, data fetching, performance, and scalability.
• Build responsive, accessible, and high-performance UIs using modern front-end technologies (e.g. React, Next.js, TypeScript).
• Design, develop, and evolve a shared component library / design system, ensuring consistency, usability, and maintainability as the product grows.
• Collaborate closely with backend engineers to define API contracts (REST / SSE / GraphQL) and ensure smooth, efficient data flow between frontend and backend.
• Build AI-first, realtime user experiences, including streaming and interactive components that respond dynamically to backend and model outputs.
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools (code generation, refactoring, testing, linting, review) as a core part of your workflow to increase velocity while maintaining high code quality.
• Partner deeply with Product and Design to translate UX concepts and wireframes into production-ready features, proactively identifying edge cases, trade-offs, and implementation risks.
• Drive performance, accessibility, and quality across the front-end stack (load times, responsiveness, cross-browser support, a11y).
• Set and uphold high engineering standards: write clean, testable code; lead by example in code reviews; help define front-end best practices and patterns.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed