Senior Frontend Engineer

Farsight

$150K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of non-internship software engineering experience
  • Strong proficiency in React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript
  • Experience building production-grade, scalable web applications
  • A sharp eye for clean, functional UI
  • Experience working in unstructured environments with project autonomy
  • Strong communicator who collaborates effectively
  • Positive attitude and passion for building great products

Responsibilities

  • Design and build user interfaces for AI-driven financial applications
  • Transform powerful outputs into intuitive product experiences
  • Rapidly iterate on customer-facing features based on feedback
  • Maintain high standards for clean and efficient code
  • Manage project scope from long-term infrastructure to quick updates
  • Collaborate closely with customers for direct feedback incorporation

Benefits

  • Meaningful equity at Series A
Full Job Description
The Role

Farsight operates at the cutting edge of AI to deliver human-like work within some of the world's largest and most critical financial organizations. As a Frontend Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and building the interfaces through which our users experience that work. You'll be turning powerful agentic outputs into seamless, intuitive product experiences for investment banking, private equity, and more!

You will work directly at the interface between customer and product, moving quickly to address real feedback while upholding our standard of clean, efficient, and ready-for-change software. The scope of your projects will range from longer-term platform investments to rapid iteration on customer-facing features. Each one will be crucial to our company's success.

Desired Qualifications
  • 4+ years of non-internship software engineering experience
  • Strong proficiency in React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript
  • Experience building production-grade, scalable web applications
  • A sharp eye for clean, functional UI. You care deeply about how things feel, not just how they work
  • Experience working in unstructured environments where you took full autonomy of projects from conception to deployment
  • Intrinsically motivated and self-critical, with the ability to move fast on a lean team
  • Strong communicator who collaborates effectively across a growing team
  • Positive, fun attitude and a genuine passion for building great products

Above and Beyond Qualifications
  • Previous experience at an early-stage startup or big tech
  • Experience building interfaces for AI or data-heavy products
  • Familiarity with financial services workflows or client environments
  • Experience interacting directly with customers and incorporating their feedback into product decisions
  • Comfort with backend or infrastructure work. We all wear many hats

Compensation
  • Base salary: $150,000 - $180,000
  • Meaningful equity at Series A

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