Cresta

Senior Frontend Software Engineer (AI Receptionist)

Cresta$125K — $150K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Canada
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering with an emphasis on frontend development.
  • Expert in React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
  • Proven experience in building user-friendly, production-scale web applications.
  • Strong grasp of frontend architecture, component design, and state management.
  • Experience with integrating backend services via REST APIs, GraphQL, and WebSockets.
  • Familiarity with frontend tools like Vite, Webpack, and testing frameworks.
  • Proficient in application performance optimization and debugging practices.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with teams to define new AI capabilities for the product.
  • Design and build interactive web applications using React and TypeScript.
  • Create user experiences for configuring and managing AI services.
  • Develop reusable UI components and enhance frontend infrastructure.
  • Integrate with backend services using various technologies and protocols.
  • Work with AI and ML teams to leverage LLM capabilities in applications.
  • Optimize the performance and reliability of applications across deployments.
  • Lead frontend architecture decisions and drive best engineering practices.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and families.
  • Paid parental leave to support family needs.
  • Monthly Health & Wellness allowance for employee wellbeing.
  • Home office stipend to facilitate remote work success.
  • Lunch reimbursement for employees working in-office.
  • Three weeks of paid time off (PTO) for employees in Canada.
Full Job Description
About the Role

Cresta AI Receptionist is redefining how businesses engage with customers by delivering natural, intelligent, and reliable AI-powered voice experiences. Our AI Receptionist answers calls, understands customer intent, completes tasks, schedules appointments, routes conversations, and seamlessly hands off to human agents when needed.

As a Senior Software Engineer, Frontend, you'll help build the web applications that power the AI Receptionist experience for enterprise customers. You'll work closely with Product, Design, AI/ML, and Platform teams to create intuitive interfaces for configuring AI agents, managing deployments, monitoring live conversations, analyzing performance, and continuously improving customer experiences.

You'll have the opportunity to solve challenging frontend engineering problems while helping shape the future of conversational AI and voice automation.
What You'll Do
  • Partner with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to define and deliver new AI Receptionist capabilities.
  • Design and build modern, responsive, and highly interactive web applications using React and TypeScript.
  • Create intuitive user experiences for configuring conversational AI, managing knowledge sources, testing AI behavior, and deploying voice agents.
  • Build reusable UI components and frontend infrastructure that improve consistency, scalability, and engineering velocity.
  • Integrate frontend applications with backend services using REST APIs, WebSockets, and real-time streaming technologies.
  • Collaborate closely with AI and ML engineers to surface LLM-powered capabilities through intuitive user experiences.
  • Optimize application performance, accessibility, reliability, and responsiveness across enterprise-scale deployments.
  • Drive frontend architecture decisions and establish engineering best practices.
  • Improve developer productivity through testing, CI/CD, observability, monitoring, and automation.
  • Mentor engineers through technical leadership, design reviews, and collaborative problem solving.
What We're Looking For
  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong focus on frontend development.
  • Deep expertise with modern frontend technologies including React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
  • Experience building complex, production-scale web applications with exceptional user experiences.
  • Strong understanding of frontend architecture, component design, state management, and modern build systems.
  • Experience integrating with backend services using REST APIs, GraphQL, WebSockets, or streaming protocols.
  • Familiarity with frontend tooling including Vite, Webpack, Node.js, and modern testing frameworks.
  • Strong understanding of application performance optimization, observability, and debugging.
  • Experience collaborating closely with Product and Design teams to build polished enterprise applications.
  • Ability to influence technical direction while contributing high-quality production code.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Nice to Have
  • Experience building AI-powered or Generative AI applications.
  • Experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs) and AI agent platforms.
  • Experience building products for conversational AI, voice technology, or contact center software.
  • Experience with real-time communication technologies.
  • Experience with Go or other backend technologies.
  • Experience building cloud-native distributed systems.


Perks & Benefits:
  • We offer Cresta employees a variety of medical, dental, and vision plans, designed to fit you and your family's needs
  • Paid parental leave to support you and your family
  • Monthly Health & Wellness allowance
  • Work from home office stipend to help you succeed in a remote environment
  • Lunch reimbursement for in-office employees
  • PTO: 3 weeks in Canada

Compensation for this position includes a base salary, equity, and a variety of benefits. Actual base salaries will be based on candidate-specific factors, including experience, skillset, and location, and local minimum pay requirements as applicable. We are actively hiring for this role in the US and Canada. Your recruiter can provide further details.

About Cresta

Cresta is a London-based technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence for the insurance industry. The company was founded in 2017 and provides AI-powered solutions for underwriting, claims, and customer service. Cresta's platform uses machine learning algorithms to analyze data and provide insights to insurers. The company has partnerships with several insurance companies including MetLife and Swiss Re. Cresta has received funding from a number of investors including Greycroft, Deepcore, and Wemind.
Learn more about Cresta
Size
50 employees
Industry
Founded
2017
5 Year Trend
+80%
Revenue
$10 million
NASDAQ

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