Workiva, Inc

Senior Software Engineer

Workiva, Inc$111K — $178K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of professional front-end engineering experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React)
  • Experience working with asynchronous data streams and state management
  • Experience building user interfaces for AI/GenAI applications is preferred

Responsibilities

  • Own and implement the front-end architecture for AI-native products
  • Apply scalable patterns for integrating LLM APIs, WebSockets, and Server-Sent Events
  • Contribute high-quality, production-ready code to complex features
  • Balance client-side performance and user experience in feature design
  • Partner closely with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-driven experiences
  • Participate in code reviews and promote frontend best practices
  • Monitor and optimize system performance across front-end surfaces

Benefits

  • Discretionary bonus typically paid annually
  • Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
  • 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package
  • Up to 10% travel for team events and internal company meetings
  • Reliable internet access required for remote work
Full Job Description
As a Senior Front End Engineer, you will be a core member of the AI Experiences and Integrations squad. You'll take ownership of building and maintaining the front-end architecture powering our AI-native product surfaces in TypeScript, ensuring smooth interoperability with Dart. You will be hands-on in developing responsive, streaming chat experiences, agentic workflow interactions, tool calling interfaces, reasoning visualizations, and human-in-the-loop validation layers.

This is a high-visibility role where you will partner deeply with ML Engineers, Product, and Design to help translate complex, non-deterministic machine learning capabilities into client-side experiences that feel fast, intuitive, and trustworthy.

What You'll Do
Technical Execution & Architecture
  • Own and implement the front-end architecture for AI-native product surfaces, including real-time streaming interfaces, agentic workflows, and model-assisted UIs
  • Apply scalable patterns for integrating LLM APIs, WebSockets, and Server-Sent Events (SSE) into high-performance production front-end systems
  • Contribute high-quality, production-ready code to complex feature blocks and help establish robust technical patterns for the immediate team
  • Balance client-side performance, application latency, and user experience considerations during feature design


Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Partner closely with Product, Design, and ML Platform teams to scope, design, and deliver advanced AI-driven user experiences
  • Collaborate with internal frontend engineering guilds to align with broader corporate engineering standards and share localized AI implementation strategies
  • Communicate technical trade-offs, scope constraints, and UI architecture choices clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders


Team Guidance & Quality
  • Support the technical growth of the squad by participating in code reviews and promoting frontend best practices
  • Author technical design documents and implementation plans for new AI features


Operational Excellence
  • Monitor and optimize system performance and user experience metrics across our front-end surface area
  • Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex client-side performance bottlenecks in our distributed frontend and service ecosystem


What You'll Need
Minimum Qualifications
  • 2+ years of professional front-end engineering experience in a production environment
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
  • Strong proficiency in TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React)
  • Practical experience working with asynchronous data streams and state management


Preferred Qualifications
  • Direct experience building user interfaces for AI/GenAI applications (e.g., streaming chat UI, prompt execution layouts, or model output configurations)
  • Solid understanding of browser-side performance profiles related to long-lived connections, server-sent events (SSE), or high-frequency DOM rendering for real-time text streaming
  • Experience building or maintaining interoperability layers between Dart and TypeScript microfrontends
  • Familiarity with client-side AI performance tracking metrics, such as Time to First Token (TTFT) and user-correction rates
  • Experience working in distributed, cloud-based architectures and continuous delivery (CI/CD) agile environments


Working Conditions
  • Up to 10% travel for team events and internal company meetings.
  • Reliable internet access required for remote work


How You'll Be Rewarded
• Salary range in the US: $111,000.00 - $178,000.00
• A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
• Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
• 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package

The salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this job in the US. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience and other relevant factors.

About Workiva, Inc

Workiva Inc. is a global software company headquartered in Ames, Iowa. The company provides cloud-based solutions for connected reporting and compliance, enabling collaboration and data integration for enterprises. Workiva's platform offers a suite of tools for data management, reporting, and compliance, including SOX, SEC, and XBRL reporting. The company's customers include more than 75% of the Fortune 500 and over 2,800 enterprises worldwide. Workiva was founded in 2008 and went public in 2014.
Learn more about Workiva, Inc
Size
2,106 employees
Market Cap
$4.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$48.4 million
Founded
2008
5 Year Trend
+19.9%
Revenue
$351.5 million
NASDAQ

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