# Software Engineer, Frontend

**Company:** [Tessera Labs](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/tessera-labs)
**Location:** San Jose, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Frontend Engineering
**Salary:** $200k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tanstack Start, Data Visualization, Websocket, SSO, Custom Hooks, Memoization, Virtualization
**Posted:** 2026-04-08

> Builds sophisticated UI components, interactive dashboards, and data visualizations for AI-driven enterprise workflows. Requires 3-5 years in frontend development with expertise in TypeScript, modern React ecosystem, and performance optimization.

## Job Description

## Key Responsibilities
- **Rapid Feature Development & Deployment**
  - Build sophisticated data visualization interfaces, workflow management UIs, and real-time dashboards.
  - Design and maintain scalable component libraries with consistent design patterns.
  - Implement complex client-side state with optimistic updates and real-time synchronization.
  - Create intuitive UIs for AI model interactions, data pipeline management, and enterprise system integrations.
  - Optimize for speed, usability, and performance without compromising quality.

- **Performance Optimization & Scalability**
  - Continuously identify and fix performance bottlenecks in frontend systems.

- **Startup Mindset: Autonomy & Execution Speed**
  - Take initiative—identify problems and build solutions without waiting for direction.
  - Make trade-offs between speed and long-term maintainability based on business needs.
  - Work in a high-ownership environment, making architectural and UI design decisions as needed.
  - Quickly adapt to changing priorities, tight deadlines, and startup pivots.

## Required Qualifications
- 3–5 years of Frontend development with advanced patterns (custom hooks, complex state management, performance optimization, client/server-side separation).
- Expertise in TypeScript (complex generics, utility types, strict typing in production applications).
- Strong experience with the modern React ecosystem (SSR -- TanStack Start, NextJS, data fetching and global state management libraries).
- Proven track record in enterprise UI development (component libraries, design systems, accessibility standards).
- Performance optimization skills (memoization strategies, render optimization, virtualization).
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to execute quickly with minimal guidance.
- Experience working in agile, fast-paced startup teams.

## Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with data visualization (charts, graphs, interactive dashboards).
- Real-time UI patterns (WebSocket integration, live updates, optimistic UI).
- Enterprise authentication (SSO, role-based access control, session management).
- Experience integrating AI/ML models into production applications.
- Familiarity with building developer-facing tools (code editor integrations, syntax highlighting, diff viewers).

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