# Frontend Software Engineer

**Company:** [Outset](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/outset)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Frontend Engineering
**Salary:** $160k – $300k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Next.js, REST APIs, GraphQL, ui/ux, webrtc
**Posted:** 2026-07-27

> Build and optimize intuitive frontend interfaces for Outset's AI-powered user interview platform using React and Next.js. Lead projects end-to-end, integrate with APIs, and directly gather user feedback to improve UI/UX. Requires 3+ years frontend engineering experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with the CTO and CEO on strategic technical decisions and product direction.
- Design, develop, and optimize intuitive, user-friendly frontend interfaces using React and Next.js.
- Build robust and responsive components that seamlessly integrate with backend services and APIs.
- Enhance user experiences through real-time data visualization and interaction.
- Lead frontend projects from initial conception through production deployment, ensuring scalability, responsiveness, and reliability.
- Interface directly with users to gather feedback, understand pain points, and continuously improve our product's UI/UX.

## Qualifications
- 3+ years of software engineering experience building production-grade frontend systems.
- Strong proficiency with JavaScript/TypeScript, React, and Next.js.
- Experience building scalable, responsive web applications.
- Familiarity integrating frontend applications with RESTful or GraphQL APIs.
- Strong understanding of UI/UX principles and best practices.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Familiarity with real-time data visualization, WebRTC, or frontend performance optimization.

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