# Software Engineer - Product

**Company:** [Julius](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/julius)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Frontend Engineering
**Salary:** $150k – $200k/yr
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** React, Next.js, Tailwind, component architecture, state management, streaming uis, performance profiling, Relational Databases, Caching, background jobs, Authentication, LLMs
**Posted:** 2026-08-06

> Build intuitive, performant interfaces for an AI application used by millions, spanning tool use, code generation, execution, and file management. The role requires 3+ years with React, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS plus experience scaling applications and backend systems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build products that bring AI capabilities to millions of people.
- Design and implement intuitive, responsive, and performant user interfaces.
- Build experiences involving tool use, multi-step reasoning, code generation, code execution, file management, and secrets management.
- Optimize application performance and ensure cross-browser compatibility.
- Scale applications and backend systems.

## Requirements
- 3+ years of experience with React, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS.
- Strong understanding of frontend primitives, including component architecture, state management, streaming UIs, and performance profiling.
- Experience with relational databases, caching, background jobs, and authentication.
- Examples of live projects or products built.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience building an AI side project.
- Interest in prompting and experimenting with large language models.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive base salary and meaningful equity.
- Health and dental insurance.
- Gym reimbursement.
- Daily team meals.
- Commuter benefits.

## Interview Process
- Introductory screening.
- Short paid work trial lasting 2–3 days, involving ownership and delivery of a project in Julius.

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