Senior Frontend Engineer

Location: New York City or Salt Lake City

Working Time: Full-Time

Department: Engineering

Who Are We?

• Our Mission: Make government more accessible to connect and empower. We're building an AI platform that helps businesses and individuals make sense of messy government & court data. Executive orders, news shifts, regulations, legislation, cases - we’re making sense of it all.
• Why: Corporations, law firms, non-profits, and individuals alike are still using spreadsheets and archaic government websites to understand how public policy impacts their industry. They deserve a 21st century tool that streamlines how we make sense of governing bodies, and enables a more transparent and accessible advocacy process.
• Investors: $9M raised from Bonfire Ventures, Communitas (frmr CEO @Thomson Reuters), Tom Spengler (CEO @Granicus), WndrCo, Nick Allen (Founding Product Designer at Snapchat), and Hon. Tony Coelho (Former Congressman, US House Majority Whip, & Primary Sponsor of American Disabilities Act).
• Customers: Include Fortune 500 Companies, AM Law 100 Global Law Firms, and Government Organizations.
• Team: Passionate and hungry (both literally and figuratively), looking to build cool stuff to benefit everyone!
• Where: HQ in NYC w/ a hub in Salt Lake City.
• Remote-First: Includes access to our office in NYC and Salt Lake City.

Role

We’re looking for a frontend engineer who can architect, build, and refine how users experience the Abstract platform. You’ll own the frontend end-to-end: building new features, integrating with our Python-based chat and data APIs, shaping our design system, and helping define what great AI-assisted UX feels like in practice.

You’ll report directly to the CTO and work alongside a small team of backend and AI engineers. You’ll have autonomy to make technical and product decisions that influence how enterprises interact with legislative and regulatory data — from real-time AI chat to dashboards and search interfaces.

Our stack includes a Next.js frontend built with TypeScript, Tailwind, shadcn/ui, and Prisma, integrating with a Python-based chat API. You should be comfortable working across the frontend architecture, writing efficient queries when needed, and unafraid to touch backend code when it helps move the product forward.

In this role, you’ll own all things frontend: component structure, state management, performance, and design implementation. Over time, you’ll help evolve the frontend into a polished, scalable system that balances speed, maintainability, and delight.

No heroes, just thoughtful engineers who care about the craft, the user, and the mission. You bring strong ideas, defend them well, and move toward what’s right for the customer. You communicate proactively and work comfortably with and without AI assistance.

Your Background

• Experience: 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including several years before the rise of AI-assisted tooling. You’ve seen a few production systems live long enough to gather scars.
• Frontend Expertise: Deep experience building modern web applications with React, Next.js, and Tailwind. You care about clean architecture, performant rendering, and reusable components.
• APIs & Data: Skilled at integrating complex APIs and handling real-world data flows. Bonus if you’ve touched Prisma or written efficient queries yourself.
• AI Fluency: Comfortable building around AI systems — streaming model responses, structured JSON outputs, or integrating model-driven UI features. You use AI coding tools daily but still know how to reason from first principles.
• Collaboration: Proactive communicator who values clear decisions, async documentation, and cross-functional context.
• Low Ego, High Ownership: You bring ideas to the table, argue them well, and move toward the right answer for the user, not for your pride.
• Tooling: Strong understanding of Git and modern dev tooling and workflows.
• Learning Mindset: Curious about the intersection of AI, policy, and enterprise software. You like turning complex systems into simple, usable experiences.

Bonus Points

• You’ve shipped or scaled a SaaS product with real users and revenue.
• Experience building or integrating AI-driven products (chat interfaces, embeddings, model APIs).
• Background in legal tech, govtech, or other data-heavy enterprise products.
• Previous experience as an early engineer at a startup.
• You care deeply about code quality and the customer’s experience, not just one or the other.

Compensation

• $175,000 - $220,000 Annual Salary
• Compelling Equity

‍Perks and Benefits

‍Autonomy 🚀

• Full autonomy in a high-growth startup.
• Work with a small, tight-knit team, passionate about making government more transparent and accessible via thoughtful design that is relied on by countless organizations for their daily work.

Generous Time Off 🏝

• Unlimited PTO & Sick Leave
• Paid Federal Holidays + Election Day 🇺🇲

Benefits🎁

Health Insurance

• Anthem Blue Cross Platinum PPO 15/40/10%
• Anthem Blue Cross Gold PPO 30/500/20%
• Anthem Blue Cross Silver PPO 45/1750/40%
• Anthem Blue Cross Bronze PPO 4600/50%

Dental Insurance:

• Guardian 2500 with Adult & Child Ortho‍

Vision Insurance:

• Guardian 10/20/150

Life Insurance:

• $100,000 Life

401(k) with a Company Match

• Our plan provides you an opportunity to defer compensation for your long-term savings (Pre-tax and Roth).
• We will match up to 3.5% of your total eligible compensation.

💡 Interested? Apply here*

At Abstract, we're cognizant of systemic issues in our industry that have created inequalities in opportunity for many communities. We acknowledge the fact that women and underrepresented minorities are hesitant to apply for a role they feel they don't check all the boxes for. Even if you don't check all the boxes in this posting, we highly encourage you to apply anyway! It would be our pleasure to get to know you and see if you're a fit for any of our teams.

We're an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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