Frontend Developer

Simply Bail; Boston; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech-driven company in the bail bond industry is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to enhance user experience through high-quality React components. You'll collaborate across teams to build scalable applications that make significant impacts in critical life events for users. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience, with a strong focus on React, JavaScript, and performance optimization, contributing to a dynamic startup environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional frontend development experience.
• Deep expertise in React and JavaScript required.
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain high-quality, reusable React components.
• Integrate with GraphQL and REST APIs to power data-driven interfaces.
• Mentor junior developers and uphold frontend best practices.

Skills

React

JavaScript

GraphQL

RESTful APIs

Component Design

State Management

Performance Optimization

Tools

Node.js

PostgreSQL

Vite

Webpack

Tailwind

Job description

Company Overview

Simply Bail is revolutionizing the bail bond industry with our mission to "Get People Back to Life." We are building the Salesforce for the bail ecosystem — a comprehensive end-to-end CRM and fintech platform that serves bail agencies, insurance companies, and bond agents. Our platform provides powerful tools to manage personalized customer experiences, helping people get their loved ones out of jail faster and more securely.

Through our modern, technology-enabled platform, we're transforming a broken criminal justice system by streamlining transaction processing, automating complex legal workflows, ensuring compliance, and delivering actionable data insights. Our solution empowers professionals across the entire bail ecosystem to work more efficiently while making a meaningful impact on people's lives.

About the Role

We're looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer who can take ownership of our user experience and build polished, scalable components that power real-time, data-rich applications. You’ll work closely with product, ux, and backend teams to deliver a modern frontend architecture that supports everything from digital paperwork to messaging, agent tools, and billing workflows.

If you’re passionate about clean code, component architecture, and building software that helps people during critical life moments, we’d love to talk.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain high-quality, reusable React components
• Lead frontend efforts for key initiatives across workflows, dashboards, and AI-powered tools
• Work with existing design and component libraries to bring complex user interactions to life
• Integrate with GraphQL and REST APIs to power data-driven interfaces
• Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver fast, secure, and accessible user experiences
• Improve application performance, reliability, and frontend architecture
• Mentor junior developers and uphold frontend best practices

Must Haves

• 5+ years of professional frontend development experience
• Deep expertise in React and JavaScript
• Experience with GraphQL or RESTful APIs
• Strong understanding of component design, state management, and performance optimization
• Experience working in modern frontend environments (e.g., Vite, Webpack, Tailwind, etc.)
• A product mindset — care about the user experience as much as the technical details
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, startup environment

Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, Ant Design
• Backend: Node.js, GraphQL (Yoga), PostgreSQL
• Infrastructure: AWS (Lambda, S3, CloudWatch), Serverless Framework
• AI: OpenAI, Claude
• Tooling: GitHub, Figma

Nice to Haves

• Familiarity with Node.js, Next.js development
• Experience building or integrating AI-powered features (e.g., chat interfaces)
• Design system or UI library contributions
• Experience working with regulated or compliance-heavy industries