Frontend Engineer, Healthcare UX + Next.js (Equity)

General Medicine Inc.; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

General Medicine is seeking a frontend engineer to own major surfaces of our Next.js web app — from search and scheduling to provider profiles and checkout — and obsess over every detail of the patient experience.

You’ll collaborate with design, optimize performance, ensure accessibility, and work across the stack with Rails and Postgres, in a hybrid role based in Boston or SF with a 3–5 day in-office cadence. Base compensation is 150–225k annually plus equity.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building production web applications with React.
• Strong proficiency in TypeScript and modern React patterns (server components, hooks, data fetching).
• Experience with Next.js or a similar framework (routing, SSR/SSG, API routes, caching).
• A strong eye for UI quality — you notice when padding is off by 4px and it bothers you
• Experience with frontend performance optimization, accessibility, and cross‑browser compatibility
• Comfort working with RESTful APIs and understanding backend data models
• Familiarity with modern backend frameworks is a plus — we use Ruby on Rails and Postgres

Responsibilities

• Own major surfaces of our Next.js application — from search and scheduling to provider profiles and checkout.
• Nail interactions and micro-details, and make pragmatic frontend architecture decisions — component patterns, state management, data fetching strategies.
• Collaborate with design to ensure a delightful patient experience.
• Work across the stack when needed to deliver end-to-end features.
• Support engineering velocity with quality and clarity in product requirements and QA.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Next.js

UI polish

Performance optimization

Accessibility

RESTful APIs

Rails & Postgres familiarity

Tools

Next.js

Rails

Postgres

Job description

General Medicine is seeking a frontend engineer to own major surfaces of our Next.js web app — from search and scheduling to provider profiles and checkout — and obsess over every detail of the patient experience.

You’ll collaborate with design, optimize performance, ensure accessibility, and work across the stack with Rails and Postgres, in a hybrid role based in Boston or SF with a 3–5 day in-office cadence. Base compensation is 150–225k annually plus equity.