Junior Front-End Engineer Austin, Texas, United States

Striveworks; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Voluntary life, long-term disability,

401(k) plan

Unlimited PTO

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Striveworks in Austin, TX seeks a Junior Front-End Engineer to design and implement UI/UX components for core products. You will collaborate with UX designers, data scientists, and software engineers to solve complex problems, accelerating your technical growth while delivering high-impact solutions for users.

The role offers a hybrid/on-site work environment at our Austin office, with a base pay range of $100,000–$130,000 per year, equity grants, and performance bonuses as part of total

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or another engineering/science discipline, or completion of a software development boot camp with 0–2 years of experience
• Familiarity with UI/UX, design patterns, and CSS styling
• Experience building web apps with React in professional, academic, or personal projects
• Experience with REST APIs and integrating back-end services into front-end apps
• Experience with Git and modern development workflows
• Familiarity with Material UI or similar component frameworks
• Strong problem-solving, curiosity, and willingness to learn
• US citizenship and eligibility for a US security clearance (Secret or above)

Responsibilities

• Design and implement UI/UX components for core products
• Collaborate with UX designers, data scientists, and software engineers
• Solve complex frontend problems and contribute to high-impact user experiences
• Contribute to code quality and maintainability through best practices and reviews

Skills

Strong problem-solving

Curiosity

Eagerness to learn

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Boot camp completion (software development)

Tools

React

CSS

REST APIs

Git

Material UI

GraphQL

Next.js

Node.js

React Query/TanStack

Axios

Context API

styled-components

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Python

Golang

Job description

“In 36 months, agentic AI systems will be an operating reality across major institutions. We intend to be central to it.” — Dr. Jim Rebesco, Cofounder and CEO, Striveworks

The government’s demand for AI is growing far faster than the systems required to support it. Fewer than 15% of federal AI programs have reached sustained production, despite billions of dollars invested. The models perform in testing, but they degrade in the real world. And when performance drops, trust goes with it.

Striveworks was built to solve that problem.

What you’ll build

Since 2018, we have delivered the most trusted AI systems operating in real-world use cases—providing a layer of assurance underneath hundreds of deployed models that monitors performance, manages drift, and sustains systems long after they leave the lab.

As a Junior Front-End Engineer, you’ll play an active role in designing and implementing UI/UX components for our core products. You’ll work closely with a team of UX designers, data scientists, and software engineers to solve complex problems—making this an ideal environment to accelerate your technical growth while delivering high-impact solutions for our users.

What it’s like here

We lead with trust, treat each other with respect, and use candor consistently, kindly, and constructively. We care deeply about our work, and we find genuine satisfaction in doing it well. Above all, we take ownership—because we feel the weight of collective results personally. We are looking for people who share these values and are eager to put them into practice.

What we’re looking for

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or another engineering or science discipline, or completion of a software development boot camp and 0–2 years of relevant professional experience
• Familiarity with UI/UX, knowledge of design patterns, and experience designing and styling applications with CSS
• Experience building web applications with React through professional, academic, or personal projects
• Experience working with REST APIs and integrating back‑end services into front‑end applications
• Experience with Git and modern software development workflows
• Familiarity with component frameworks like Material UI or similar frameworks
• Strong problem‑solving skills, curiosity, and an eagerness to learn
• US citizenship and eligibility and willingness to obtain and maintain a US security clearance (Secret or above)

The following isn’t required, but we’d love to see it:

• Demonstrated software development through personal, academic, or open source projects
• Experience with GraphQL, Next.js, Node.js
• Familiarity with libraries such as React Query/TanStack, Axios, Context API, styled‑components
• Exposure to cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Azure), automated testing frameworks, and/or CI/CD processes
• Familiarity with Python or Golang
• Experience implementing and deploying software in containerized or cloud environments, using tools such as Docker, Podman, or Kubernetes (K8s)
• Passion for discussing and creating mocks in Figma; working directly with design to create the best user experience
• Active Secret (or above) US security clearance

This position offers a hybrid/on‑site work environment at our office in Austin, TX.

Compensation

The anticipated base pay range for this position is $100,000–$130,000/year. Striveworks’ total compensation package includes a competitive base salary, equity grants, and cash bonuses.

Benefits include:

• Medical/dental/vision insurance
• Voluntary life, long‑term disability, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
• HSA and FSA (including dependent care FSA) plans
• 401(k) planUnlimited PTO
• Paid parental leave

Striveworks is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, belief, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity or expression), national origin, social or ethnic origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non‑merit factors. Striveworks will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind.

If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation in the application process, please contact People Operations at [e-mail] .

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify their identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete an employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Striveworks is a participating employer in the E‑Verify program.

Voluntary Self-Identification

For government reporting purposes, we ask candidates to respond to the below self‑identification survey.Completion of the form is entirely voluntary. Whatever your decision, it will not be considered in the hiringprocess or thereafter. Any information that you do provide will be recorded and maintained in aconfidential file.

As set forth in Striveworks’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection.As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measurethe effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categoriesis as follows:

A "disabled veteran" is one of the following: a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service‑connected disability.

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