Senior Frontend Engineer

The Consensus; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

100% medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible PTO policy

Paid parental leave

Job summary

The Consensus seeks a Senior Frontend Engineer to enhance user experiences on Baseten's platform. You’ll craft and maintain high-performance web interfaces using React and TypeScript.

In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to launch features that make deploying AI systems efficient. Enjoy benefits such as competitive compensation, 100% medical coverage, and flexible PTO.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building production-grade web applications.
• Deep expertise in React, TypeScript, and modern web development tooling.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain responsive, accessible frontend interfaces.
• Collaborate with product designers to create intuitive UIs.
• Optimize application performance with respect to speed and responsiveness.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Web Performance Optimization

Cross-Functional Collaboration

User Interface Design

Tools

Tailwind CSS

Next.js

Job description

THE ROLE

We’re looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to craft performant and delightful user experiences across Baseten’s core platform. You’ll own critical parts of our web application stack and collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and backend teams to launch impactful features that help users deploy and manage AI systems at scale.

EXAMPLE INITIATIVES

• Chains for multi-component workflows


• Asynchronous inference


• Model APIs for frontier models


• Model training built for production inference

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, implement, and maintain responsive, accessible, and user-friendly frontend interfaces using React and TypeScript


• Collaborate closely with product designers to turn complex ideas into elegant, intuitive UIs


• Optimize application performance and reliability, with a focus on rendering speed and responsiveness


• Drive major frontend initiatives, including partnering with backend teams to define APIs and test and refine end-to-end flows


• Establish best practices, and mentor other engineers on frontend technologies


• Build reusable component libraries and frontend infrastructure that accelerate product development


• Partner with backend and platform teams to define and refine APIs and end-to-end flows

REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of experience building production-grade web applications


• Deep expertise in React, TypeScript, and modern web development tooling


• Track record of building well-crafted, performant, and scalable UIs


• Strong product intuition and empathy for the user experience


• Experience working in cross-functional product teams in a fast-paced environment


• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

NICE TO HAVE

• Familiarity with Tailwind CSS, Next.js, or other modern frontend frameworks


• Background in developer tools or data/ML infrastructure products


• Experience with WebSockets, real-time data, or custom visualization tooling


• Contributions to open-source projects or public engineering work

BENEFITS

• Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.


• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents


• Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)


• Paid parental leave


• Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot


• Company-facilitated 401(k)


• Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.

At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, where applicable).