AI Native Frontend Engineer

Techrepo.co.za; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Techrepo.co.za is seeking a senior frontend engineer to own a full UI surface, building polished interfaces rapidly from intent. You will emphasize trustworthy demos and production-grade visuals, maintaining a shared design system and UI primitives for fast, consistent delivery.

You will work with React, AI tooling, and modern tech like Azure, Snowflake, and DBT to connect frontend with backend capabilities and data pipelines in a fintech/regulatory context.

Qualifications

• Senior frontend engineer with ability to own a full UI surface.
• Experience delivering polished, production-grade demos.
• Familiarity with fintech or regulated industries is a plus.
• Proficient with modern component frameworks, ideally React.
• Comfortable working with AI-assisted development tooling.

Responsibilities

• Own the full frontend surface from intent to production.
• Rapidly build and iterate interfaces surface backend capabilities.
• Produce production-credible demos with honesty and polish.
• Maintain a shared design system and UI primitives.
• Implement high-quality interactions: loading states and errors.
• Integrate with backend APIs and AI tooling in workflow.
• Contribute to decisions on demo readiness for stakeholders.
• Demonstrate senior frontend judgment and independence.
• Work in a small team/startup environment.

Skills

Frontend engineering

Independent judgment

UI polish

Design system

Startup experience

AI tooling

Regulated industries

Tools

React

Cursor

v0

Azure

Snowflake

DBT

Python

SQL

Hex

GitHub

Job description

Job Description

About the Role

We are building a small innovation pod that converts high-value ideas into production-ready capabilities fast. You will be the person who makes those capabilities believable, through interfaces that feel polished, trustworthy, and real from day one.

Responsibilities

• You will own the full frontend surface, working from intent rather than detailed specs, and make independent judgement calls about when something is ready to put in front of stakeholders. There is no senior colleague to elevate to — this is your domain.
• Rapidly build and iterate on interfaces that surface backend capabilities
• Produce production-credible demos — polished enough to build trust, honest enough to be real
• Maintain a shared design system and reusable UI primitives for the pod
• Implement interaction quality: loading states, error handling, feedback loops
• Integrate directly with APIs built by the backend lead
• Use AI tooling (Cursor, v0, or equivalent) as a core part of your workflow
• Contribute to decisions about when a demo is ready for stakeholder exposure
• Senior-level frontend engineering judgment — able to own a full UI surface independently
• Production experience with a modern component framework (React preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to produce polished, production-credible UIs quickly
• Active use of AI-assisted development tooling
• Comfortable working from intent rather than detailed specifications
• Clear instinct for when polish matters and when it does not
• Experience building internal tools, dashboards, or workflow UIs
• Has worked in a small team or startup environment
• Familiarity with design systems or component library maintenance
• Experience in fintech or regulated industries
• Azure
• Snowflake
• DBT
• Python
• SQL
• Hex
• GitHub