AI-Native Frontend Engineer: Polished, autonomous UIs

Quona Capital; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Quona Capital in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to lead the development of polished, production-ready interfaces in an AI-native environment. The role emphasizes autonomy and involves building and iterating on backend capabilities. Candidates should have production experience with React and a strong judgment in frontend engineering. Interest in AI-assisted development tools and familiarity with component libraries is advantageous. Join a small, high-trust team to pioneer innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• Senior-level frontend engineering judgment to own a full UI surface.
• Production experience with a modern component framework, preferably React.
• Demonstrated ability to produce polished, production-credible UIs quickly.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly build and iterate on interfaces that surface backend capabilities.
• Produce production-credible demos that build trust.
• Maintain a shared design system and reusable UI primitives for the pod.

Skills

Frontend engineering judgment

Production experience with React

Ability to produce polished UIs quickly

Active use of AI-assisted development tooling

Working from intent rather than specs

Tools

Azure

Snowflake

Python

SQL

GitHub

Job description

Quona Capital in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to lead the development of polished, production-ready interfaces in an AI-native environment. The role emphasizes autonomy and involves building and iterating on backend capabilities. Candidates should have production experience with React and a strong judgment in frontend engineering. Interest in AI-assisted development tools and familiarity with component libraries is advantageous. Join a small, high-trust team to pioneer innovative solutions.