UI Engineer (Frontend)

TL;DR

UI Engineer (Frontend): Building hirify.global's visual experience by crafting pixel-perfect layouts, smooth animations, and responsive interactions with an accent on design system components and user experience. Focus on optimizing frontend performance and solving complex browser challenges.

Location: San Francisco, CA

Compensation range: $180K - $275K

Company

hirify.global is a startup focused on revolutionizing presentation tools using AI.

What you will do

• Build pixel-perfect layouts, smooth animations, and responsive interactions with accessibility in mind
• Own design system components from buttons and inputs to complex editor UI primitives
• Implement polished micro-interactions and transitions that make the product feel magical
• Optimize rendering, bundle size, interaction responsiveness, and maintain 60fps animations
• Solve complex browser challenges including cross-browser compatibility, edge cases, and rendering quirks
• Partner with designers to translate high-fidelity mocks into production-ready components

Requirements

• 3–5+ years of frontend engineering with deep React expertise
• Mastery of CSS including flexbox, grid, animations, transforms, advanced selectors, and browser quirks
• Strong eye for detail and craft with ability to spot 1px misalignments, janky animations, and inconsistent spacing
• Experience building complex, interactive UIs like editors, design tools, or animation-heavy apps
• Performance optimization skills including React rendering, CSS performance, and animation frame rates
• Design system experience building reusable, accessible, well-documented component libraries