Staff Frontend Engineer (React/TypeScript)

TL;DR

Staff Frontend Engineer (React/TypeScript): Building and optimizing high-impact, user-facing features for generative AI media models with an accent on pixel-perfect, responsive UI and frontend foundations. Focus on improving build/bundle strategy, runtime performance, and raising standards through mentorship and pragmatic best practices.

Location: Toronto, Canada (On-site)

Company

hirify.global builds proprietary generative media models and AI native creative workflows, aiming to make world-class design accessible to everyone.

What you will do

• Ship high-impact, user-facing features end-to-end.
• Partner with designers to translate intent into pixel-perfect, responsive UI.
• Improve frontend foundations: reusable components, state/data flows, error handling.
• Raise standards via code reviews, mentorship, and best practices.
• Improve product feel: smooth interactions, efficient rendering, healthy build/bundle setup.

Requirements

• 5+ years building production web applications.
• Deep experience with React + TypeScript and modern frontend tooling.
• Practical experience improving build/bundle strategy and runtime performance, including SSR.
• Excellent HTML/CSS fundamentals and sharp visual implementation skills.
• Strong product judgment and communication.
• Comfortable with a fast-paced, high-ownership cadence.

Nice to have

• Experience building interactive graphics-heavy UIs (canvas/WebGL) or creative tooling.
• Experience guiding architecture decisions and mentoring engineers.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity.
• 4 weeks of vacation.
• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental coverage.
• RRSP/401(k) with employer match up to 4%.
• Top-of-the-line tools and tech.
• Daily in-office lunches and dinners at Toronto HQ.
• Autonomy to explore and experiment with compute/resources.
• Culture of learning and growth, with curiosity and mentorship.