Mission.dev is seeking a Senior Frontend Software Engineer to own and evolve user interfaces for AI-driven developer and audit tooling. The role focuses on building high-performance, real-time web applications. The ideal candidate will have 5-8+ years of professional frontend engineering experience.
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Job Description
Agreement type: This is an on-site full-time employment role, with direct hiring by the client.
On-site role based in Palo Alto, California
Relocation/visa support.
Our company description
Mission is a platform for hiring, vetting, and managing software development talent.
It enables our clients to connect with the world’s best talent to build mission-critical software products.
About the client
Our client is a cutting-edge technology company focused on developing the next generation of enterprise intelligence systems.
Their teams are building AI-driven infrastructure that powers advanced automation and decision-making at scale.
The work involves designing and deploying highly reliable distributed systems, as well as leveraging large language models and agent-based workflows to create production-ready solutions.
They foster a culture of deep technical excellence, ownership, and fast-paced execution.
Engineers are encouraged to apply strong fundamentals while using modern tooling and AI-assisted development to deliver complex systems with precision and reliability.
This is an onsite, high-commitment environment ideal for engineers eager to tackle technically demanding challenges with significant real-world impact and growth potential.
About the role
Our client is looking for a Senior Frontend Software Engineer to own and evolve the user interfaces for AI-driven developer and audit tooling.
This role focuses on building high-performance, real-time web applications that surface agent behavior, streaming model outputs, system evaluations, and human review workflows.
You will operate at the boundary between advanced backend AI systems and end users, translating complex, dynamic behavior into interfaces that are fast, clear, and intuitive.
This is a hands-on senior IC role with meaningful ownership over frontend architecture and user experience.
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What You’ll Do
- Design and build complex frontend applications using TypeScript and React
- Own frontend architecture decisions, including routing, state management, caching, and rendering strategies
- Implement real-time UI patterns for AI systems, including:
- Streaming model outputs /Agent actions and tool execution traces /Live system feedback and updates
- Build and maintain reusable component systems and design tokens
- Enforce accessibility, responsiveness, and cross-browser reliability
- Develop rich interfaces for data review, annotation, and human-in-the-loop audit workflows
- Build advanced editors, tables, and visualizations for technical users
- Instrument analytics, monitoring, and experiments to measure UX quality and performance
- Set and maintain performance budgets; identify and resolve regressions
- Partner closely with product, design, and backend teams to turn research and prototypes into production-ready experiences
What You Bring
- 5–8+ years of professional frontend engineering experience
- Strong, production-level expertise with TypeScript and React (Next.js, Vite, or similar)
- Experience building and operating large, complex frontend applications
- Recent hands-on experience with AI-enabled or agent-based systems, ideally in B2B environments
- Comfort integrating with streaming or asynchronous backends and real-time data flows
- Deep understanding of frontend performance, reliability, and maintainability, including:
- Performance profiling and optimization / Bundle sizing, code splitting, and rendering strategies /Hydration, virtualization, and client/server rendering tradeoffs.
- Proven experience shipping real-time user interfaces connected to AI or streaming systems
- Strong testing discipline, including automated testing (e.g., Playwright, Jest)
- Ability to remain hands-on while contributing to technical direction and mentoring others
- Strong collaboration skills across design, product, and backend teams
- Experience working across both startup environments and larger engineering organizations
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Preferred Experience
- Ownership of frontend architecture or design systems at a SaaS or developer-focused company
- Familiarity with modern API and data transport patterns (e.g., GraphQL, typed RPCs)
- Experience with advanced browser capabilities (e.g., web workers, WASM)
- Exposure to collaborative or state-synchronization systems
- Data visualization experience for technical or analytical users
- Strong fundamentals in frontend security and accessibility
- Experience with monitoring, observability, and experimentation tooling
Work Environment & Expectations
- On-site role based in Palo Alto, California
- High-intensity, execution-focused engineering culture
- Strong emphasis on ownership, accountability, and production reliability
- Opportunity to work on foundational AI systems with significant technical depth
- Competitive compensation, healthcare coverage, equity participation, and relocation / visa support
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