Senior Frontend Developer

TL;DR: We’re growing our frontend team and looking for a Senior Frontend Developer to own and scale the user experience of Hallow. You’ll lead high-impact features, shape frontend architecture, and deliver fast, polished, and intuitive experiences as we continue to grow.

What You'll Do

• Build Exceptional User Experiences: Design and develop high-quality, performant, and intuitive UI across our mobile and web apps
• Own Features End-to-End: Lead frontend initiatives from ideation through launch, ensuring a polished and reliable user experience
• Improve Performance & Quality: Optimize app performance, responsiveness, and consistency across devices
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with product, design, and backend teams to deliver cohesive features
• Drive Frontend Architecture: Improve component structure, state management, and overall scalability of the frontend codebase
• Develop Design Systems & Tooling: Build reusable components and systems that increase consistency and development speed
• Leverage AI for Velocity: Use AI tools to accelerate development, debugging, and iteration while maintaining high quality

What You'll Love

• Mission: This work is incredibly humbling. Every day we get amazing stories and get the pleasure of working on something that impacts lives. One of my favorite user quotes: “I hate quoting an old, overused cliche, but I’ve been very lost. And I think for the first time in a while I may be found.”
• Ownership: You’ll be a massive part of our growth. There’s nothing more exciting than being able to see your work touch thousands of lives around the world and truly build a world-class experience with every email, push notification, blog, and more. You’ll be doing that every day.
• Growth: From day 1, you’ll be a part of the startup journey. We’re growing quickly, and we’ll need your help to continue to build out features and functionality for our users in our Android app.
• Flexibility: HQ is in Chicago and we would love to have as many team members there as possible, but we are completely flexible on location within the United States and Canada.
• Comp: We will pay competitive market rates in terms of equity, cash, & benefits.

What We’re Looking For

• Passion: First and foremost, we’re looking for someone excited and passionate about our mission. It makes it a lot more fun to actually care about what you’re working on!
• Experience: 5+ years building frontend applications (React preferred); strong experience with modern frontend architecture, state management, and performance optimization
• Ownership: Proven ability to lead frontend projects end-to-end and take responsibility for user experience outcomes
• Technical Judgment: Strong ability to make tradeoffs between speed, quality, and maintainability
• UX & Product Sense: Strong eye for detail and a deep care for building polished, intuitive user experiences
• Collaboration: Clear communicator who works well with design, product, and backend teams and elevates others through feedback and mentorship
• AI Fluency: Comfortable leveraging AI tools to increase development velocity while maintaining high standards for quality
• Grit & Craft: High attention to detail and a drive to build best-in-class product experiences

Compensation

$130,000 - $170,000 USD per year
The above range only includes cash compensation. Each full-time employee in the US also receives equity compensation, alongside a top-tier benefits package (e.g., unlimited PTO, insurance, remote-flexible work, fully paid parental leave, 401(k) match, and stipends for spiritual development, health & wellness, home-office, and learning).
The above range for cash compensation refers to base salary. All full-time employees are also eligible to be considered for a discretionary bonus at the end of each fiscal year. These ranges are just initial estimates. They may vary depending on market or location and may be adjusted depending on the person we end up hiring for this role, their experience, and market dynamics.