Senior Software Engineer (Frontend)

At Metaforms, we’re redefining how market research gets done.

Our AI platform empowers the world’s leading research agencies to scale 10x faster while maintaining quality. With AI Agents augmenting survey programming, data processing, and project management, we help customers like Dynata, Savanta, and Borderless Access deliver more projects with less effort.

📊 1,000+ surveys processed monthly
🌍 Serving Fortune 500 companies
📈 Experiencing rapid month-over-month growth
💰 Backed by $9M in Series A funding to aggressively scale

We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Frontend) to design and build the core user experiences of our AI Agent platform.

You’ll craft fast, intuitive, and scalable web applications that make complex AI-driven workflows simple for users. As part of a high-velocity team, you’ll collaborate with design, product, backend, and AI engineers to deliver features that our customers rely on every day.

If you’re passionate about building high-quality frontend systems, love solving performance challenges, and want to shape products at the cutting edge of AI SaaS, this role is for you.

• Architect, build, and ship production-grade frontend applications with React & TypeScript

• Collaborate with product and design to shape intuitive, elegant user experiences from concept to launch

• Translate complex backend and AI outputs into scalable, user-friendly workflows

• Drive performance optimization for large-scale datasets and real-time interactions

• Establish and enforce best practices in code quality, testing, and maintainability

• Partner closely with backend, AI, and product teams to deliver end-to-end features

• Own critical frontend modules and influence architectural decisions across the stack

• Mentor and guide junior/mid-level engineers, fostering growth and strong engineering culture
  

• 5–8 years of frontend engineering experience, ideally in SaaS or data-intensive products

• Expert-level proficiency in React, TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3

• Strong understanding of state management (Redux, Zustand, Recoil, or similar)

• Deep familiarity with modern build tools (Webpack, Vite, etc.)

• In-depth knowledge of Core Web Vitals and modern frontend performance metrics

• Proven track record of leading performance optimization, including:

  • Advanced code-splitting (dynamic imports, route-based chunking)

  • Bundle analysis & optimization (Webpack, Vite, Rollup)

  • React rendering performance (memoization, virtualization, avoiding unnecessary re-renders)

  • Critical rendering path optimization & resource prioritization

  • Skilled in profiling and resolving performance bottlenecks with developer tooling

• Ability to set technical direction and drive architectural decisions for frontend systems

• Experience mentoring and reviewing code for engineers at varying levels of experience

• Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional stakeholders (PMs, designers, backend/AI engineers)

• Mindset of ownership and accountability, driving initiatives from idea to execution

• Experience building AI-powered applications or analytics-heavy UIs

• Background in design systems and UI frameworks (Material UI, Tailwind, Radix)

• Hands-on with frontend testing frameworks (Jest, Cypress, Playwright)

• Knowledge of real-time technologies (WebSockets, WebRTC, GraphQL subscriptions)

• Previous experience in fast-paced startups or high-growth SaaS environments

• Build at the frontier of AI SaaS, creating products used by global research leaders

• Work with a high-agency team of engineers, designers, and product thinkers

• Thrive in a zero-bureaucracy culture focused on speed, quality, and outcomes

• Join a Series A funded company ($10M+) scaling rapidly
  

• Full family health insurance

• $1,000 USD annual reimbursement for skill development

• Dedicated mentor/coach support

• Free lunch & dinner at the office

• Monthly food/snacks allowance
  

👉 Join Metaforms as a Frontend Engineer and help shape the next generation of AI-powered market research platforms.