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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Engineer - Frontend - **Company:** OPINIION, INC. - **Location:** Lehi, UT, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software as a Service, Code Review, Human-Computer Interaction, Performance Tuning, Ui Patterns, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Strategies of Testing, TypeScript, ReactJS, Graphql, Front End Software Development - **Published:** September 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/engineer-frontend-opiniion-9731312 ## About the Role * Significant professional experience in frontend software development, typically 10+ years, with meaningful time operating at a staff, principal, or similarly senior technical level. * Deep expertise in modern frontend development using React and TypeScript in production SaaS applications. * Strong command of component architecture, design systems, frontend state management, and maintainable UI patterns at scale. * Proven experience shipping performant, accessible, production-grade web experiences and improving frontend quality across a team or platform. * Experience integrating backend APIs and handling asynchronous, real-time, or streaming data in the user interface. * Demonstrated experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction without relying on formal people-management authority. * Strong understanding of testing strategies for frontend systems, including unit, integration, and end-to-end approaches. * Experience introducing or supporting AI/LLM-powered product experiences in production, not only prototypes. * Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain tradeoffs and align cross-functional partners. * A pragmatic, ownership-oriented approach and a strong bias for action in a fast-moving environment., * Experience with design system ownership or large-scale component-library stewardship. * Experience with performance tuning, frontend observability, and release reliability in complex SaaS products. * Experience supporting multi-country compliance requirements such as accessibility, privacy, or regional data expectations that affect frontend delivery. * Background in high-growth SaaS environments, product rebuilds, or post-acquisition platform consolidation. * Experience with GraphQL, modern build tooling, and advanced frontend patterns for streaming or AI-assisted interfaces. ## Description Opiniion is a SaaS, AI-first company reshaping how businesses understand and act on customer feedback. We are looking for a Staff Engineer, Frontend to lead through hands-on technical execution while raising the bar for frontend architecture, performance, and product quality across the platform. This role is built for someone who can ship polished, high-trust user experiences, coach other engineers through strong technical judgment, and help establish durable frontend patterns as Opiniion scales. You will partner closely with the Staff Software Architect and cross-functional engineering teammates to guide frontend standards across both the current product and the next-generation platform now being built in parallel. Success in this role means balancing delivery with long-term maintainability: making thoughtful architecture decisions, improving developer ergonomics, and ensuring the frontend experience stays fast, accessible, and resilient as new AI-powered product capabilities are introduced., * Own day-to-day frontend architecture governance within the broader technical direction set by the Staff Software Architect, escalating cross-cutting decisions when needed. * Write high-quality, production-grade frontend code as an individual contributor, not only as a reviewer or advisor. * Mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing, design feedback, and practical technical guidance that improves the overall engineering bar. * Define and reinforce frontend standards for component architecture, state management, performance, testing, accessibility, and maintainability. * Partner with product, design, and engineering teammates to turn requirements into polished user experiences that are intuitive, reliable, and scalable. * Balance ongoing contributions to the current platform with frontend development for the next-generation platform, helping teams decide what to carry forward versus rebuild. * Design and ship AI-capable frontend experiences, including chat interfaces, streaming responses, intelligent workflows, or other agentic interaction patterns where appropriate. * Identify and resolve performance, accessibility, and reliability issues across the frontend stack, with a strong bias toward measurable improvements. * Contribute to design reviews and technical planning so frontend decisions stay aligned with broader platform architecture and business goals. * Help shape best practices for deployment, observability, and release quality as they relate to frontend systems. * Use AI tools thoughtfully to improve speed and quality while applying sound engineering judgment and maintaining a high bar for user experience. ## Related Videos - [But, you're not Facebook](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/378-but-you-re-not-facebook) - [Putting the Graph In GraphQL With The Neo4j GraphQL Library](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/257-putting-the-graph-in-graphql-with-the-neo4j-graphql-library) - [Watch Tests Go Brrrr! : Getting Started with Cypress in ReactJS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/282-watch-tests-go-brrrr-getting-started-with-cypress-in-reactjs) - [Do TypeScript without TypeScript](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/327-do-typescript-without-typescript) - [Meet Your New BFF: Backend to Frontend without the Duct Tape](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/682-meet-your-new-bff-backend-to-frontend-without-the-duct-tape) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE – Frontend Inspirations, Web Standards and more](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1761-wearedevelopers-live-frontend-inspirations-web-standards-and-more) ## Related Articles - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [The Best 7 Frontend Frameworks for Developers in 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/400-the-best-7-frontend-frameworks-for-developers-in-2025) - [16 Best Free React UI Libraries in 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/148-16-best-free-react-ui-libraries-in-2025) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated)