Senior Frontend Engineer

ABOUT BASETEN

Baseten provides the infrastructure, tooling, and expertise needed to bring great AI products to market - fast. Backed by top investors including IVP, Spark Capital, Greylock, and Conviction, we’re trusted by leading AI-driven innovators like Writer, Abridge, Bland, Patreon, Descript, Retool, and Zed to deliver industry-leading performance, security, and reliability for their mission-critical workloads. With our recent $75M Series C funding, we’re growing fast to make AI accessible across all products.

THE ROLE

We’re looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to craft performant and delightful user experiences across Baseten’s core platform. You’ll own critical parts of our web application stack and collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and backend teams to launch impactful features that help users deploy and manage AI systems at scale.

EXAMPLE INITIATIVES

You'll get to work on these types of projects as part of our Core Product team:

• Chains for multi-component workflows

• Asynchronous inference

• Model APIs for frontier models

• Model training built for production inference

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, implement, and maintain responsive, accessible, and user-friendly frontend interfaces using React and TypeScript

• Collaborate closely with product designers to turn complex ideas into elegant, intuitive UIs

• Optimize application performance and reliability, with a focus on rendering speed and responsiveness

• Drive major frontend initiatives, including partnering with backend teams to define APIs and test and refine end-to-end flows

• Eestablish best practices, and mentor other engineers on frontend technologies

• Build reusable component libraries and frontend infrastructure that accelerate product development

• Partner with backend and platform teams to define and refine APIs and end-to-end flows

REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of experience building production-grade web applications

• Deep expertise in React, TypeScript, and modern web development tooling

• Track record of building well-crafted, performant, and scalable UIs

• Strong product intuition and empathy for the user experience

• Experience working in cross-functional product teams in a fast-paced environment

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

NICE TO HAVE

• Familiarity with Tailwind CSS, Next.js, or other modern frontend frameworks

• Background in developer tools or data/ML infrastructure products

• Experience with WebSockets, real-time data, or custom visualization tooling

• Contributions to open-source projects or public engineering work

BENEFITS

• Competitive compensation package (Unlimited PTO, 401k, covered healthcare premiums).

• This is a unique opportunity to be part of a rapidly growing startup in one of the most exciting engineering fields of our era.

• An inclusive and supportive work culture that fosters learning and growth.

• Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.

Apply now to embark on a rewarding journey in shaping the future of AI! If you are a motivated individual with a passion for machine learning and a desire to be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you.

At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.