What are the responsibilities and job description for the Front End Engineer position at Alpha?
Overview
A fast-moving, deeply technical product team is looking for a Front End Engineer to take ownership of core user-facing systems, starting with a production-grade observability dashboard.
This role is ideal for someone who wants real ownership—not just tickets—across architecture, UX decisions, and implementation. You’ll help shape how developers interact with complex systems through clear, fast, and thoughtful interfaces.
What You’ll Do
A fast-moving, deeply technical product team is looking for a Front End Engineer to take ownership of core user-facing systems, starting with a production-grade observability dashboard.
This role is ideal for someone who wants real ownership—not just tickets—across architecture, UX decisions, and implementation. You’ll help shape how developers interact with complex systems through clear, fast, and thoughtful interfaces.
What You’ll Do
- Own and drive large front-end initiatives from concept to production
- Lead development of a core observability dashboard used by technical users
- Design and implement UI systems using React (current POCs use Remix and Tailwind)
- Make architectural decisions and raise the bar for front-end quality and performance
- Collaborate closely with backend and systems engineers on end-to-end workflows
- Continuously refine developer-facing interfaces for clarity, speed, and usability
- Strong front-end engineering background, especially with React
- Proven ability to tackle hard technical problems and ship large projects
- Comfortable stepping into a technical leadership role in areas where the team is still ramping
- High standards for code quality, UX, and performance
- Excited by first-principles thinking around developer tooling and workflows
- Curious, fast learner with interest in contributing beyond the front end
- In-person collaboration, five days per week in NYC
- High-ownership, high-expectation environment
- Growth is driven by impact—no artificial role boundaries or ceilings
Salary : $215,000 - $301,500