What are the responsibilities and job description for the Frontend Engineer position at Coders Connect?
Frontend Engineer (NYC)
High-impact product work • real customer usage • small, fast AI teams
The Opportunity
We’re hiring exceptional Frontend Engineers for several fast-growing AI startups in NYC. These companies move quickly, ship often, and want engineers who can take ownership of major product areas from day one.
If you’re someone who likes working close to design, enjoys solving real problems, and wants your work in customers’ hands immediately, we’ll match you with the right teams. Each startup is early-stage, product-focused, and looking for engineers who can help shape what their product becomes.
These roles are a great fit for engineers who:
- Do their best work in high-ownership, fast-changing environments
- Enjoy turning early product ideas into simple, usable interfaces
- Want to build things that users rely on every day
- Prefer small, focused teams over heavy processes
- Care about quality, clarity, and shipping quickly
What You’ll Be Working On
You’ll build the core user experience for AI products, dashboards, editors, workflow tools, data views, and customer-facing features that need to be fast, reliable, and easy to use.
You’ll work directly with founders, designers, and other engineers to:
- Build polished UIs using React TypeScript
- Create reusable components and simple design systems
- Turn unclear product needs into clean user flows
- Improve reliability, performance, and frontend architecture
- Influence how users interact with new AI-powered features
- Ship quickly, gather feedback, and iterate often
This is hands-on, high-impact work where solid judgment and speed really matter.
What These Startups Look For
- Strong fundamentals in React and TypeScript
- Experience building real product features in production
- Ability to simplify complex problems into clean interfaces
- Clear communication and good decision-making under pressure
- Comfort working in early-stage, ambiguous environments
- A mindset similar to early or founding engineers
Nice-to-have experience: Tailwind, Figma, design systems, GraphQL, performance tuning, real-time UIs, data-heavy interfaces, AI interaction design, or light backend exposure (Node/Go/Python).
Why Apply Through Coders Connect
- Direct introductions to 20 top AI startups
- One conversation → several high-quality, high-ownership roles
- Access to founders and CTOs early in the process
- Clear insight into interview expectations and team culture
- Roles with real impact and meaningful equity
- Access to stealth companies not hiring publicly
- Matching based on your strengths, preferences, and product style