What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Frontend Developer position at Flagship Pioneering?
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Extuitive is a Flagship Pioneering–backed startup reimagining product innovation for the AI era. Our mission is to empower entrepreneurs and direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands with AI-driven tools that simplify, accelerate, and scale the launch of new products. Based in Cambridge, MA, we operate like a special ops unit—fast-moving, data-driven, and relentlessly focused on impact.
THE ROLE
As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you’ll be instrumental in designing and building the end-to-end user experience of our platform. You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to translate complex requirements into elegant, responsive, and performant interfaces. Beyond building, you’ll set standards, mentor peers, and play a key role in scaling both our product and our engineering practices.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Flagship Pioneering invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health, sustainability and beyond. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated more than 100 companies. Many of these companies have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.
Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Learn more about Flagship at www.flagshippioneering.com.
At Flagship, we accept impossible missions to enable bigger leaps. Our core values guide us through uncertainty and toward lasting impact.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We recognize that great candidates often bring unique strengths without fulfilling every qualification. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your background and interest in Flagship.
Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.
The salary range for this role is $108,000 - $176,000. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience. Extuitive, Inc. currently offers healthcare coverage, annual incentive program, retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits. Compensation and benefits information is based on Extuitive, Inc.'s good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.
Extuitive is a Flagship Pioneering–backed startup reimagining product innovation for the AI era. Our mission is to empower entrepreneurs and direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands with AI-driven tools that simplify, accelerate, and scale the launch of new products. Based in Cambridge, MA, we operate like a special ops unit—fast-moving, data-driven, and relentlessly focused on impact.
THE ROLE
As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you’ll be instrumental in designing and building the end-to-end user experience of our platform. You’ll collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to translate complex requirements into elegant, responsive, and performant interfaces. Beyond building, you’ll set standards, mentor peers, and play a key role in scaling both our product and our engineering practices.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Own the End-to-End Frontend - Translate designs (Figma, wireframes, product specs) into production-ready code. Build and maintain reusable components, design systems, and UI patterns for speed and consistency.
- Drive Technical Quality & Best Practices - Introduce testing frameworks (unit, integration, E2E) and enforce high code quality. Establish frontend best practices (linting, CI/CD pipelines, accessibility standards).
- Influence Architecture & Tech Choices - Make early decisions around frameworks, state management, styling systems, and frontend tooling. Advocate for the right balance of speed vs. scalability in architecture choices.
- Wear Multiple Hats - Jump in on DevOps, analytics, or even light backend integration when needed. Help with customer-facing issues (debugging, bug fixes, UI polish) in real time.
- 5 years of professional front-end development experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- Strong expertise in React, Next.js, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS (TailwindCSS or similar).
- Solid understanding of JavaScript (ES6 ), modern browser APIs, RESTful APIs, GraphQL, and WebSockets.
- Experience with front-end performance optimization techniques such as lazy loading, code splitting, and caching.
- Advanced Figma usage (Dev Mode, Variables, Component Properties, Auto Layout, Variants) and clean handoff from prototypes to code with measurable parity.
- Mastery of adaptive layout techniques (Container Queries, CSS Grid/Flex, fluid type/spacing) across breakpoints and device classes.
- Proficiency with modern animation libraries (e.g. Framer Motion, React Spring, GSAP).
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment with evolving priorities and minimal oversight.
- Familiarity with frontend build pipelines and code hygiene best practices (e.g. linting, test coverage, pre-commit checks, etc.)
- Building and maintaining a documented component library in Storybook (or other framework).
- Exposure to AI frontend tools like AI SDK, Assistant UI, or comparable interactive agent interfaces.
- Experience with Supabase or other modern databases.
- Experience implementing async patterns in complex design systems.
- Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS and Vercel for deployment and cloud workflows.
- Experience operationalizing design tokens from Figma Variables into code (Style Dictionary/CSS variables), keeping Figma and the design system in sync.
Flagship Pioneering invents and builds platform companies, each with the potential for multiple products that transform human health, sustainability and beyond. Since its launch in 2000, Flagship has originated more than 100 companies. Many of these companies have addressed humanity’s most urgent challenges: vaccinating billions of people against COVID-19, curing intractable diseases, improving human health, preempting illness, and feeding the world by improving the resiliency and sustainability of agriculture.
Flagship has been recognized twice on FORTUNE’s “Change the World” list, an annual ranking of companies that have made a positive social and environmental impact through activities that are part of their core business strategies and has been twice named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Learn more about Flagship at www.flagshippioneering.com.
At Flagship, we accept impossible missions to enable bigger leaps. Our core values guide us through uncertainty and toward lasting impact.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We recognize that great candidates often bring unique strengths without fulfilling every qualification. If you have some of the experience listed above but not all, please apply anyway. We are dedicated to building diverse and inclusive teams and look forward to learning more about your background and interest in Flagship.
Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Flagship Pioneering and its affiliated Flagship Lab companies (collectively, “FSP”) do not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to FSP or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Flagship Pioneering’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of FSP, and FSP will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.
The salary range for this role is $108,000 - $176,000. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience. Extuitive, Inc. currently offers healthcare coverage, annual incentive program, retirement benefits and a broad range of other benefits. Compensation and benefits information is based on Extuitive, Inc.'s good faith estimate as of the date of publication and may be modified in the future.
Salary : $108,000 - $176,000