Senior Front End Engineer - Materia

About Materia

Materia is a well funded early stage startup, building AI powered software to help augment a wide range of tasks and improve productivity for professionals at large accounting firms.

As a Front End Engineer at Materia, you will lead the design and implementation of our product and be a core contributor to the direction of our company. We are looking for someone to own the Front End development and be a part of our growing engineering team.

Breakdown: 10-20% on product and UI/UX design, with the remaining 80-90% on web development using React/NextJS, Tailwind, and Typescript.

• Shape Materia's AI-driven UI/UX and product direction.
• As part of a small but growing team, your contributions will directly influence our product development and company trajectory.
• Lead the development of innovative AI-powered accounting tools.

• Proven experience leading projects and building beautiful & slick user interfaces
• Proficiency in frontend software development, especially with React, Typescript, and Tailwind.
• A strong familiarity with UI/UX and product design.
• At least 5 years in software engineering with a focus on frontend product development.
• A flexible and adaptable mindset. Early stage startups are inherently always evolving! How we handle uncertainty is how we make progress as a company.
• Bonus:
• Previous early stage startup experience
• Experience with with LLMs or in the Accounting Industry

At Materia we use:

• Frontend: NextJS (App Router), Typescript, Tailwind, Zustand
• Design: Figma, Storybook
• Backend: Python, FastAPI, Postgres, OpenAI/Anthropic/Cohere/open source models, Docker, AWS (CDK), a bit of Azure and GCP