Founding Frontend Engineer (Staff)

San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

Software should be beautiful.

Variant is code generation with creativity and taste. Instead of a confined conversation, you can generate endless designs from a single idea. Freely explore, discover directions you wouldn’t have thought of, and build better software as a result.

We're well-capitalized and looking for a founding engineer to own the front end of Variant.

The ideal candidate:

  • At least one of:
    • Has done impactful work at a company known for its front end and design
    • Majorly contributed to a notable open source project
    • Has a seriously impressive portfolio
  • Works with modern frameworks like React, Next, Svelte, etc.
  • Deeply understands the DOM and the browser
  • Ships performant, pixel-perfect components
  • Knows that building a startup is really hard work and is fully committed
  • Doesn’t compromise between quality and shipping fast
  • See what needs to be done and does it
  • Under promises, over delivers
  • Know when to be outspoken or disagree and commit

We hold ourselves to these same principles.

We've kept our team small by design. Your code will matter from day one, and its impact will compound over time. This will be the most meaningful work of your career.

We work from a beautiful space in San Francisco where we dream up the future and make it real together. We’re well-capitalized and backed by notable investors.

If you've built things you're proud of, we'd love to see them.

About Variant

Creative intelligence

Required skills

CSS
HTML
JavaScript
React
TypeScript

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Job details

Salary

$180,000 - $235,000

Equity

0.1% - 1.25%

Location

San Francisco, CA

Experience

6+ years

Company

NameVariant
IndustryEngineering, Product and Design
Team Size5

Funding

Total raised

$500K

Last stage

Pre-seed

Investors

Y Combinator
Kindred Ventures
TTranspose Platform Management

Founders

Daniel Bulhosa Solorzano

Daniel Bulhosa Solorzano

Co-Founder, CTO

LinkedIn
Benjamin South Lee

Benjamin South Lee

Co-Founder, CEO

LinkedIn

What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.