About
the Role As a Frontend Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the user experience of our AI-powered platform. You will solve complex interaction design challenges by creating innovative, intuitive interfaces that redefine how users interact with AI. We are breaking free from traditional, turn-based chat paradigms to create dynamic, highly interactive experiences where conversations evolve beyond simple text. What You’ll Do Design and architecture for new and existing frontend components. Take end-to-end ownership of new code from prototype to production. Participate in architecture reviews, identify risks, and advocate for simplicity of design. Ship production-grade code to daily active users. Work closely with PMS, engineers, and designers to ensure innovations address real-world problems. As part of our small team, you’ll not only contribute but also gain a unique, behind-the-scenes view of a startup’s full journey — influencing our growth from the ground up. Work on fun and technically challenging projects to deliver impactful projects on popular browsers. Contributing to a team that upholds high standards of engineering excellence. Build cool things! Our Stack TypeScript/JavaScript, Python, Google Cloud, Cloudflare Workers, serverless architecture. React and Tailwind or similar UI frameworks are a plus, but a strong grasp of web API fundamentals is even more important. You should be proficient with native CSS, DOM, etc, and not only high-level frameworks. Full-stack experience is a plus. Experience with Chrome extensions is a plus. What We Require You have passion and expertise for building things. One or more years of experience as a software engineer or have built significant side projects independently that demonstrate strong technical skills, creativity, and initiative. Power user of applications powered by LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude Code, Gemini, CoPilot, Cursor). Solid software engineering fundamentals, including knowledge of algorithms and data structures. Proficiency in JavaScript (with a preference for TypeScript) and/or Python are essential. Understanding fundamental React principles is a plus. A knack for solving complex problems with simple solutions. Working knowledge of building secure systems and implementing industry-standard security best practices. Excellent communication skills. Working on-site in the Menlo Park office. Working at Ventrilo.ai Continue to push the boundaries of our existing product. A unique, behind-the-scenes view of a startup’s journey from the ground up. A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to make a tremendous impact. Ventrilo.ai is an equal-opportunity employer.
Salary
$130,000 - $220,000
Location
Menlo Park, CA
Total raised
$10.1M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.