Staff Frontend Engineer - Recruiting from Scratch : Job Details

Who is Recruiting from Scratch:Recruiting from Scratch is a talent firm that focuses on placing the best candidate for our clients. Our team is 100% remote and we work with teams across North America, South America, and Europe to help them hire.

Location: Tribeca, NYC (Hybrid, 2–3 days/week in-office)Company Stage of Funding: Early-stage (Seed / Series A)Office Type: HybridSalary: $160,000 – $210,000 base + equity + tax advantage (federal-only tax liability)

Company Description

We are a premier recruiting agency representing a fast-growing fintech company building an all-in-one data platform for private investment markets. This company is redefining how private equity, venture capital, and institutional investors manage and visualize data across sourcing, deal execution, portfolio oversight, and financial workflows.

Founded by a team of engineering and finance veterans from top-tier institutions, the company offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, UX, and generative AI—solving real-world challenges for a multitrillion-dollar industry.

What You Will Do

As a Staff Frontend Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing and implementing highly interactive, user-driven features for a sophisticated financial analytics platform. You'll work directly with executive leadership, help shape the frontend architecture, and mentor junior developers while delivering tools used by top-tier investment professionals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead design and development of frontend features across the platform

• Collaborate closely with product managers, engineering leads, and UX teams

• Participate in occasional client calls to understand user workflows and feedback

• Translate complex financial metrics and data into clean, actionable UI/UX

• Guide architectural decisions and best practices for scalability and maintainability

• Partner with engineering to integrate APIs, machine learning tools, and AI-powered features

• Mentor junior engineers and help build a culture of technical excellence

• Contribute to roadmap planning and align product strategy with engineering capacity

Ideal Background

• 6+ years of experience in modern web application development

• Advanced knowledge of React, JavaScript, and TypeScript

• Deep experience working with UX teams on high-performance, data-heavy UIs

• Proficient in building client-server SPAs and integrating APIs (REST, GraphQL)

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS or Azure preferred)

• Demonstrated ability to work in entrepreneurial, small-team environments

• Strong communication and product-thinking skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field

Preferred

• Background or interest in financial technology or investment-related data modeling

• Familiarity with financial calculations, KPIs, or analytics used in private markets

• Experience working in AI-enriched or data-visualization platforms

• Prior experience taking ownership of product delivery and roadmap execution

Compensation and Benefits

• Base Salary: $160,000 – $210,000

• Equity: Available and competitive

• Tax Benefit: Exempt from NYC and NYS income tax (federal only)

• Benefits:

  • Full medical, dental, and vision coverage

  • Equity grants

  • Flexible PTO and sick leave

  • High-impact work with elite teams in finance and engineering

Salary Range: $160,000-$210,000 base.#J-18808-Ljbffr