Founding Frontend Engineer (React / Next.js)

## About the Role You're the type of engineer who enjoys building products, not just writing tickets. You care about user experience, move quickly, take ownership, and enjoy working in a startup environment where your decisions directly impact the product and business. If you're excited about AI, SaaS, competitive intelligence, and building from zero to one, we'd love to talk. ## Responsibilities Within your first 90 days: - Ship multiple production features - Improve dashboard usability and performance - Help define frontend architecture standards - Work directly with founders on product direction - Contribute to scaling FollowEngine for paying customers ## Requirements ### Must Have - 3+ years of frontend development experience - Strong experience with React - Strong experience with Next.js - Strong TypeScript skills - Deep understanding of modern frontend architecture - Experience consuming REST APIs - Experience building SaaS products - Ability to work independently with minimal supervision - Strong English communication skills ## Nice to Have - Experience with Tailwind CSS - Experience with data visualization libraries - Experience working at startups - Experience with AI products or AI-assisted development - Knowledge of SEO and performance optimization - Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS or Vercel ## What We Offer - Work directly with founders - Remote-first culture - High ownership and autonomy - Build a product used by marketers, founders, agencies, and SaaS companies - Opportunity to influence product strategy - Fast shipping environment with minimal bureaucracy - Competitive salary + equity options for exceptional candidates ## Tech Stack - React - Next.js - TypeScript - Tailwind CSS - Vercel - PostgreSQL - AI APIs (OpenAI, Claude, Gemini) ## About the Company FollowEngine is an AI-powered competitor monitoring platform that helps businesses automatically discover, track, and analyze competitor activity across websites, ads, pricing, products, and social media.