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Founding Frontend Engineer (Staff)

Compensation
$180,000–$235,000/year

Job Description

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.

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Job Details

Location
San Francisco, CA, US
Posted
Mar 24, 2026, 04:27 PM
Listed
Mar 24, 2026, 04:27 PM
Compensation
$180,000 - $235,000 per year

About Variant

Part of the growing space & AI ecosystem pushing the frontiers of technology.

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