Cinch - Frontend Engineer

Senior Frontend Engineer - React & AI-Driven Interfaces Role Overview

Cinch fosters a dynamic, collaborative culture where engineers take full ownership of their work, from design to deployment - an approach modeled across our engineering roles . As a Senior Frontend Engineer on our Core Feature Team, you will lead the modernization, evolution, and performance of our front-end architecture.

Cinch is embarking on an ambitious, company-wide revamp of the entire front-end experience, providing a unique opportunity for a senior engineer to make an outsized impact on UI direction, user experience, and long-term technical foundations.

You’ll collaborate closely with product, UI/UX, backend, and AI engineering teams to deliver modern, intuitive, and high-performing interfaces. This role combines:

• Primary ownership of our React front-end
• Leadership in architecting the new UI stack
• Designing next-generation AI-driven user experiences (e.g., chat-based interfaces, real-time interactions, agentic workflows)
• If you love crafting delightful user experiences, driving architectural decisions, and building cutting-edge interfaces—including ones powered by AI - this role is ideal for you.

• Lead the design, development, and modernization of Cinch's React-based front-end.
• Architect scalable UI systems, reusable components, and frontend frameworks for long-term growth.
• Drive a full front-end revamp in partnership with UI/UX and product teams, expanding on the collaborative culture shown in prior FE roles .
• Build high-performing, responsive, and accessible interfaces across the application.
• Develop rich, real-time interfaces using Web Sockets, Socket.
  
  IO, and related technologies.
• Experience developing real-time event-driven systems and frontend interactions
• Create intuitive chatbot-style and AI-assisted workflows integrated with agentic backend systems.
• Collaborate with backend and AI engineers to align API design with UI needs.
• Explore and evaluate emerging technologies to maintain a modern, competitive UI stack.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional experience developing production front-end applications.
• Deep expertise with React, modern JavaScript/Type Script, hooks, state management, and component architecture.
• Experience leading large-scale UI/UX refactoring, redesign, or architecture modernization initiatives.
• Strong understanding of RESTful API integration and front-end performance optimization.
• Experience building real-time interfaces using Web Sockets or Socket.
  
  IO (preferred).
• Experience designing or consuming AI/LLM-driven interfaces (preferred).
• Familiarity with chatbot UIs, conversational patterns, or streaming UI updates (preferred).
• Optional:
  Understanding of Python/Django to enable closer backend collaboration (similar to optional Python capability noted in prior FE role) .
• Comfortable working in a cloud-native environment using tools such as AWS and Docker.

• Front-end expert with strong system design and architectural judgment.
• Ability to translate complex workflows into intuitive user experiences.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across the UI stack.
• Exceptional collaboration skills, partnered closely with product and design teams.
• Ability to lead modernization initiatives while delivering high-quality features.
• Growth mindset with a passion for exploring new UI and AI technologies.
• Self-starter with the initiative to own and evolve the front-end direction of the product.

At Cinch, you'll work in a cloud-native SaaS environment that embraces agility, experimentation, and innovation - echoing the engineering values across all Cinch roles.

You’ll be part of a lean, ambitious team where…