Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents, Continuous Improvement, Engineering, Finance, GitHub, JavaScript, Machine Tool, Mentoring, Performance Tuning/Optimization, Process Improvement, Product Design, Product Engineering, Product Shipments, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Rapid Prototyping, React.js, Reporting Dashboards, Sales, ServiceNow, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Software Engineering, Startup, System Architecture, Systems Scalability, User Interface Design, User Interface Tools, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Voice Products
LOCATION
San Francisco, California
POSTED
2 days ago
Staff AI Frontend Engineer — Klarity
Location: San Francisco, CA (Onsite, 5 days/week) Compensation: $250,000 – $315,000 base + competitive equity Visa Sponsorship: None available Experience Level: 6+ years Employment Type: Full-Time Headcount: 2 open seats
About Klarity
Klarity is building enterprise AI infrastructure focused on operational transformation. Their thesis: enterprise AI fails because companies cannot capture real human decision-making logic and operational context. Klarity's platform passively observes enterprise workflows (with consent), builds a living context graph of organizational behavior, and uses AI companion agents to continuously improve processes.
Company traction:
$91M raised, post-Series B
7x growth last fiscal year
8-figure revenue
Team of 9 across engineering, product, and design
Enterprise customers include Google, OpenAI, Stripe, DoorDash, JLL, Moody's, Monzo Bank, and McKesson
ServiceNow mapped 900+ processes in 9 days using the platform
DoorDash captured 3,800+ finance workflows in 14 weeks
About the Role
This is a senior individual contributor frontend engineering role at the intersection of AI-native product design and advanced frontend architecture. This is not a traditional frontend role. The expectation is ownership of highly complex real-time AI product experiences while shipping at extreme velocity using modern AI-assisted engineering workflows.
Core ownership includes:
Architecting scalable frontend systems and reusable component libraries
State management architecture and API integration strategy
Performance optimization and bundle efficiency
End-to-end product feature ownership and production-quality UX delivery
Real-time WebRTC companion agent interfaces
Generative dashboards for enterprise context visualization
Agentic chat experiences that directly operate the application
AI-assisted SDLC process design
Rapid prototype-to-production execution
Requirements
6+ years of production software engineering experience
Senior to Staff frontend engineering background
Deep React and Next.js mastery
Advanced TypeScript and Tailwind expertise
Strong frontend architecture instincts and performance optimization experience
AI-native development workflow experience — must be fluent with tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, v0.dev, Lovable, or comparable AI engineering tools
Ships multiple features per day with AI tooling
Strong product intuition with high ownership / founder mentality
Comfortable with customer conversations and sales interactions
5 days onsite in downtown San Francisco
Nice to Have
Prior founder or founding engineer experience
WebRTC / real-time streaming experience
Video pipeline or voice AI product experience
Generative UI or generative dashboard systems experience
Python backend familiarity
Strong GitHub / shipped product portfolio
Target Backgrounds
Strong signals include founders, founding engineers, high-ownership startup builders, real-time frontend systems builders, WebRTC product engineers, and generative UI builders.
This Role Is NOT For
Big company-only pedigrees without ownership signal
Candidates seeking mentorship-heavy environments
Profiles with weak AI-native workflow sophistication
Those with superficial understanding of recent frontend tooling evolution
Benefits
Competitive equity
100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision
Paid parental leave
$500 annual learning fund
$100 monthly wellness fund
401(k) via Betterment
SF relocation support
Pre-tax transit / parking
Daily catered meals, snacks, and drinks
Onsite gym access and secure bike storage
Interview Process
Pending approval
Application review
Inbound app review
Initial screen
Technical screen
AI & product screen
Executive alignment
Work trial
Offer
Logistics
Role is fully onsite in San Francisco — 5 days/week — please only apply if you can commit to this
No visa sponsorship available
Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by David Joseph & Co., the recruiting partner managing this search on behalf of Klarity.