Staff Frontend Engineer

Retell AI transforms customer experience with voice AI for enterprises, including CVS/Aetna, American Airlines, Lenovo, and Grab.

We’re looking for a Staff Frontend Engineer to lead complex frontend projects and shape the user experience of our voice AI platform. You’ll build tools that help customers create, deploy, monitor, and improve AI voice agents.

You’ll partner closely with engineering, product, and design to turn complex workflows into intuitive interfaces. This is a hands-on role with ownership from defining the problem and choosing the technical approach through launch and iteration.

* Lead frontend projects from concept to production, owning architecture, implementation, and delivery.

* Build responsive, reliable interfaces using React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

* Partner with product and design to simplify complex workflows across agent configuration, dashboards, and analytics.

* Shape frontend architecture, reusable components, and patterns that help the team ship faster.

* Improve application performance, accessibility, and reliability as customer usage grows.

* Raise code quality through thoughtful reviews, testing, mentoring, and hands-on technical leadership.

* Work with backend engineers to design APIs and data flows that support a smooth user experience.

YOU MIGHT THRIVE IF

* You have 9+ years of software engineering experience , with deep expertise in frontend development.

* You’ve operated at Staff level or equivalent scope , leading substantial projects and influencing technical direction.

* You have strong experience with React and TypeScript , browser fundamentals, and modern frontend architecture.

* You’ve shipped complex web applications and can explain the technical and product tradeoffs behind your decisions.

* You care about interaction details, usability, accessibility, and performance.

* You’re comfortable taking an ambiguous problem, defining an approach, and driving it through delivery.

* You enjoy writing code, mentoring engineers, and working closely with product and design.

Bonus points: Experience building enterprise SaaS, developer tools, real-time interfaces, data visualizations, or AI products.

WHY THIS ROLE

* Real ownership over core systems.

* Direct influence on product and company direction.

* A small, high-caliber team with very little process drag.

* Problems that matter to customers, revenue, and scale.

If you want a role where your decisions visibly shape the company, this is it.

JOB DETAILS

* Cash: $225-$350k

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* 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance

* $70/day DoorDash credit for unlimited breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks

* $200/month wellness reimbursement (gym, fitness classes, etc.)

* $300/month commuter reimbursement (gas, Caltrain, etc.)

* $75/month phone bill reimbursement

* $50/month internet reimbursement

* Best Offer Upfront: Choose from three cash-equity balance options; no negotiation needed.

* Top 1% Talent: Above-market pay (top 5 percentile) to attract exceptional builders.

* High Ownership: Small teams, >$1M revenue/employee, and significant equity.

* Performance-Based: Offers tied to interview performance, not experience or past salaries.