Front End Engineer

You’ll join a small, collaborative team and lead the development of intuitive, performant, and elegant user interfaces for our SaaS platform. Your work will directly impact how thousands of nonprofits engage with their supporters, staff, and communities. You’ll collaborate closely with product, design, and backend engineering to bring to life new features, improve existing workflows, and set the standard for front end excellence at Instil.

If our mission speaks to you, and you are excited about shaping the future of nonprofit technology, we’d love to hear from you. We are remote-first, but candidates based in (or around) LA are especially encouraged to apply!

• Build and maintain high-quality, responsive web interfaces that power Instil’s core platform.
• Collaborate with designers and backend engineers to deliver seamless, accessible, and engaging user experiences.  
• Help define and implement a robust front end architecture, including reusable component libraries and consistent design systems.  
• Optimize application performance for speed and scalability.  
• Lead efforts to improve front end testing, CI/CD workflows, and overall code quality.  
• Contribute to our product roadmap by identifying opportunities for UI/UX enhancements and technical innovation.  
• Support SDLC best practices and ensure effective monitoring of performance, security, and usability.

• About 5–8 years of professional experience developing modern front end applications.
• Deep expertise with React (preferred), TypeScript, Next.js, or similar modern frameworks.
• Experience with Suspense-enabled data fetching, such as Relay or React Query, is a plus.
• Proficiency in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript/ES6+ fundamentals.
• Experience building and maintaining component libraries or design systems.
• Experience with Jest or Vitest for unit tests, and Playwright or Cypress for writing E2E tests
• Familiarity with REST or GraphQL APIs and collaborating closely with backend engineers.
• Understanding of web performance optimization, accessibility standards, and responsive design.
• Experience integrating with cloud-based services (AWS experience a plus).
• Ideally, experience in both startup and enterprise environments, with a skew toward startups.
• A passion for building products that make a meaningful social impact.

• Ideally, experience in both startup and enterprise environments, with a skew toward startups.
• A passion for building products that make a meaningful social impact.

• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the world
• Remote first work culture, with some in-person meetings 
• Collaborative and innovative work environment
• Competitive salary, benefits package and 401K
• Flexible vacation time 
• Team building offsites (Mexico in 2024)  
• Professional development and growth opportunities
• Company laptop provided, plus an equipment budget
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Compensation: $140,000 - $155,000, 10% bonus, equity incentives
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‍How to Apply
‍Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume to careers@instil.io. 

Instil is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, citizenship, or other protected characteristic.

Instil will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please message us here: careers@instil.io. 
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Interview Process
‍Our interview processes may differ slightly from role-to-role; however, most interviews for our engineering roles will follow a similar pattern: 

1. Recruiter Interview
2. Hiring Manager Review
3. Technical Interview 
4. Team Interview 
5. Final Interview 
6. Decision    

We are an early-stage company, and our interview process will continue to evolve. Our goal is to ensure that every candidate has a positive experience, regardless of outcome.

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