Frontend Engineer - Dedicated Inference

THE ROLE

We’re looking for a seasoned Frontend Engineer to craft performant and delightful user experiences across Baseten’s core platform. You’ll own critical parts of our web application stack and collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and backend teams to launch impactful features that help users deploy and manage AI systems at scale.

EXAMPLE INITIATIVES

• Rolling Deployments
• Model APIs for frontier models
• Model training built for production inference

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, implement, and maintain responsive, accessible, and user-friendly frontend interfaces using React and TypeScript
• Collaborate closely with product designers to turn complex ideas into elegant, intuitive UIs
• Optimize application performance and reliability, with a focus on rendering speed and responsiveness
• Drive major frontend initiatives, including partnering with backend teams to define APIs and test and refine end-to-end flows
• Establish best practices, and mentor other engineers on frontend technologies
• Build reusable component libraries and frontend infrastructure that accelerate product development
• Partner with backend and platform teams to define and refine APIs and end-to-end flows

REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years of experience building production-grade web applications
• Deep expertise in React, TypeScript, and modern web development tooling
• Track record of building well-crafted, performant, and scalable UIs
• Strong product intuition and empathy for the user experience
• Experience working in cross-functional product teams in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

NICE TO HAVE

• Familiarity with Tailwind CSS, Next.js, or other modern frontend frameworks
• Background in developer tools or data/ML infrastructure products
• Experience with WebSockets, real-time data, or custom visualization tooling
• Contributions to open-source projects or public engineering work