Software Engineer, Front-End
About Us
We’re building the AI infrastructure powering the future of financial operations - starting with automating the most painful and complex workflows in loan servicing.
Backed by a16z and Y Combinator, with $65M raised in Series A funding.
8-figure ARR < 2 years already serving > 20% of the auto lending industry, and processing millions of real customer calls and transactions daily.
Fully deployed with major financial institutions - not just PoCs.
We are expanding into new financial services segments!
In-person office culture in San Francisco, CA.
We're fully integrated with our customers, own the full stack, and are moving fast to bring modern AI into regulated industries where precision, reliability, and performance matter most.
About the Role
We're looking for a Software Engineer for our Front-End to build powerful, intuitive interfaces that help users navigate and act on complex data. You’ll work closely with product, design, and AI teams to craft elegant UIs, define frontend architecture, and ship features that directly improve the user experience at scale.
You’ll be an early and visible member of a small, fast-moving engineering team - owning end-to-end features, contributing to UI strategy, and helping shape the future of our product as we scale beyond voice.
What You’ll Do
Design and implement responsive, performant user interfaces using React + TypeScript
Translate complex workflows into simple, usable product experiences
Collaborate across product, design, and AI teams to build and iterate quickly
Help define frontend architecture and build reusable UI components
Build data visualizations that make financial data clear and actionable
Work closely with backend engineers to integrate APIs and services
Ship clean, testable, maintainable code on a rapid release cycle
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Advocate for the user in product and engineering discussions
What you’ll bring
4+ years of experience building production front-end applications
Strong proficiency in React, TypeScript, modern JavaScript, and front-end tooling
Deep understanding of responsive design, browser performance, and accessibility
Experience with data visualization libraries (e.g., Chart.js, D3, etc.)
Customer-obsessed mindset - you actively engage with users, understand their workflows, and translate their pain points into product improvements
Strong sense of ownership and bias for action - you move quickly, make pragmatic trade-offs, and care deeply about delivering value to real customers
Thrives in an environment where product feedback comes directly from production users and enterprise partners
Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
Located in (or willing to relocate to) San Francisco
At Salient, we’re building at the edge of AI - fast, focused, and with real ownership. Sprints and major launches move quickly, and we look for people who are energized by that pace and ready to collaborate in person 4 days a week in our San Francisco office.
We also offer a benefits package designed to support you: medical, dental, and vision coverage, a generous 401(k), health and wellness stipend, catered lunches, and commuter benefits for those living outside the city.
