Staff Front End Engineer

About us:

Let's be real—AI isn’t magic; it’s a tool, and its strength comes from the systems, workflows, and, most importantly, the people behind it. At Yurts, we’re unlocking hard-to-find, unstructured data that was previously out of reach and simplifying access to structured systems that once required expert help. The result? A secure, knowledge platform that’s actually designed to serve people—wherever they work.

Born from a partnership with the Department of Defense to meet the demands of mission-critical environments, Yurts is redefining how teams harness AI for productivity and performance. Named after the resilient, adaptable yurt, our platform is designed to work with the systems you use—not replace them.

In collaboration with Nvidia, HPE, and Oracle we offer secure, innovative solutions, including air-gapped deployments for defense, a full ML ops and analytics framework to drive cost efficiencies and a world-class proprietary RAG system serving answers you can trust. Yurts unifies applications, data, and workflows protecting investments and saving customers money.

We’re looking for bold thinkers and doers to join us in redefining how teams harness AI for productivity and performance. Be part of building solutions that elevate both technology and the people who use it. Together, we’ll shape the next generation of secure, human-centered AI innovation.

Job Summary:

As a Staff Front-End Engineer joining our growing, dynamic team, you will play a pivotal role in crafting intuitive, secure, and scalable experiences for our AI-powered enterprise applications. From building secure and scalable JavaScript widgets to optimizing authentication flows, you’ll be instrumental in developing and deploying solutions that drive AI workflows in varied customer environments.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and influence the evolution of our front-end ecosystem and development practices.
• Design and implement scalable, high-performance front-end architectures across our ecosystem, contributing to our design systems and NPM modules
• Own key areas like scalability, authentication, and system architecture while building in an environment-agnostic fashion.
• Develop scalable front-end components, including JavaScript widgets, contributing to our design systems and NPM modules.
• Take full ownership of projects, from design to deployment through to maintenance.
• Support production systems, debugging issues to maintain reliability and uptime.
• Stay adaptable, learning new languages and technologies as needed.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, delivering enterprise-level products.
• Strong coding skills with a focus on robust architectures and system design.
• Proficiency in modern front-end technologies (e.g., Node.js, TypeScript, React, Tailwind).
• Experience in iterative, agile development processes in dynamic environments.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, working closely with design, ML, and product teams.
• Expertise in debugging and supporting distributed production systems.
• Growth-oriented mindset with a willingness to adopt new tools and technologies.
• Have to be eligible to work in US without sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with AI and Generative AI technologies is a plus.
• Experience with real-time collaborative text editors
• Meaningful contributions to open-source projects
• Deploying into varied environments included cloud, and self-hosted

Equal Opportunity Statement

Yurts provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.