Product Engineer – Frontend

Promise

Product Engineer focusing on frontend development to build tech for financial stability at Promise. Designing intuitive web applications to improve access to essential public services.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeWashington, D.C. • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $155,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformGraphQLNode.jsReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build with impact: Design and deliver scalable, reusable frontend systems and components that power critical financial workflows used by thousands of families each month.
Craft exceptional experiences: Collaborate closely with product and design to create intuitive, accessible, and high-performing web applications that guide users through complex payment and relief flows with clarity and empathy.
Bridge frontend and backend: Partner with backend engineers to define and evolve APIs, contribute to service design when needed, and ensure data flows cleanly from distributed systems to user interfaces.
Architect for scale: Help shape our frontend architecture, state management patterns, orchestration layers, and shared component libraries as we grow.
Raise the bar: Write clean, maintainable, production-ready code. Identify and resolve performance issues, edge cases, and UX friction points to maintain a high quality bar.
Lead and mentor: Support and mentor engineers, contribute to thoughtful code reviews, and help cultivate a culture of ownership, curiosity, and engineering excellence.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience: 3+ years building production-grade software, with significant experience in modern frontend development.
Frontend expertise: Strong proficiency in React and TypeScript. Experience building complex user flows, managing application state, and integrating APIs at scale.
Full-stack fluency: Comfortable working across the stack — contributing to backend services (Node, GraphQL, REST, etc.) when needed to unblock progress and improve end-to-end delivery.
Systems thinking: Ability to translate complex distributed systems into simple, reliable user experiences.
Product mindset: You care about usability, performance, accessibility, and clarity — not just shipping features.
Cloud familiarity: Exposure to AWS, GCP, or similar cloud platforms.
Bonus: Experience in fintech, payments, or government technology environments.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity for All: All full-time employees receive stock options to share in our company’s success.
100% Paid Health Coverage: We cover 100% of base medical, dental, and vision insurance plans for employees and their dependents.
Hybrid Work: We collaborate in the office at least four days a week to stay connected and aligned as a team.

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Hard Skills & Tools

ReactTypeScriptNodeGraphQLRESTfrontend developmentstate managementAPI integrationproduction-grade softwareperformance optimization

Soft Skills

collaborationmentorshipcode reviewownershipcuriosityengineering excellenceusability focusclarityempathysystems thinking