Software Engineer, Frontend

Side

Mid-Level Frontend Software Engineer at Side developing applications supporting real estate transactions. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to build and maintain frontend solutions.

Posted 4/27/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $164,000 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CypressJavaScriptJestNext.jsReactTypeScriptYarn

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build, maintain, and improve frontend features and UI components that support real estate transaction workflows for our partners.
Collaborate with Product and cross-functional partners to turn business requirements into technical solutions.
Partner with design stakeholders to deliver pixel-perfect UI from Figma files and contribute to our shared design system.
Deliver medium-sized features independently, with support from senior engineers on larger or more complex initiatives.
Participate in system design discussions and contribute practical ideas around scalability, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
Write clean, well-documented, and well-tested code.
Create and maintain automated tests across unit, integration, and end-to-end layers.
Review code thoughtfully and incorporate feedback from others.
Troubleshoot production issues, debug complex frontend bugs and UI regressions, and support operational excellence.
Identify technical debt and suggest pragmatic improvements.
Follow engineering best practices for security, observability, data integrity, and application performance.
Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to improve productivity across prototyping, debugging, task management, documentation, and code review, while applying strong judgment to validate correctness, security, and maintainability.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3–5 years of experience building production frontend applications.
Strong proficiency in TypeScript and React.
Solid experience with Next.js and modern React patterns (hooks, server/client components, App Router).
Intermediate proficiency in CSS and its core concepts (box model, Flexbox, CSS Grid, positioning, specificity, media queries, etc.)
Comfort working in a large monorepo with shared libraries and internal conventions (Nx, Yarn workspaces).
Strong experience with testing using Jest, React Testing Library, and Cypress.
Experience working with Git and GitHub in a collaborative development workflow.
Ability to break down technical problems and deliver maintainable solutions with guidance when needed.
Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across engineering and non-engineering teams.
Good judgment around reliability, security, and performance in production systems.
Comfortable learning and adapting to new tools and workflows, including AI-assisted development tools.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Stock options
Best-in-class benefits, including 100% healthcare coverage (medical, vision and dental)
Flexible PTO
Learning & Development credit
Pet-friendly environment

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Hard Skills & Tools

TypeScriptReactNext.jsCSSJestReact Testing LibraryCypressGitGitHubAI-assisted engineering tools

Soft Skills

communicationproblem-solvingcollaborationadaptabilityjudgment