Frontend Engineer

*Location: New York, NY (fully onsite 5 days)*

*Please note: We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without current or future visa sponsorship.*

About Us:

Autopilot is a next-gen trading app and registered investment advisor (RIA) that makes professional-style investing accessible to everyone. Users can autopilot the portfolios of politicians, public figures, and top investors, or create and launch their own fund for others to follow. Built for transparency and ease of use, Autopilot reimagines how people invest, manage, and grow their money.

Backed by notable investors such as Craft Ventures (Airbnb, Slack, Tesla), Nomad Ventures (Intro, Bezel), Balaji Ventures (Perplexity), and Next Fund (7Signal).

Autopilot is ranked among the Top 30 Most Downloaded Finance Apps. With over 3M+ million downloads, $800M+ in assets under management (AUM), 150k+ users, and a rapidly growing community of 80k+ subscribers, Autopilot is quickly becoming a leader in fintech.

Role Overview

As our Frontend Engineer, you’ll be responsible for implementing modern, responsive, and scalable user interfaces in React. You’ll collaborate closely with our Web Designer (UI/UX) to translate Figma designs into high-quality, production-ready code. You’ll also work with backend engineers and product teams to ensure seamless integration and performance.

Responsibilities

• Build, optimize, and maintain responsive web interfaces using React (and supporting libraries/tools).
• Translate Figma designs into pixel-perfect, accessible, and performant code.
• Create reusable, modular UI components with scalability in mind.
• Implement state management, routing, and API integrations.
• Collaborate with product, design, and backend engineers to ship features quickly and efficiently.
• Ensure the application meets performance, accessibility, and security best practices.
• Contribute to and help maintain a frontend component library/design system.
• Stay current with modern frontend trends, frameworks, and tooling.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of professional experience as a Frontend Engineer or similar role.
• Strong expertise with React (Hooks, Context API, or state management libraries like Redux/Zustand).
• Proficiency in TypeScript and/or JavaScript.
• Experience with CSS frameworks (Tailwind, Styled Components, or similar).
• Familiarity with Next.js or similar React frameworks (bonus).
• Comfortable consuming and integrating with REST or GraphQL APIs.
• Strong understanding of web performance, accessibility, and responsive design.
• Experience with Git, code reviews, and collaborative workflows.
• Bonus: Familiarity with testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress).

Benefits:

• Generous UNLIMITED PTO (and we mean it!).
• Mandated two-week holiday shutdown at the end of the year for Christmas and New Year’s + company holidays.
• Autopilot covers 99% of premiums for employee and dependent benefits (health, dental, vision).
• Top-of-the-line equipment: laptops, external monitors, standing desks, etc.