Senior Software Engineer, Frontend

Department: R&D

Location: San Francisco, Toronto, New York, Seattle

Compensation: $150K – $200K • Offers Equity • Multiple Ranges

Employment Type: FullTime

About WorkWhile
WorkWhile is on a mission to help workers earn a better living and live better lives. More than 80 million Americans work hourly jobs, often with unpredictable schedules that pay close to minimum wage and offer limited benefits, leading to financial instability.

WorkWhile is revolutionizing frontline work by creating a more flexible and efficient labor market. Powered by AI, the WorkWhile platform helps businesses quickly access high-quality talent. Workers benefit from same-day pay, free telehealth services, upskilling, and the ability to choose shifts that match their skills and schedules.

We have the audacious goal to align incentives and solve inefficiencies in the labor market, disrupting the $650 billion staffing and recruiting market. Backed by Khosla Ventures and recognized by the Inc. 5000 for 10x growth, WorkWhile is reshaping the future of work.

What you'll do

• Partner closely with product, design, and engineering leadership to build high-quality user experiences for workers and businesses

• Lead frontend initiatives from early design through implementation, launch, and iteration

• Build and maintain complex user-facing features in React and React Native, with a focus on performance, accessibility, and maintainability

• Help shape frontend architecture, patterns, and best practices as the product and team scale

• Support and mentor teammates, contributing to a collaborative and inclusive engineering culture

What we're looking for

• Deep experience building frontend applications using JavaScript and React and/or React Native

• Strong product instincts and the ability to translate user needs into thoughtful UI and interaction design

• Experience owning features or product areas end-to-end, including technical decision-making

• Comfort collaborating across disciplines, especially with design and backend engineering

• Clear, thoughtful communication and a collaborative mindset

• Interest in mentoring others and raising the overall quality of frontend work

Engineering @ WorkWhile

• We’re a small and mighty team with senior engineers from Rippling, Stripe, DoorDash, Faire among others

• We value user-centricity, competence, speed, and having fun

• We embrace independence and take ownership of our projects, yet are also great team players

• We deal in outcomes, not projects

• Read more about our team at https://tech.workwhile.ai/

Benefits & Perks

• Remote-friendly work culture with office hubs in SF, NY, Seattle & Toronto

• In-person company offsites

• Medical, dental, & vision coverage

• Flexible time off

• 401(k) with employer match

• WFH stipend to support your home office needs

WorkWhile has a diverse, mission-driven, and supportive culture—we look for people who want to take ownership, are energized by ambiguity, and strive to make a lasting impact. If this resonates with you, we’d love to chat!

WorkWhile is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.