Staff Frontend Engineer, Seed
$165-190k
+ Equity
Probiotics for improving human and planetary health
Open for applications
Probiotics for improving human and planetary health
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$165-190k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To improve the health of people and the planet through pioneering the use of microbes and bacteria.
Role
Who you are
- 8-10+ years of professional experience in frontend engineering
- A strong portfolio or GitHub showcasing your passion for UI craft and frontend work
- A proven track record of leading complex, multi-team technical initiatives
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow engineers
- Expert-level React and Next.js (TypeScript required)
- Deep understanding of design systems, design tokens, and component API design
- Proficiency with Figma and modern prototyping tools
- Experience with Storybook, CSS-in-JS, CSS Modules, or Tailwind CSS
- Knowledge of web performance optimization and Core Web Vitals
- Understanding of web accessibility standards (WCAG) and best practices
- Proven collaborator and communicator; clearly articulating design/technical trade-offs to engineering, design, and product partners
- Experience in giving and receiving constructive feedback
- Track record of establishing best practices and raising the quality bar
- Comfortable navigating ambiguity and balancing multiple perspectives
Desirable
- Experience translating motion design concepts into production-ready animations (Framer Motion, GSAP)
- Familiarity with code-aware AI tools (Cursor, v0, Bolt)
- Experience with design systems at scale in high-growth DTC or e-commerce companies
- Knowledge of A/B testing frameworks and experimentation methodologies
- Background in health, wellness, or science-focused consumer brands
- Previous experience at companies known for design excellence (Stripe, Airbnb, Linear, Notion)
What the job involves
- As a Staff Frontend Engineer, you will be the champion for UI craft on the Engineering team
- You have a deep love for product, a keen eye for design, and the technical expertise to translate ambitious vision into high-quality experiences on our React/Next.js platform
- You will own the multi-year strategy and architecture of our design system, guide the development of polished features, and invest time to coach and mentor senior engineers, setting the bar for quality across the organization
- Act as the final engineering checkpoint for visual quality, ensuring spacing, typography, motion, and pixel-perfect execution
- Translate Figma designs into production-ready code with obsessive attention to detail
- Ensure that all implementations meet accessibility standards and adhere to responsive design principles
- Partner early with Design, Product, and Engineering leadership to define the UI architecture, assess feasibility, anticipate challenges, and guide implementation
- Build production-ready React components that bring our design system to life
- Create comprehensive documentation, including usage guidelines, code examples, and Storybook implementations
- Make foundational technology and architectural choices about component APIs, design tokens, and theming systems
- Drive adoption across the Engineering team and ensure consistency across applications
- Champion the importance of UI craft within the Engineering organization
- Conduct thoughtful architectural, design, and code reviews, holding the entire team to a high standard of excellence in component design, accessibility, and visual fidelity
- Create and maintain frontend development standards and guidelines
- Share knowledge through documentation, presentations, and pair programming
Our take
Seed Health is a microbial company that researches, develops and sells probiotic supplements to boost gastrointestinal, dermatological oral, pediatric and nutritional health.
The last decade has seen a renewed focus on probiotics, and gut health in particular, with scores of companies bringing supplements to market. However the efficacy of many of these are still shrouded in doubt, and lacking in insightful scientific research. Seed appears committed to upping (and setting) the standard. The company’s chief scientist, Dr. Gregor Reid, is a global authority in microbial sciences, having chaired the UN-WHO panel that first defined the term “probiotics”. On top of this, the company’s advisory board comes with a strong resume in microbiology, immunology, genetics, metabolomics, gastroenterology, pediatrics, environmental sciences and women’s health.
The next big step for Seed Health will be to rise above an already crowded marketplace while continuing R&D for new product categories, with a particular focus on AI applications. Substantial funding in 2021 alongside stable profitability and the fostering of groundbreaking partnerships with the likes of the Swiss Institute of Allergy prove it is turning heads in the science sector.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
63% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Apr 2021
$40m
SERIES A
Total funding: $40m
Company HQ
Financial District, Boston, MA
Leadership
Ara Katz
(Co-CEO & Co-Founder)Having started their career in film, they were in the Founding Team of BeachMint, before leaving in March 2016 to co-found Seed. They have served since as co-CEO, alongside various Advisory positions.
Raja Dhir
(Co-CEO & Co-Founder)They studied at the University of Southern California before co-founding Seed Health with Ara in March 2016. They have served with Ara as co-CEO since, and also founded LUCA Biologics in August 2019.
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