Senior Frontend/UI Engineer

We're a 9-person startup (4 founders + 5 team members) building the first AI-powered humanless event agency. We have 30+ reusable UI components, 20+ custom hooks, real-time AI streaming interfaces, and real paying customers. We need a senior frontend engineer who can design in Figma and build pixel-perfect UI. Equity included.

Companies tell our AI what they need - a corporate retreat for 200, a team building in Tuscany, a product launch in Milan - and our platform handles the rest: gathering the brief through conversation, searching venues, processing supplier proposals, and managing the entire event lifecycle.

No forms. No back-and-forth emails. Just natural language.

Our stack

Next.js 16, React 19, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Radix UI, PostgreSQL, AWS ECS.

The Team

We're 9 people total - 4 founders and 5 team members. Two co-founders work on the product daily: Lorenzo (CTO) and Daniele (CPO). The engineering team is Lorenzo and a Founding Engineer. You'd be the third engineer, working directly with both co-founders.

How We Work

• Ship daily
  • CI/CD goes straight to ECS. Your code hits production the same day.
• AI-first
  • We build with Claude Code, Cursor, whatever makes us faster. We'll give you a Claude Code subscription or the AI tool you prefer.
• Pragmatic
  • Simple solutions, DRY code, iterate based on real usage. No over-engineering.
• Flexible
  • Core hours 9:15-18:15 CET. We care about output.
• Fast
  • Slack message > meeting. Always.

Why This Role

Most "Frontend Engineer" roles are about connecting forms to APIs. This isn't that.

We're building interfaces for AI workflows that stream in real time - conversational UIs, proposal management, venue search with live updates, drag-and-drop data management. Every screen needs to feel alive, responsive, and intuitive while handling complex state underneath.

What You'll Do

You won't be slicing static mockups. You'll design in Figma and build interfaces that make AI feel effortless.

First month - Learn the system, ship real things:

• Understand the codebase, the component library, and how AI streaming reaches the UI
• Pair with Lorenzo and Daniele on existing pages - fix UI bugs, improve layouts, refine interactions
• Ship your first feature or component to production

Months 2-3 - Build independently:

• Create Figma designs for new features and translate them to pixel-perfect UI
• Build new pages and components end-to-end: design, implementation, API integration
• Own the design consistency across the product

Months 3-6 - Own the frontend experience:

• Architect complex interfaces from scratch (real-time streaming, drag-and-drop, complex forms)
• Build and evolve the design system that scales across the product
• Incorporate feedback from Daniele (CPO) on design direction and product vision
• Start shaping what we build next, not just how

After that - You own the frontend. You'll have opinions on UX, push back on designs that don't work, and drive features from Figma to production. The scope grows as fast as you do.

What's Already Built

We're not pre-product. We have a mature frontend with 30+ reusable UI components, 20+ custom hooks, a streaming event system for real-time AI updates, and complex data management interfaces (proposals, pricing, venues). Real customers use it today.

You'll work in a Next.js 16 app with App Router, React 19, Tailwind CSS, and Radix UI - all inside a TypeScript monorepo.

Must-have:

• 5+ years building software, with strong frontend/UI focus
• Figma proficiency - you can design and translate to code
• UI design sensibility: strong eye for spacing, typography, visual details
• Next.js App Router production experience (Next.js 15+)
• React 19 expertise with complex state management (custom hooks, context)
• TypeScript at an advanced level
• Tailwind CSS: complex layouts, responsive design, animations
• Component libraries (Radix UI, shadcn/ui, or similar)
• Streaming APIs or Server-Sent Events for real-time UI

Non-negotiable:

• Italian: native/fluent - customer-facing work requires it
• English: strong - docs, research, team communication
• Based in Italy, remote

Nice-to-have:

• Animation libraries (Framer Motion or similar)
• Drag-and-drop libraries
• Form libraries (React Hook Form or similar)
• Testing frameworks (Jest, React Testing Library, Playwright)
• Database experience (PostgreSQL, ORM)
• AI/LLM integration experience

A heads up: this is a startup. You'll be in the trenches with us. Some days you'll solve problems no one has solved before. Some days you'll have to figure things out from scratch with no playbook. Ownership is total - from Figma design to production, it's yours. It's not easy, but if you want comfort and hand-holding, this isn't the place.

• €50-60k RAL
• Stock Options: we are a seed startup and joining now means you could make a huge amount of money if we make it
• Private Health Insurance (Generali). It's a pretty good one
• Fully remote in Italy. We have an office and you are welcome to join but that's up to you (no pressure at all)
• MacBook Pro as your company device
• Claude Code subscription (or AI tool of your choice)
• Direct product influence. In a team of 10, everything you build matters
• You'll own the frontend of the first humanless event agency in Italy - and shape where it goes

Tell us about a complex UI you've built that you're proud of, share your portfolio or GitHub, and show us examples of Figma designs you've translated to code.