Alma Looking for Frontend Engineer at San Francisco Bay Area Full Time

Our entire team works between 9 am and 8 pm Pacific Time and 5 days a week. We try to leave the weekend to our team to recharge and spend time with their family.

👋🏼 Hello! We’re Alma

Backed by leading VCs such as Bling Capital, Forerunner, Village Global, NFX, Conviction, MVP Ventures, NEA and Silkroad Innovation Hub, Alma is a LegalTech startup on a mission to transform the immigration industry. By combining the expertise of seasoned attorneys with AI/ML, we streamline the complex immigration process for individuals and businesses. Our comprehensive platform and dedicated legal team provide clients with a seamless experience, empowering them to navigate the intricate world of immigration with confidence.

🚀 Why you should join ALMA

You will have the opportunity to work alongside mission-driven founders who are determined to make immigration easy. From day 1 you will be solving challenging & interesting problems by leveraging cutting-edge AI research and technology. You will be working with our CTO, a seasoned tech visionary with years of leadership experience at Uber and other established startups, where you’ll have the chance to greatly expand your knowledge and skills under his expert mentorship.

🧠 Founding Team

The founding team has an extensive background in the legal industry, consulting, and building ML platforms.

• Shuo – CTO & Cofounder: Shuo built the ML Platform (Michelangelo) at Uber for 5+ years after which he was the head of AI & ML team at a SupportLogic (a series B startup using predictive & generative AI for customer support).
• Aizada – CEO & Cofounder: Aizada is a graduate of Harvard Law School, an attorney with 7+ years of experience including working at a top law firm such as Cooley and an ex-McKinsey consultant.
• Assel – CPO & Cofounder: Assel is a graduate of Harvard Business School and has 7 years of experience building products at FinTechs such as SoFi and Step and at large financial institutions when working at Ernst & Young.

🔍 What we’re looking for

We are looking for a highly-skilled and ambitious frontend engineer with 5+ years of developing web applications who is super pumped about building AI native products to make immigration easy. You will own the products end-to-end and solve the hard problems. We need you to be in the 99th percentile of having a “can-do” attitude.

✅ Responsibilities

• Work closely with the founding team to implement ALMA web applications.
• Translate UI/UX designs and wireframes into high-quality code, producing visual elements of the product.
• Develop and maintain all aspects of our web applications, ensuring high performance and seamless integration with our backend.
• Evaluate and leverage advanced JavaScript/Typescript libraries and frameworks.
• Build reusable code/components/libraries for future use.
• Participate in code reviews to maintain code quality and share knowledge.

🛠 Role Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience as a frontend engineer with a proven track record.
• Proficient understanding of web markup, including HTML5 and CSS3.
• We use React.js and Next.js and deploy the app through Vercel and expect you to have advanced knowledge of them.
• Familiarity with server-side CSS pre-processing platforms, such as LESS and SASS.
• Experience with CI/CD workflows such as Github actions and CircleCI
• Proficient understanding of cross-browser compatibility issues and ways to work around them.
• Knowledge of package manager such as Yarn or NPM and module bundler such as Webpack.
• Proficient on translating a product design into technical design and UI implementation
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and enjoy the start-up culture
• BS/MS in Computer Science
• If you are located in bay area, we would love to see you in office several days a week. Otherwise, we will see you over zoom.

⭐️ Nice-to-haves

• Experience with design and implement data modeling and APIs.
• Experience working in a small startup environment (Seed or Series A).
• Experience working with LLMs such as GPTs, Claude or open source LLMs.