Founding Frontend Engineer at Hera
New York City, NY
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Jun 30, 2026
New York City, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A founding frontend engineering role at a healthcare navigation startup, focused on building and owning core product interfaces used by care managers, families, and aging adults. The work centers on translating design sensibility into polished, high-quality workflows, setting frontend standards early in the codebase, and staying close to real users. Suits an autonomous engineer with strong React/TypeScript skills and a genuine interest in product craft.
Senior level · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,700 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2,000–3,500
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
No explicit experience floor is stated; seniority is inferred from the founding-engineer framing, high autonomy expectations, and the call for someone opinionated about quality and standards — consistent with a Senior IC.
The title 'founding frontend software engineer' carries no level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified.
TypeScript, React, Next.js, and AWS are listed together in a 'Relevant technical fluency' paragraph framed as 'highly relevant for this role' — firm enough to treat as hard gates given the overall requirements context. 'Comfort with modern AI-native workflows' is a vague methodology phrase with no named tool, so it was omitted from the skills list.
Compensation is described only as 'top of market with founding-level equity' — no figures are given.
The role is explicitly in-person in NYC; remote=false.
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