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Senior Software Engineer, Frontend
Senior-level | Chicago | Engineering | In office | Full-time
Compensation Range: $135k-$170k
About InstaSwitch
InstaSwitch is the fastest way for banks and fintech platforms to activate new accounts, driving deposits and primary relationships. Businesses hesitate to switch accounts due to time and complexity, leading to lost primacy. InstaSwitch automates switching, seamlessly moving income sources, payroll, and spend with minimal effort.
About This Role
We're looking for a senior engineer with deep frontend expertise to own our client-facing TypeScript stack. You'll be the first dedicated frontend hire on a small, senior engineering team.
You’ll build, maintain, and set engineering standards for our frontend and client SDK built on Lit 3 and web components as we scale: versioning, distribution, testing, isolation, and establishing patterns and architecture for the team.
In practice, you’ll be full stack - contributing to our API, working on other services, and collaborating across the stack - but your primary ownership is the frontend and SDK.
What You’ll Do
Own our TypeScript/Lit frontend: architecture, patterns, and day-to-day development
Own our embedded client SDK: versioning, distribution, customer-facing API design
Contribute to our Rails backend
Rapidly prototype, test, ship, and iterate on new features
Contribute to technical strategy and engineering culture as part of a small, tight-knit team
What We’re Looking For
6+ years of experience in full-stack development
Strong TypeScript proficiency
Deep experience with web components or Lit; strong React or Next.js experience is welcome but web components depth is what we're hiring for
Demonstrated experience building and distributing frontend SDKs, including versioning, lifecycle management, and isolation in third-party contexts
Comfortable working across the stack in a small team environment
Security-first approach to development
Self-directed and effective in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Nice to Have
Experience building or maintaining browser extensions (Chrome, Firefox, or Safari)
Experience with Ruby on Rails
Web automation expertise (Puppeteer, Selenium, AI-driven automation, etc.)
Fintech or banking API experience
Why InstaSwitch
We're a growing team solving a meaningful problem that hasn't been cracked yet. You'll work directly with the founding team, have real ownership over a critical part of the product, and help shape how we build as we grow. If you want a role where your technical decisions matter and your work ships to real customers, this is it.
Benefits
Competitive salary ($135k-$170k) w. equity options
Health, dental, and vision benefits
High-impact role with direct influence on product direction
How to Apply
If this sounds like your kind of opportunity, we’d love to hear from you. Send your resume to contact@instaswitch.co. We're happy to see side projects, open source contributions, or links to things you've built — whatever you think best represents you.
