Staff Frontend Engineer | Web Apps & Platform

Machinify

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Location: United States
Job Type: full-time
Salary: 200-240k
Posted: February 27, 2026

Job Description

Machinify is a leading healthcare intelligence company with expertise across the payment continuum, delivering unmatched value, transparency, and efficiency to health plan clients across the country. Deployed by over 85 health plans, including many of the top 20, and representing more than 270 million lives, Machinify brings together a fully configurable and content-rich, AI-powered platform along with best-in-class expertise. We’re constantly reimagining what’s possible in our industry, creating disruptively simple, powerfully clear ways to maximize financial outcomes and drive down healthcare costs.

We’re seeking a Sr/Staff Frontend Engineer to join our team!

The ideal candidate has a range of skills across web application programming. You have interest in developing user-centric and performant UI platforms. A primary contributor to frontend related development such as new feature programming and architecting patterns where specific backend services are designed to optimally serve a product's user interface. You excel at transforming complex requirements into functional, scalable, and responsive interfaces that deliver optimal user experiences.

Every day offers a chance to work on something intellectually stimulating! We've built a team of strong programmers and problem solvers! You’ll join a group of peers who are committed to engineering excellence, highly motivated to solve hard problems together, autonomous in their ability to perform work, and highly impactful towards the success of the business.

Does this sound like the right opportunity to explore?... Lets connect!

What You'll Do

Develop new applications & contribute towards the UI and potentially middle-layer development
Own projects aligned with our product development strategy
Design and implement solutions to achieve a delightful and intuitive user experience
Contribute to the underlying platform to ensure it is extensible, scalable, and secure
Collaborate with team and external stakeholders such as Product Managers, Backend Engineers, UX team, & our customers

What You Bring

10+ years of production ready application development experience
Proficiency in modern Javascript, Typescript, and CSS/HTML
Expert in reading and understanding complex enterprise-grade code, quickly contribute to it, and suggesting improvements
Proven experience developing thoughtful UI system design and architecture with extensibility in mind
Excellent debugging skills (using dev tools source code, emphasis in identifying root cause, and proactively preventing future bugs)
Proficiency integrating web API’s or micro-services to UI in partnership with backend developers
Experience implementing best practices of incorporating AI into user flows
Familiarity with standard development tools and processes like Github Workflows, Git, JIRA
Experience creating and building systems in production with high traffic users
Comfortability in navigating ambiguity and taking the initiative
BS or MS in Computer science (or equivalent experience)

Excitement to make an impact in rewiring US healthcare!

What We Offer

Work from anywhere in the US! Machinify is digital-first.
Top Medical/Dental/Vision offerings
FSA/HSA
Tuition reimbursement
Competitive salary, 401(k) with company match
Unlimited PTO
Additional health and wellness benefits and perks
Flexible and trusting environment where you’ll feel empowered to do your best work

The salary for this position is based on an array of factors unique to each candidate: Such as years and depth of experience, set skills, certifications, etc. We are hiring for different levels, and our Recruiting team will let you know if you qualify for a different role/range. Salary is one component of the total compensation package, which includes meaningful equity, excellent healthcare, flexible time off, and other benefits and perks.

Pay range: 200-240k

Equal Employment Opportunity at Machinify

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Machinify is an employment at will employer. We participate in E-Verify as required by applicable law. In accordance with applicable state laws, we do not inquire about salary history during the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruitment process, please let our recruiters know.

🎯 Who is this job for?

This role is ideal for a Staff (or very Senior) Frontend Engineer with 10+ years of experience building high-traffic, enterprise-grade web applications using modern JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, and scalable UI architectures. It suits a technical leader who can design extensible frontend platforms, integrate microservices effectively, implement AI-driven user flows, and own complex initiatives aligned with product strategy. You should be comfortable navigating ambiguity, mentoring others, improving large codebases, and delivering secure, performant, user-centric experiences in a healthcare domain.

💬 Potential Interview Questions

How would you architect a scalable frontend platform that serves multiple healthcare web applications?
I would design a modular, domain-driven architecture with shared UI libraries and clear API contracts. Emphasis on composability, strong typing with TypeScript, and separation of concerns ensures extensibility and long-term scalability.
How do you design UI systems that remain extensible as product complexity grows?
I build reusable, well-documented components aligned with a centralized design system and token strategy. Clear abstraction boundaries and predictable data flows prevent tight coupling and enable future expansion.
What strategies do you use to integrate microservices efficiently into a frontend application?
I define typed API clients, normalize data at the boundary layer, and manage server state with structured caching strategies. Close collaboration with backend engineers ensures APIs are optimized for UI consumption.
How do you ensure performance and responsiveness in high-traffic enterprise applications?
I leverage code-splitting, lazy loading, memoization, and efficient state management. Continuous monitoring of performance metrics and proactive optimization help maintain responsiveness at scale.
Describe your approach to debugging complex enterprise-grade frontend systems.
I systematically trace issues using browser dev tools, source maps, and logging to identify root causes rather than symptoms. I also implement safeguards such as stronger typing and improved test coverage to prevent recurrence.
How do you incorporate AI capabilities into user flows in a responsible and effective way?
I design AI-assisted experiences with transparency and human oversight, ensuring users can validate or override AI-generated outcomes. Performance, explainability, and data privacy are key considerations in healthcare contexts.
How do you maintain security and compliance in frontend applications handling sensitive healthcare data?
I enforce strict authentication and authorization flows, avoid exposing sensitive data in the client, and follow secure coding practices. Regular audits, dependency updates, and alignment with backend security standards are essential.
What is your approach to leading cross-functional frontend initiatives?
I align architecture decisions with product strategy, document technical proposals, and facilitate collaborative design discussions. I take ownership from design to deployment while mentoring engineers along the way.
How do you balance delivering features quickly with maintaining engineering excellence?
I prioritize pragmatic solutions while maintaining clean abstractions and test coverage. Incremental refactoring and technical debt management ensure speed does not compromise sustainability.
How do you operate effectively in ambiguous, high-impact environments?
I break down unclear requirements into concrete assumptions, validate them with stakeholders, and iterate quickly. Taking initiative while maintaining open communication ensures progress without sacrificing alignment.

📋 Job Summary

Machinify is a leading healthcare intelligence company transforming the U.S. payment ecosystem with an AI-powered platform used by 85+ health plans covering 270M+ lives. We’re hiring a Staff Frontend Engineer (Remote, US) to architect and build scalable, high-performance web applications using modern JavaScript, TypeScript, and enterprise-grade UI patterns integrated with microservices. You’ll own impactful projects, shape extensible frontend platform architecture, and embed AI-driven experiences into complex healthcare workflows. This role offers a competitive salary of $200K–$240K plus equity and comprehensive benefits, with the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in reshaping U.S. healthcare technology.