Frontend Engineer

About Foresight Data

Foresight is the leader in providing Generative AI to the private investment market industry through LLM-powered agents fully integrated into best-in-class web and mobile software. Foresight is solving some of the most challenging data integration, data management and visualization problems for private markets with a revolutionary product that brings together investment sourcing, deal management, portfolio management and finance capabilities in one end-to-end platform.

Founded by a team with a history working together at three of the most innovative, demanding, data-driven financial institutions in the world, Blackrock, Point
72, and Greycroft, Foresight is a fast-growing pre-Series A company with engineers who have worked at leading tech companies including Amazon, Google, and a host of great startups.

This is a rare opportunity to join a team who are building the future of how trillions of dollars of investment capital are allocated, integrated and visualized.

As a Staff Frontend Engineer, you will serve as a senior individual contributor within the engineering team, partnering closely with Product, Data & Analytics, and the Lead Frontend Engineer to help deliver a polished, intuitive frontend experience for Foresight’s platform. This role sits at the intersection of design, data, and technology, with a focus on building scalable user interfaces in an AI-driven environment that make complex investment information accessible and actionable for private equity and venture capital clients.

You will contribute both hands-on development and technical guidance, supporting the execution of frontend initiatives while helping elevate engineering best practices across the team. Operating in a fast-growing startup environment, this role offers meaningful influence on how the product evolves, exposure to the workflows and decision-making of the private market ecosystem, and the opportunity to help shape a platform used by sophisticated investment professionals.

This position reports to the Chief Technology Officer and is based in the New York City metro area, operating on a hybrid schedule, requiring 2–3 days per week onsite (Tribeca). Travel is not expected at this time.

• Partner closely with the Product and Design teams to scope features, contribute to clear product requirements, and support delivery through agile development cycles.
• Collaborate with the Lead Frontend Engineer to implement frontend solutions that align with agreed technical direction and architectural standards.
• Innovate with AI features that push the boundaries of what natural language can do and take advantage of the latest advances in generative data visualization for web and mobile.
• Contribute to frontend best practices across code quality, performance, accessibility, and maintainability.
• Participate in defining and tracking product KPIs such as usage, adoption, and client satisfaction, providing frontend insights and improvements.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and day-to-day technical guidance.
• Collaborate with backend, data, and AI teams to deliver end-to-end product features.
• Operate effectively in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment with evolving requirements and priorities.

• Bachelors degree in computer science or related field; commensurate years of experience in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of 6 years of professional web application development experience, with ownership of complex frontend features or systems.
• Demonstrated expertise in React and modern frontend development patterns.
• Strong experience collaborating closely with UX and Product teams to deliver user-centered solutions.
• Proven ability to write scalable, maintainable code in JavaScript and Type Script, including client-server single-page applications.
• Demonstrated understanding of web services and APIs, including REST and/or Graph
  
  QL, HTTP, and JSON.
• Hands-on experience deploying and operating applications in cloud environments (AWS preferred; Azure acceptable).

• Experience working in an entrepreneurial or early-stage environment, with comfort operating in a…