Frontend Engineer San Francisco, CA

Location: San Francisco, CA (Onsite 5 days a week)

Compensation: $100K–$160K salary + 0.1%–0.6% equity

Pump is on a mission to radically simplify AWS cost optimization for teams building in the cloud. We use group buying and AI to help startups save like big tech — often reducing AWS bills by ~60%, completely for free.

Asa
Frontend Engineer
, you’ll play a foundational role in shaping both our product and our company. You’ll work closely with the founding team, contribute across the stack (especially frontend), and help define our technical direction and culture from the ground up.

This is a rare chance to join something early and make a real impact — we hope Pump becomes a career-defining chapter for everyone who joins.

• Build intuitive,performant,andscalableinterfacesthatbringourvisiontolife
• Contributeacrossthestack,withastrongemphasisonfrontendarchitectureandbestpractices
• Workcloselywithengineers,designers,andfounderstoshipquicklyanditeratebasedonfeedback
• Invent,improve,andmaintaindevelopmentprocesses,tools,and workflows

• BSorMSin Computer Science ,Engineering,orarelatedfield
• 5+yearsofexperienceasafullstackengineer,withafocusonbuildingscalableandreliablewebapplications
• Preferablyhasexperienceata
  
  Series
  
  B+topre-IPOcompany
• Strongproficiencyinatleastonemodernfrontendframework—Reactand Next.jspreferred
• Strongproficiencyin Python,andfamiliaritywithatleastone
  
  Pythonbackendframework(e.g.Django,FastAPI,Flask)
• Experience with
  
  AWS—knowledgeofcloudinfrastructureandcost/billingconceptsisaplus
• ExperiencewithSQLorNo
  
  SQL databases
• Experience with Docker;containerorchestrationsystemslikeKubernetesareaplus
• Strongcommunicationskillsandabilitytocollaborateeffectivelywithcross-functional teams
• Enjoysprototypingandexperimentingquicklytovalidateideasanditeratefast

• Strongarchitecturalunderstandingofscalablefrontendsystems
• Experienceintegratingwithbackend
  
  APIsandworkingwithreal-timeordynamicdata
• Strongproductsenseandattentiontodetail—youcarehowthingslookandfeel
• Abilitytothriveinafast-paced,ambiguousstartupenvironmentandtakeinitiative
• Ability to work onsite 5 days a week

• Experienceatearly-stagestartupsorfast-growth environments(Series
  
  A–C,pre-IPO)
• Passionfordevelopertools,infrastructure,orcloudplatforms
• Familiarity with Kubernetesormodern Dev Opsworkflows
• Anopinionatedeyeforclean,simpledesignandthoughtfulUI
• Comprehensive healthcare and dental coverage for you
• 401(k) plan
• Generous PTO: 13 accrued days, plus company shutdown December 24—January 1st
• Free lunch & dinner at the office
• Annual company-paid retreats
• Developmental bonuses: support for professional development opportunities tied to cloud and related fields

$100,000 - $160,000 USD