Senior Front End Engineer - Groq

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Job Title

Senior Front End Engineer

Job Location

Palo Alto, CA (Hybrid)

Job Listing URL

https://groq.com/careers?gh_jid=6499969003

Job Description

About Groq

Groq delivers fast, efficient AI inference. Our LPU-based system powers GroqCloud™, giving businesses and developers the speed and scale they need. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we are on a mission to make high performance AI compute more accessible and affordable. When real-time AI is within reach, anything is possible. Build fast.

Senior Design Engineer

Mission:

Deliver exceptional, end-to-end user experiences at Groq to welcome millions of AI developers as they build on top of GroqCloud. Take pride and ownership over “User Delight”

Responsibilities & opportunities in this role:

Design System Development: Establish and maintain a shared design system, including guidelines, tokens (colors, typography, spacing), and reusable, documented React components to ensure consistency across all products.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with design and product teams to ensure AI-driven user flows (e.g., chat interfaces, data visualization dashboards) remain consistent, intuitive, and user-friendly as they evolve.
Accessibility & Cross-Browser Support: Ensure all UIs comply with WCAG standards and that they perform well across all major browsers and devices, including mobile platforms.
Micro-Interactions & Advanced UI: Design and implement subtle animations, transitions, and micro-interactions that enhance user engagement and make AI responses feel more intuitive (e.g., streaming text for chat responses).
UI Quality Assurance: Lead visual QA efforts, proactively identify UI regressions, and integrate UI test coverage into automated testing pipelines using tools like Storybook and Cypress.

Ideal candidates have/are:

3+ years of experience in react
Experience with next.js, or other react based SSR frameworks
Strong experience in design systems and UI/UX principles, with a focus on accessibility and cross-platform support.
Expertise in building reusable React components and working with modern design tokens (colors, typography, spacing).
Deep understanding of WCAG standards and hands-on experience ensuring compliance across web and mobile UIs.
Able to design UX flows in Figma
Stunning portfolio showcasing their work
Open source github repos of code attached to resume
Experience with storybook, or alternatives
Experience with Playwright, or other integration testing frameworks
Experience with Figma

Attributes of a Groqster:

Humility - Egos are checked at the door
Collaborative & Team Savvy - We make up the smartest person in the room, together
Growth & Giver Mindset - Learn it all versus know it all, we share knowledge generously
Curious & Innovative - Take a creative approach to projects, problems, and design
Passion, Grit, & Boldness - no limit thinking, fueling informed risk taking

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

Compensation: At Groq, a competitive base salary is part of our comprehensive compensation package, which includes equity and benefits. For this role, the base salary range is $186,915 to $252,885, determined by your skills, qualifications, experience and internal benchmarks.

Location: Groq is a geo-agnostic company, meaning you work where you are. Exceptional candidates will thrive in asynchronous partnerships and remote collaboration methods. Some roles may require being located near our primary sites, as indicated in the job description.

At Groq: Our goal is to hire and promote an exceptional workforce as diverse as the global populations we serve. Groq is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and belonging in all aspects of our organization. We value and celebrate diversity in thought, beliefs, talent, expression, and backgrounds. We know that our individual differences make us better.

Groq is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. We also take affirmative action to offer employment opportunities to minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.

Groq is committed to working with qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants who would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or who need special assistance or a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact us at: talent@groq.com. This contact information is for accommodation requests only. Evaluation of requests for reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

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