Frontend Engineer
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About Outpost
What if going global was as simple as going local?
Outpost is building the AI global trade engine. The accumulated knowledge of every rule you'd need to sell internationally, turned into infrastructure. Tell us what you're selling. We'll tell you how to sell it everywhere.
We operate as Merchant of Record or Tax of Record across 58+ tax jurisdictions. Full liability transfer, or just the tax layer. We do the analysis, we handle the setup, we absorb the liability.
Sell anything, anywhere. Without compromise.
The Role
This is a Frontend Engineer role for someone who wants to build intuitive interfaces for complex financial operations.
You'll work directly with our engineering leadership to create the user experiences that power international commerce. Merchant dashboards, payment flows, tax compliance tools, transaction monitoring, and AI-powered analysis interfaces. You'll make complexity feel simple.
We believe great design is as much about what you leave out as what you put in. A well-designed interface should feel inevitable, where every element has earned its place and complexity is made manageable through thoughtful design.
This isn't just about building beautiful interfaces. You'll tackle challenges like displaying real-time payment flows, building tax compliance tools, and developing merchant analytics. You'll also explore how emerging technologies can enhance our platform, from AI-powered insights to advanced reporting.
What You'll Get
Yes, the work is intense. But in return, you'll build the interfaces for critical financial infrastructure handling hundreds of millions in volume.
You'll have significant input into product and technical direction, work with a small team of experienced engineers, and shape how merchants experience global commerce. If you want to go deep on fintech product design and frontend architecture, this is the role.
What You'll Build
Modern, responsive merchant dashboard
Complex financial workflows and payment interfaces
Tax compliance and reporting tools
Transaction monitoring and risk management interfaces
AI-powered transaction analysis and compliance tools
Integrations with major e-commerce platforms
A best in class developer experience
What You'll Do
Technical Development
Contribute to frontend architecture and development
Build scalable, maintainable React applications
Establish frontend best practices and coding standards
Drive technical decisions for user interface components
Product Development
Create intuitive interfaces for complex financial operations
Design and implement responsive, cross-browser solutions
Build performance-optimized web applications
Develop reusable component libraries
Integrate with backend services and APIs
Special Projects
Lead development of AI-enhanced user interfaces
Build tools for transaction analysis and insights
Create interfaces for automated tax compliance
Develop merchant self-service capabilities
Explore emerging technologies for platform enhancement
Example Projects
Build the merchant dashboard from scratch with real-time transaction monitoring
Create the tax compliance interface that makes multi-jurisdiction filings feel simple
Design and implement payment flow visualizations that surface issues instantly
Build AI-powered tools for transaction analysis and anomaly detection
Create the integration setup experience for Shopify and other e-commerce platforms
Develop the self-service onboarding flow that gets merchants live faster
Build a component library that accelerates future product development
What We're Looking For
Ideal background:
TypeScript with strong typing practices and type modeling
React with functional components, hooks, context, routing
Modular declarative code that prioritises readability and reusability
Track record of building complex web applications
Understanding of UI/UX best practices
Comfortable using LLMs and LLM-powered IDEs to scaffold, refactor, and prototype
Bonus:
Prior exposure to frontend platform work: design systems, code generation, testing frameworks
Experience building internal tools or dashboards
Design sensibility or experience collaborating closely with designers
Fintech and compliance experience
Familiarity with LLM agent frameworks or tools like v0, Lovable
Understanding of cross-border commerce
E-commerce or SaaS experience
Signals we care about:
You build interfaces that make complex things feel simple
You care about the details that make a product feel polished
You're comfortable with ambiguity and figuring things out
You contribute to product discussions, not just implement specs
You want to build from scratch, not maintain existing systems
Bias for action. You ship, you learn, you iterate
What this role is not:
Not maintaining existing systems. You'll build from scratch
Not a role where you wait to be told what to do
Not someone who needs heavy process or detailed specs to be effective
Not pure execution without input into product direction
Why This Role Is Different
Most frontend roles are about building features on top of existing products. This role is about creating the entire user experience for complex financial infrastructure.
You'll design how merchants interact with payments, tax compliance, and global commerce. You'll explore how AI can enhance these interfaces. You'll have real input into what we build and how it works.
If you're excited about building complex financial interfaces and exploring innovative solutions in international commerce, this is the role.
Outpost Team
Our team were leaders at Revolut, Airwallex, Adyen and Wayflyer, and we're backed by top-tier investors who have built or backed some of the world's leading fintechs.
What We Offer
Equity and salary in a well-funded startup
Ability to own your work and move fast
Direct access to the founding team
A global mission with real impact
Low politics, high output
A culture of builders, not talkers
Working Style
We work together in person in London or Amsterdam. We believe the hardest problems are solved in the room.
Learn More
emile@outpostnow.com
Outpost Culture: https://www.notion.so/Outpost-Culture-18aa047bb9af800b8f6ff5f5c83174b1 Outpost founder: http://www.littlegoatlabs.com/
Outpost is where the hard problems are. If you want to build the interfaces for global commerce infrastructure, we'd love to hear from you.