Senior Front-End Engineer, Aira ASL App
Mobile-first. Fully remote. Contract to start.
About Aira
Aira's mission is to remove visual barriers and make the world more accessible through on-demand visual interpreting. We believe access is a human right. The Aira ASL App extends that access to Deaf and hard of hearing users. We're a fully remote team, and always will be, united by that mission. We are champions of inclusion, diversity and accessibility in how we build and in who we hire.
About the role
You'll be the first engineer dedicated to the Aira ASL App: a senior front-end engineer who owns the mobile experience end to end. You'll inherit an existing codebase and modernize it, build real-time video that holds up in the real world, and make accessibility the default rather than the retrofit. You'll work independently at first, with the mandate to help shape and grow the team as it finds its footing.
What you'll do
Own the front end of the Aira ASL App, mobile first
Modernize and maintain an existing production codebase
Build and harden real-time video: latency, reconnects, call state
Make every component accessible by default
Partner closely with our ASL community and design team
Help define what the team needs next, and help us hire for it
Required qualifications
Fluent in ASL, or Deaf or hard of hearing
Senior front-end engineer who has shipped and maintained production mobile apps
Hands-on experience with real-time video in production
Comfortable owning an existing codebase and working independently
Uses AI coding agents as a normal part of your workflow
Builds accessibly by default
Preferred qualifications
Flutter
Web front-end alongside mobile
Consent, privacy or PII-handling flows
Experience building products for Deaf and hard of hearing users
What we offer
100% remote. We're fully remote and always will be.
Mission-driven work with immediate, visible impact
Airas Values
We are powered by people
We pursue excellence & hold ourselves accountable for results
We embrace change and agility
We act with integrity, transparency, dignity and respect
We are champions of inclusion, diversity and accessibility
Airas Operating Principles
Agility: We reconsider priorities and solutions when presented with new information, scenarios, and opportunities.
Focus: We operate with a plan, based on our roadmap and aligned to our priorities.
Diversity: We embrace a workplace that celebrates personal differences and the way those differences make us all stronger.
Scalability: We expect and demand repeatable, documented processes to replace ad-hoc operations, so we can scale growth and support career movement.
Fiscal Responsibility: We make financial (or investment) decisions using radical optimism coupled with disciplined, fiscal conservatism.
Transparency: We (Employees and Agent Staff) engage in open, honest, and direct, 2-way communication because we trust one another.
Corporate Social Responsibility: We support the community in matters related to health, employment and independent living. This includes making our service available as broadly as possible to support these commitments.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Aira provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
