Senior Front-End Developer

Job Description

About Pinch

Pinch is a tech-enabled concierge med spa based in Evanston, IL. We empower healthcare entrepreneurs by enabling Nurse Practitioners to deliver aesthetic services directly to clients in the comfort of their own homes. Pinch is on a mission to make aesthetic medicine more accessible and comfortable for clients across the country. Pinch is growing fast, founded by a SpotHero executive and a surgeon, and backed by several top venture capital firms.Role Summary

Pinch is looking for a Senior Front-End Developer to lead development of user-facing web experiences that are fast, elegant, and intuitive. You’ll play a key role in shaping our provider and client web applications and booking experience.

This is a hands-on engineering role ideal for someone who wants to grow with the company, contribute to architectural decisions, and take ownership of major product initiatives. As an early technical hire, you'll be working in a lean environment—there’s currently no full-time product manager or designer—so you'll help define requirements, contribute to product and design decisions, and collaborate directly with founders and other stakeholders. If you thrive in ambiguity, enjoy shaping your own roadmap, and want to have a direct impact on the product and business, this role is for you.

You’ll work closely with backend engineering to build seamless and scalable interfaces using modern JavaScript frameworks. We're seeking someone who loves clean code, cares about usability and performance, and is excited to build in a fast-paced startup environment where flexibility and curiosity are essential.

Requirements

Required

5+ years of experience in front-end development

Deep expertise in TypeScript, JavaScript, React, and CSS

Comfortable building responsive UIs with Tailwind CSS or other utility-first frameworks

Familiar with state management using libraries such as Zustand or Redux

Have built or contributed to an in-house or external UI framework for design consistency

Good understanding of accessibility, performance optimization, and SEO best practices

Nice to Have

Strong experience with Next.js using the app router.

Experience with modern build tooling (e.g., Vite, Webpack, TurboPack)

Experience with these backend and other technologies, or a desire to learn: Python, Django, AWS Cognito, AWS S3, and AWS Copilot

Responsibilities

Frontend Development

Lead development of new user interfaces across our client- and provider-facing platforms

Build and maintain scalable, accessible, and maintainable components

Implement responsive designs and interactive flows in close collaboration with design

Product Collaboration

Partner with designers and the internal team to help define scope and implementation plans

Break down complex UI problems into simple, elegant solutions

Participate in design reviews, sprint planning, and code reviews

Quality & Performance

Write clean, modern, well-documented code

Optimize pages for speed and SEO using best-in-class practices

Maintain a high standard for UI/UX consistency and accessibility

You Might Be a Fit If You…

Have a builder’s mindset and love shipping fast, iterative improvements

Are excited about startups and want to work closely with founders and cross-functional teams

Communicate clearly and thrive in an environment that values autonomy and accountability

Are curious, open to feedback, and always looking for ways to grow

Benefits

Competitive cash & equity compensation

Comprehensive healthcare benefits, vision/dental, and flexible PTO

Hybrid work schedule at Industrious Evanston

Discounted Pinch Treatments and skincare

Opportunity to grow with a fast-growing business

Full-time