Job Description:
About Us
We are a leading global media agency shaping the future of content, advertising, and audience engagement across platforms. Our product organization builds innovative solutions for clients worldwide, combining data, technology, and creativity.
Role Overview
We’re looking for a Product Frontend Engineer who operates at the intersection of user experience, product thinking, and engineering. You’ll partner closely with product leadership and cross-functional teams to design and build intuitive, scalable applications that bring complex AI-driven capabilities to life.
This role involves owning features end-to-end — shaping user flows, contributing to technical decisions, and delivering high-quality experiences. You’ll act as a thought partner, helping raise the bar for frontend quality while collaborating across product, design, and engineering.
We encourage thoughtful use of AI-assisted development tools to accelerate development and improve workflows.
Key Responsibilities
Build and ship user-facing features from concept through production
Partner with product and design to shape workflows, interactions, and technical approaches
Contribute to frontend architecture and technical decision-making
Collaborate with backend and AI teams to integrate APIs and data services
Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code
Ensure strong performance, accessibility, and reliability
Use AI tools thoughtfully to improve development efficiency
Engage in technical discussions and contribute ideas that improve outcomes
Qualifications & Experience
4–7+ years building modern web applications in product or data-rich environments
Experience owning features end-to-end and contributing to technical direction
Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and modern CSS
Experience with React, Next.js, or similar frameworks
Solid understanding of frontend architecture, state management, and performance
Experience integrating APIs and working with complex data flows
Strong collaboration and communication skills
Comfort working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
Experience using AI coding assistants and evaluating generated code
Nice to Have
Experience working with complex application workflows
Exposure to design systems or component libraries
Experience working on AI or ML-driven products
What Success Looks Like
Builds context quickly and contributes to technical and product discussions
Shares ownership of delivering high-quality features
Improves frontend patterns and developer experience
What We Value
Ownership, curiosity, pragmatic problem solving, collaboration, and focus on delivering real user value.
Education
Relevant degree or equivalent practical experience.
At dentsu, we believe great work happens when we’re connected. Our way of working combines flexibility with in-person collaboration to spark ideas and strengthen our teams. Employees who live within a commutable distance of one of our hub offices, currently located in Chicago, metro Detroit, Los Angeles, and New York City, are required and expected to work from the office three days per week (two days per week for employees based in Los Angeles). Dentsu may designate other Hub offices at any time. Those who live outside a commutable range may be designated as remote, depending on the role and business needs. Regardless of your work location, we expect our employees to be flexible to meet the needs of our Company and clients, which may include attendance in an office.
The annual salary range for this position is $136,000 - $180,000. Placement within the salary range is based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and other factors permitted by law.
Benefits available with this position include:
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance,
• Life insurance,
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance,
• 401k,
• Flexible paid time off,
• At least 15 paid holidays per year,
• Paid sick and safe leave, and
• Paid parental leave.
Dentsu also complies with applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, in accordance with its plans and policies. For further details regarding Dentsu benefits, please visit www.dentsubenefitsplus.com.
To begin the application process, please click on the “Apply” button at the top of this job posting. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and qualified candidates will be contacted for next steps.
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PermanentDentsu is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. We do this without regard to race, color, national origin, sex , sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religious practices and observances, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
Dentsu is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with us, please send an e-mail to [email protected] by clicking on the link to let us know the nature of your accommodation request and your contact information. We are here to support you.
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