# Staff Front End Engineer at Zum

- Company: Zum
- What the company does: Zum CMX serves 5,000+ schools with 98% on-time performance. Managed student transportation, AI routing, and real-time tracking for districts. Backed by Sequoia and SoftBank VF.
- Company website: https://ridezum.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Hybrid Remote/ Redwood City, CA
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $240K to $280K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-01-27
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/ridezum/721669b0-8b49-4c49-b589-d8e40b0f4f5f
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zum-staff-front-end-engineer/

## About the role

The targeted base salary range for this role is listed in the compensation section below. Actual salary may be above or below this range based on factors such as location, skills, and relevant experience. In addition, this position may include additional compensation in the form of equity or commissions. If you are a full-time salaried or hourly worker, we offer the following benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), Holidays, Wellness, Vacation, and more.

## What they're looking for

- Senior+ or Staff-level front end engineering experience, with a track record of technical leadership, not just individual contribution
- Strong, hands-on experience with Angular, you should be able to step into our stack and start contributing quickly
- Experience with reactive UI patterns and RxJS or equivalent observables-based architecture
- Comfort building and owning enterprise, data-dense web applications, not consumer products or analytics dashboards
- Experience technically leading or mentoring other engineers, ideally across a distributed team
- Genuine interest in AI-driven automation, with real opinions on where a team could move faster

Tags: Engineering