Why are front end developers so high in demand at startups if front end development is relatively easier than other fields of engineering? My answer to Why are front end developers so high in demand at startups if front end development is relatively easier than other fields of engineering? Front end development is absolutely not “easier” than other forms of engineering. When you’re writing server-side code, you’re writing for one language on one operating system with (usually) one database implementation. Front end developers have to write code that works in dozens of different environments.