Job Title: Software Engineer Company Name: Front Job Details: $177-203.7k+,EquityTypeScriptJavaScriptJunior,,Mid,and,Senior,levelSan,Francisco,Bay,AreaRemote,from,USMore,information,about,location Job Url: https://app.welcometothejungle.com/jobs/3wT_NljX?theme=has-salaries Job Description: Role Who you are If you're energized by designing for scale, eliminating friction across engineering teams, and setting the architectural patterns that an entire company relies on, this role is for you We are looking for backend JavaScript/TypeScript engineers — this role is not focused on frontend development Experience building frameworks, libraries, or developer-facing internal tools Experience building distributed systems with an emphasis on reliability, observability, and performance Exceptional software design fundamentals and a track record of delivering high-complexity projects Clear, structured thinking and strong communication skills — your stakeholders are other engineers, so the ability to explain technical tradeoffs matters Comfort navigating ambiguity: you can drive clarity and execute without a fully-defined roadmap Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced, collaborative, low-ego, and high-growth environment Desirable Experience in developer tooling or infrastructure platforms Deep TypeScript performance optimization experience Prior work on platform or enablement teams at a product-led company What the job involves At the core of everything we build is the Foundations team — the engineers who make it possible for the rest of engineering to move fast and build with confidence This team owns the frameworks, libraries, and internal systems that power Front's backend, from our event-driven task queue to our CI/CD infrastructure and database ORM As a Software Engineer on the Foundations team, you'll work at the intersection of platform engineering and developer experience You won't be building features end users click on — you'll be building the systems that make those features possible Building and maintaining shared backend frameworks, libraries, and internal tooling used by engineering teams across Front Designing and implementing systems with a strong emphasis on reliability, observability, and performance — including our task queue, batch job framework, database ORM, and real-time event infrastructure Owning and evolving our CI/CD systems, ensuring fast, reliable, and safe delivery pipelines Designing and implementing tooling for automated infrastructure provisioning Collaborating closely with other engineering teams to understand their pain points, establish shared patterns, and drive adoption of new frameworks Influencing Front's backend architecture and the engineering-wide standards that flow from it Navigating ambiguity, defining the right problems to solve, and delivering solutions of significant complexity You'll get exposure to a wide range of production systems — our task queue (event-driven architecture), database ORM, real-time events, CI/CD pipelines, and batch job framework You'll heavily influence Front's backend architecture and the patterns used by the entire engineering org Your primary stakeholders are other engineering teams — you're building for builders Your work has compounding impact: improvements you make ripple across every team shipping customer-facing features Share this job Report a problem with this job Hide company View 14 more jobs at Front Insights Led by a woman Top investors 37% female employees -25% employee growth in 12 months Glassdoor (4.6) Trustpilot (1.8) Company Company benefits Flexible PTO 401(K) plan Parental Leave Volunteer time off Commuter benefits Wellness benefits Work from home opportunities Health insurance Equity Mental health support Family planning support Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds) Jun 2022 $65m SERIES D Jan 2020 $59m SERIES C Total funding: $203.5m Our take When a business receives an email from a customer it can set off a chain of forwarded emails across the company, an inefficient process where information (and sales!) can easily get lost. Front exists to change this, consolidating all customer communications into a single shared inbox which can be accessed by teams of any size and completely eliminates the need for internal emails. With more companies moving to remote working and eCommerce becoming the predominant form of conducting business, Front's product has been enthusiastically received by over 8,000 companies, including Mailchimp, Shopify and Convoy. However, it is by no means alone in this space, with huge competitors such as Google and Microsoft providing communications solutions and other internal communications tools such as Slack gaining traction. Front may have an edge here, though: its unified solution also provides automated workflows, ticketing and analytical tools that are either absent or less well integrated in competing offerings. In 2022, Front raised investments in a Series D round and achieved unicorn status with a valuation of over $1 billion. Now with $100 million in annual recurring revenue, it's moving to further develop its product and increase its market share, hiring new talent ahead of a possible IPO in the near future. Definitely watch this space! Steph Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle