Senior Frontend Software Engineer

The opportunity

As a Senior Frontend Software Engineer, you will leverage the power of the ngrok platform to design, build, and implement product features that meet current customer needs and anticipate future demands. You’ll help your team appropriately plan for and balance delivery of new product features with frontend platform investments. You will join an amazing team of talented and motivated engineers with diverse backgrounds and experience who value collaboration, learning and improvement, trust and respect, and technical excellence. We believe in creating an environment where teammates enjoy working together, celebrate successes, and have fun solving interesting problems.

The architecture you’ll work on already serves millions of users worldwide, and your contributions will help shape its next evolution. It’s an exciting time to join the team as we continue making significant progress at a rapid pace. If you're eager to take on meaningful challenges and make a positive impact, we'd love to hear from you!

You can expect to …

• Build responsive and accessible frontends using React, valid HTML5, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript.
• Transform low-fidelity wireframes or high-fidelity Figma mockups into functional, performant, and accessible web applications.
• Leverage and improve existing APIs.
• Collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and product managers to understand requirements and deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain the highest standard of code quality.
• Mentor and support other engineers, fostering growth, knowledge sharing, and a collaborative culture within the organization.

You are a good fit if you …

• Have 8+ years of experience in frontend engineering, including expertise in HTML, CSS, TypeScript, React, and frameworks like Next.js or Remix.
• Are proficient in CSS layout techniques such as flow, flexbox, and grid, with a solid understanding of margins, collapsing behavior, and optimization.
• Are experienced in utility-first CSS frameworks like Tailwind and a strong advocate for its approach to creating efficient, scalable, and maintainable styles.
• Have strong skills in React component design and experience with design systems.
• Are familiar with JavaScript runtimes across both browsers and servers and can optimize data dependencies and fetches for efficient performance in web applications.
• Understand and can improve existing frontend tooling to enhance workflows and productivity.
• Believe TypeScript is essential for building robust applications and have the ability to balance immediate delivery with long-term maintainability.
• Work effectively in a collaborative, fully remote, distributed team environment and excel at asynchronous communication.
• Recognize that diversity in thought and background strengthens teams and actively support an inclusive culture.
• Learn from mistakes, adapt quickly, and maintain a forward-focused mindset.
• Navigate ambiguity with ease, balancing short-term delivery with long-term quality, and driving innovation through thoughtful trade-offs.
• Thrive in a fast-paced startup environment, building customer-facing features while embracing rapid iteration and “building the plane as you fly it”.

Bonus points if you …

• Are familiar with using gRPC to make API calls between services.
• Are familiar with network protocols and terminology.

Compensation

Tier 1 (SF, LA, Seattle, NYC): Minimum salary of $172,000 to maximum $215,000

Tier 2 (rest of US) : Minimum salary of $160,000 to maximum $198,000

Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), internal equity with other team members, market data, and specific work location.

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