Senior Software Engineer (Backend), Foundation
About The Position
Front is a customer operations platform that helps teams work better together. 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. 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.
Requirements
- Backend JavaScript/TypeScript engineers
- Experience building frameworks, libraries, and/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
Nice To Haves
- Deep TypeScript performance optimization experience
- Prior work on platform or enablement teams at a product-led company
Responsibilities
- 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
- 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
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Equity (we are post-series D & backed by some of the best VCs in the US)
- Private health insurance, including plan options at no cost to employees
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible time off policy
- Flexibility to work from home Monday and Friday, unless posted as a fully remote role
- Mental health support with Workplace Options
- Family planning support with Maven
- $100 per month Lifestyle Stipend to spend on fitness, health and wellness, and other activities
- Wellness Days - Fronteers get an additional day off on months with no holidays
- Winter Break - Our offices are closed from Christmas to New Year's Day!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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