Staff Frontend Engineer, Cortex
$225-275k
Offers equity
Internal developer portal eliminating developer tax
Job no longer available
Internal developer portal eliminating developer tax
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$225-275k
Offers equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help companies to catalog, score, and assign action to improve service quality and velocity, so devs can get back to work that drives the business forward.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
- 10+ years of professional experience in frontend engineering, with a focus on building modern and intuitive user interfaces
- Strong proficiency in modern frontend technologies such as React, TailwindCSS, and experience with complex single-page applications
- Understanding of fundamental design principles around responsive and user-friendly applications
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to mentor and coach engineering team members
- Previous experience at a hypergrowth startup is a plus
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Staff Frontend Engineer to join our team
- As a Staff Frontend Engineer, you will be responsible for the delivery of complex projects from end to end, designing and building high-performing, complex front-end features as well as improving our codebase
- You’ll have the opportunity to flex beyond the typical scope of a Frontend Engineer by improving our engineering processes, partnering closely with product and our support engineering teams to improve the platform for our customers, and providing leadership and mentorship to other engineers
- Design, implement, maintain, and improve the user interface for our developer portal
- Lead projects end-to-end from speccing to post-production support
- Collaborate with product, design, and other engineers to build new features and enhance existing ones
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code that adheres to best practices
- Continually improve existing planning, development, and deployment processes
- Ensure our product is up to date with the latest frontend technologies
- Identify and advocate for opportunities for process and technical improvements to the frontend codebase
- Exhibit ownership over frontend codebases and pod-owned functionality
- Participate in operating our systems in production, including Incident Response on a rotational basis
Our take
Cortex is tackling the challenges faced by engineering teams and SREWs working with microservices. Its software platform gives companies the visibility and control they need over their microservices and cloud infrastructure, making it easier to develop and manage the applications and services they build.
To meet the growing demand for more services, Cortex launched the Cortex Resource Catalog, expanding the platform's ability to manage more assets. With a rapidly growing customer base that includes companies like Dobe, Brex, Grammarly, Palo Alto Networks, and SoFi, Cortex is providing the flexibility these businesses need to create innovative new use cases.
Backed by funding from Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital, Cortex is set to enhance the platform further. With plans to improve features based on user feedback, build better tools to support new teams and developers, and expand its reach globally. These efforts position Cortex for continued growth and innovation in the evolving microservices and cloud infrastructure space.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Sep 2024
$60m
SERIES C
May 2023
$35m
SERIES B
Total funding: $112.7m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical, Dental & Vision
- Remote first
- Unlimited PTO
- Monthly stipend
- Bi-quarterly Company Offsites
- Monthly Regional Events
- Gender neutral parental leave
- Learning & Development Stipend
- Pet Insurance
Company HQ
Rincon Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Anish Dhar
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded Divtera and Homeroom. They are also an experienced Engineer having spent 5 years at Uber.
Ganesh Datta
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously served as Principal Software Engineer for Mission Lane, Tech Lead for LendUp, and as a Web Developer for Food and Remedy.
Share this job
View 3 more jobs at Cortex