Senior Software Engineer, Moveworks
Frontend
$200-265k
+ Equity
Office located in Mountain View, CA
AI assistant platform
Open for applications
AI assistant platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$200-265k
+ Equity
Office located in Mountain View, CA
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help every employee get work done efficiently and effectively.
Role
Who you are
- You are a product-minded builder, a systems thinker, and a passionate advocate for quality and consistency. You understand that a mature design system is the single most important lever to pull to unlock massive gains in productivity, improve user experience, and create a predictable, machine-readable environment where AI tools like Claude Code and Cursor can thrive
- A Seasoned Engineer: You have 4+ years of professional software development experience, with a strong focus on front-end architecture and full-stack capabilities
- A Design System Expert: You have proven, hands-on experience leading the development of a design system from concept to production at scale. You can point to a library of components you have built and are proud of
- Technically Fluent: You possess expert-level knowledge of modern web technologies, including React, TypeScript, CSS-in-JS (or similar), Storybook, and Figma. You are also proficient with backend technologies like Node.js, GraphQL, or Python
- Passionate About Quality: You have an incredible eye for detail and a deep commitment to accessibility (WCAG), performance, and writing clean, maintainable code
- A Systems Thinker: You excel at abstracting complexity into simple, elegant, and reusable patterns. You think in terms of systems, not one-off solutions
- An Excellent Communicator: You can articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. You build consensus and inspire others to adopt new standards
- Forward-Thinking: You are genuinely excited about the potential of AI in software development and are eager to build the foundational systems that will unlock its power
What the job involves
- This is not a typical engineering role
- You will have the autonomy and resources to own our design system from the ground up. Your work will directly empower our product teams to build higher-quality features faster and will be the critical enabler for our strategy of leveraging AI to instantly translate design specs into pixel-perfect, production-ready code
- Architect & Build: Design, build, and maintain a robust, scalable, and accessible library of reusable front-end components in React/TypeScript
- Establish a "Token Economy": Implement and govern a comprehensive system of design tokens (colors, typography, spacing, etc.) that ensures consistency across all platforms (web, mobile)
- Full-Stack Integration: Develop backend APIs, services, and tooling necessary to support the design system, such as asset pipelines, documentation servers, and versioning management
- Govern & Evangelize: Create crystal-clear documentation, contribution guidelines, and decision-making frameworks. Act as the primary advocate for the design system, driving adoption across all engineering, design, and product teams
- Optimize for AI Consumption: Structure component APIs, props, and documentation with the explicit goal of making them easily understandable and usable by AI code generation tools. You will define the "language" our AI assistants speak
- Tooling & Automation: Own the entire lifecycle of the design system's infrastructure, including our Storybook instance, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines for publishing and versioning components
- Collaborate & Lead: Partner closely with senior leadership in Product Design and Engineering to define the roadmap for the design system and ensure it aligns with the company's strategic goals. Mentor other engineers on best practices for component design and system thinking
Our take
Moveworks provides IT service and helpdesk support through an AI-driven chatbot. Its system utilizes information about an employee, such as their role and seniority level, to deliver the correct information or carry out processes. Moveworks claims to solve 30% of IT support tickets within weeks of implementation.
In 2024, Moveworks opened a data center in Australia and its service has seen strong uptake from large enterprise-level companies, where IT teams deal with hundreds of requests at a time, helping to minimize backlog and gain back employee time. As more and more workers move from office to home or hybrid, IT support requests have boomed, opening up the opportunity for Moveworks to expand its client pool and provide solutions to help with this change.
With its upcoming acquisition by ServiceNow, Moveworks is stepping into an exciting new chapter. Joining forces with ServiceNow means its AI assistant and enterprise search tools can reach even more employees and businesses, helping make everyday work tasks easier and faster. The deal also sets Moveworks up to be a key player in the future of workplace AI, showing that its technology is ready to grow and make an even bigger impact.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
97% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2021
$200m
SERIES C
Nov 2019
$75m
SERIES B
Total funding: $305m
Company benefits
- Fully paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance
- Unlimited PTO — most staff take between 4-6 weeks each year
- 16 weeks paid parental leave
- Competitive salary — we’re one of the best-paying companies in the Bay Area
- 401(k) program
- Equity and stock options
- Commuter and parking benefits
- Office closures for Global Employee Appreciation Days twice per year
- Manager mentorship program
- Buddy program for new hires
- Paid industry certifications
- Continuing education stipend
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Bhavin Shah
(Founder & CEO)After an MA at Stanford, Bhavin worked as a Director at LeapFrog Enterprises before co-founding Gazillion after 5 years in 2005. They left their CEO role at Refresh to co-found Moveworks in June 2016.
Vaibhav Nivargi
(Co-Founder & CTO)Vaibhav began their career as a Stanford University Research Scientist before working for Aster Data as a Software Engineer. Having started ClearStory Data in 2011, they co-founded Moveworks in 2016.
Varun Singh
(Co-Founde r& President)Varun worked for half a decade as SVP of Product at Sefaira before spending 2 years as Lead Product Manager at Facebook. They left in 2016 to co-found Moveworks.
Jiang Chen
(Co-Founder & CTO of AI)Jiang took a PhD at Yale in Computer Science before working as a Columbia Research Scientist and spending 7 years at Yahoo! and Google. After a year at Airbnb, they co-founded Moveworks.
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