Senior Frontend Product Engineer, Foxglove
$165-180k
Plus equity
Observability tool for robotics
Job no longer available
Observability tool for robotics
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$165-180k
Plus equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To reduce the time to market for users, and accelerate the robotics revolution.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for an experienced Frontend Product Engineer who gets excited about solving complex product problems and pushing web technologies to the limit
- 5+ years experience in frontend or full stack engineering roles focused on product applications
- Experience with profiling and performance of frontend applications
- Experience building complex React applications (or similar frontend framework)
- Experience or interest in performance-sensitive frontend engineering
- Passion for building technical tools with engineers as the primary users
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills
- Ability to self motivate and thrive in a fast-paced, small team environment
Desirable
- Experience building Electron-based desktop applications
- Experience in 2D or 3D visualization
- Robotics or AV industry experience
What the job involves
- High performance frontend engineering is fundamental to our product and our success as a company. Our product is written in mostly TypeScript and React. We ship both browser and desktop (Electron) apps
- End-to-end ownership over features, working directly with our customers and community to understand requirements
- Partner with our design team to ship polished and delightful experiences
- Expand your knowledge of the robotics and self-driving industries
- Work alongside an experienced team on a cutting edge product
- Comfortable having some of your code open source
Our take
Foxglove specializes in creating developer tools tailored for robotics teams, allowing them to expedite the deployment of visualizations, pinpoint and resolve issues swiftly, thereby accelerating the pace of robotics development.
The origin of Foxglove traces back to its co-founders' collaboration at Coinbase, followed by their tenure at the prominent self-driving vehicle manufacturer, Cruise. It was during their time at Cruise that they became aware of the pressing demand for readily available tooling and data management solutions for robotics engineers, who often grapple with the arduous task of creating their own tools in-house.
In 2021, the robotics industry surged past the $40B revenue mark, propelled by a surge in startups venturing into the domain. Foxglove stands poised to capitalize on this opportunity by enhancing its product portfolio and intensifying customer adoption. Recent breakthroughs, including the introduction of a revamped 3D visualizer, underscore Foxglove's unwavering commitment to simplifying data management and elevating support for simulated data, cementing its pivotal role in propelling the robotics sector forward.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2022
$15m
SERIES A
Jan 2022
$3.7m
SEED
Total funding: $18.7m
Company benefits
- Work remotely
- $300 monthly remote budget to build your personal workspace
- 4 weeks vacation, plus holidays and winter break
- All expenses paid company off-sites 2x/year
- Medical Insurance covered at 90% for employees and 75% for dependents 🇺🇸
- 401k matching 🇺🇸
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Adrian Macneil
(Co-founder & CEO)Former Director of Infrastructure at self-driving vehicles company Cruise. Served as Coinbase's first Director of Engineering. Founded and was CEO of Exp:resso, an eCommerce solution for ExpressionEngine CMS, which was acquired in 2014.
Roman Shtylman
(Co-founder)Worked at Coinbase and Cruise, where they served as a Software Engineer. Spent three years at the Crypto security company Polychain Labs. Is an advisor to the Executive Team at Fleet Device Management, a VC-backed telemetry platform Fleet Device Management.
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