Senior Frontend Engineer, Proton

Pass

Salary not provided

Offers stock options

TypeScript

JavaScript

Rust

Electron

Senior and Expert level

Barcelona

Paris

More information about location

3+ days a week in office

Encrypted email, drive, and VPN services

Be an early applicant

Encrypted email, drive, and VPN services

501-1000 employees

B2CB2BPrivacyCyber Security

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

Offers stock options

TypeScript

JavaScript

Rust

Electron

Senior and Expert level

Barcelona

Paris

More information about location

3+ days a week in office

501-1000 employees

B2CB2BPrivacyCyber Security

Company mission

To fight for a better internet that is secure and private by default.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Proven front-end expertise with deep technical knowledge of browser internals, extension APIs, and desktop application frameworks
Experience with browser extensions and/or cross-platform web applications
Deep understanding of the Javascript ecosystem
Proficiency with TypeScript or type-safe programming paradigms
Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, Design patterns, CI/CD
A product mindset with a focus on offering the best user experiences
Experience working in a distributed team

Desirable

Experience with modern MV3 browser extension development
Experience with Electron or similar desktop application frameworks
Experience working with service-worker architectures
Experience with WebAssembly and/or Rust
Experience with breaking down product requirements into architecture design and implementation
Experience with event-driven systems
Familiarity with UX, accessibility and localization concerns
Experience with application monitoring strategies
High-level understanding of cryptography concepts such as key exchange and the difference between symmetric and asymmetric encryption

What the job involves

We're seeking an experienced developer working across multiple web platforms including browser extensions, web and desktop applications. This role requires both front-end expertise and deep technical knowledge of browser internals, extension APIs, and desktop application frameworks
Develop new features: Developing, deploying and supporting high-quality user experiences, including feature development and implementation
Collaboration: Work closely with backend, product owners, designers, QA, and other engineers to take initiatives from ideation to completion. Break down large initiatives into smaller milestones to gather stakeholder feedback quickly
Code review and optimization: Conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback to ensure code quality, maintainability, and performance optimization
Testing: Develop and implement comprehensive testing strategies, including unit tests and end-to-end testing tests, to ensure the reliability of the Proton Pass product

Our take

Proton is a Geneva-based startup founded by former CERN worker and internet privacy advocate Andy Yen. It provides internet users with encrypted webmail, calendar, drive, and VPN services.

Proton maintains its pro-privacy ethos using a Swiss VPN, protected by strict Swiss privacy laws. In essence, it has established a connection between the personal and the political, smartly utilising the country’s national laws to benefit people and organisations globally. Proton also funds charities and movements such as the World Wide Web Foundation and Netblocks, further cementing it as an influential NGO.

Perhaps Proton’s most important quality is its determination to maintain independence from advertisers and companies. Originally founded on donations, Proton has funded itself via grants rather than venture capital so that all of its customer's data is never at risk of being mined. One effect of this is that to keep up with the increasing competition in the data privacy sector, Proton has expanded its services to allow more cross-selling and simultaneously has more products to offer, such as drive and calendar privacy.

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

12% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.8)

Trustpilot (2.1)

Company

Company benefits

These vary by location and type of contract but expect support on your vacation, parental leave, refreshment if working from the office, learning and development opportunities, equity for shared success, flexible working hours and remote work, company events, and team-building activities.

Company HQ

Plan-les-Ouates, GE

Leadership

Andy Yen

(CEO)

Previously PhD Researcher at CERN

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