Senior Frontend Software Engineer, Nextdoor

$175-250k

+ Equity

SQL
React
AWS
CSS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Django
Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area
Nextdoor

Private social network for neighbours

Open for applications

Nextdoor

Private social network for neighbours

501-1000 employees

B2CPrivacyNetworkingSocialSaaS

Open for applications

$175-250k

+ Equity

SQL
React
AWS
CSS
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Django
Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

501-1000 employees

B2CPrivacyNetworkingSocialSaaS

Company mission

Nextdoor’s mission is to cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighbourhood they can rely on.

Role

Who you are

  • 7+ years of Software Development experience, and/or the ability to perform at an advanced level in the domain
  • Expertise in modern React, TypeScript, JavaScript, and CSS
  • Expertise in at least one server-side web application language is a plus
  • Python/Django, Java, and SQL experience is a plus
  • Experience with CI/CD systems and testing frameworks is a plus
  • Experience within the AWS ecosystem is preferred
  • Ability to design and implement heavily used services and systems
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Strong desire to learn new technologies
  • Ability to be flexible and adaptable in work environment
  • Ability to mentor junior engineers across teams
  • Participate in in-person Nextdoor events, trainings, off-sites, volunteer days, and other team building exercises
  • Build in-person relationships with team members and contribute to the KIND culture that Nextdoor values

What the job involves

  • In conjunction with Product Management and Design, the Engineering team at Nextdoor is responsible for bringing to life our mission of being the neighborhood hub for trusted connections and the exchange of helpful information, goods, and services
  • Working in small cross-functional teams, you’ll work in an agile environment that values code quality, learning quickly, and personal growth through collaboration and challenge
  • You will collaborate with Frontend, Backend, Data Science, Infrastructure, Machine Learning Engineers and more to collectively improve the state of Engineering at Nextdoor. All engineers are invited to join co-ops to facilitate continuous modernization and knowledge sharing
  • As a Senior Frontend Engineer on the team, you will be responsible for contributing to the architecture, usability, and reliability of the engineering ecosystem. We believe in empowering our teams to own all aspects of bringing Nextdoor to life
  • As such, you’ll get the opportunity to make key contributions across the Frontend - this includes developing and improving frameworks, in addition to making direct contributions to your team’s product area, and collaborating closely with multiple teams, stakeholders, and peers
  • Software Engineers at Nextdoor have a stake in all aspects of the product - from coming up with the next big ideas to build, to helping set expectations and plan roadmaps, to understanding the impact of new features through rigorous data analysis
  • As your career at Nextdoor develops, you’ll also get the chance to mentor new team members, and grow your role towards what you’re most passionate about

Our take

Nextdoor is a private social network that aims to encourage social interaction between neighbours and make people aware of crime in their area.

The social network has had huge success in the United States and has expanded internationally, with Nextdoor now present in more than 242,000 neighbourhoods around the world.

The company's main competition comes from local Facebook groups, which have become less and less popular due to their comparative lack of functionality. Nextdoor's laser focus on building for neighborhoods has helped them to build a better product, and their advertising partnership with Oracle, launched in 2022, will help bring more transparency to Nextdoor's sponsorships.

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back within 2 weeks

8% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

May 2019

$127.1m

Dec 2017

$77.5m

Total funding: $204.6m

Company benefits

  • Monthly wellness stipend
  • 12 weeks of parental, family or medical leave
  • Global end of year shutdown
  • Learning and development stipend
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health insurance

Company values

  • Earn trust every day
  • Invest in community
  • Customer obsessed
  • Think big
  • Experiment and learn quickly
  • Act like an owner

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Prakash Janakiraman

(Advisor & Co-founder)

Graduated from the University of California, Berkeley before working in engineering roles at Google and as the co-founder of Fanbase.com

David Weisen

(Engineer & Co-founder)

Worked as a software engineer at Google, Fanbase.com and Open Harbour after graduating from Stanford with a degree in Computer Science

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