Software Engineer, Frontend

Full time

On-site

Product & Engineering Visualization

• $165K – $240K

Robotics will have a massive positive impact on the world economy and global human productivity over the coming decade. At Foxglove, we're excited for this future, and we're building powerful open source and commercial tools to accelerate it.

We're an experienced team of independent thinkers, with a passion for creating high quality products. We're looking for self-motivated and fast-learning individuals to join our mission.

We’re looking for a Frontend Staff Software Engineer who gets excited about solving complex product problems and pushing web technologies to the limit.

Architect and build high-performance, dynamic frontend applications that operate on large or real-time datasets

Design and optimize complex UI workflows that feel snappy, even under heavy computational load

Collaborate with product and design teams to create polished, intuitive user experiences for engineers and technical users

Contribute to core build systems, framework architecture, and overall app reliability

End-to-end ownership over features, working directly with our customers and community to understand requirements

Expand your knowledge of the robotics and self-driving industries

Work alongside an experienced team on a cutting edge product

We’re a small global company with team members primarily in the U.S. and Australia. We maintain Pacific Time hours and hire within ±4 hours of U.S. time zones to ensure effective collaboration.

For this position, we're looking for someone located in the San Francisco.

8+ years experience in frontend or full stack engineering roles focused on complex product applications

2+ years experience working in Autonomous Vehicles (AV), or related Robotics companies

Experience handling large datasets in the frontend—buffering, streaming, or visualizing complex information

Familiarity with build tools (e.g., Vite, Webpack, esbuild) and optimizing development pipelines

Experience working close to the metal:
WebGL, WASM, or web workers is a plus

Passion for building technical tools with engineers as the primary users

Deliver high‑quality work efficiently, often in a third of the time most think is possible

Ability to self motivate and thrive in a fast-paced, small team environment

Experience building Electron-based desktop applications

Experience in 2D or 3D visualization

C++ experience

Competitive equity grant in a Series A company

Medical insurance coverage at 90% for employees and 75% for dependents

401k matching up to 4%

4 weeks vacation, plus holidays and winter break

All expenses paid company off-sites 2x/year