Senior Front End Engineer; Docs

As a Front‑end Engineer at Standard Notes, you will play a crucial role in evolving our platform into the leading secure note‑taking, knowledge management, and productivity solution. You’ll work closely with Product, Design, API teams, and fellow engineers to deliver a seamless and secure user experience.

The Standard Notes team is focused on building a comprehensive suite of tools to help users manage their knowledge and boost productivity while maintaining the highest standards of security and privacy. Recent efforts include advancing editor capabilities, improving data organization features, and optimizing cross‑platform sync.

• JavaScript, Type Script, React, ES6, Playwright, Jest, Grafana
• All Standard Notes codebases are open source:

Continuously enhance the quality and performance of Standard Notes, transforming it into a feature‑rich platform that caters to the diverse needs of both individuals and businesses.

• Develop, deploy, and support high‑quality user experiences across our product portfolio.
• Transform product specifications into technical requirements and lead your team to their successful implementation.
• Enhance Standard Notes’ development lifecycle, tools, and code structure for an improved developer experience through technical leadership and architecture.
• Write clear, concise, and testable code to maintain and elevate the quality of our codebase.
• Scope, plan, and execute new features, technical initiatives, and greenfield projects (depending on seniority).
• Foster a culture of learning, creativity, and accountability for the best possible work through mentorship and team development, role modelling quality assurance and performance optimisation.

• Deep understanding of JavaScript methodologies and design patterns.
• Proficiency with Type Script or any typed language.
• Experience with React or 2+ similar frameworks, developing performant and reusable components.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, such as SOLID, Design Patterns, CI/CD.
• A product mindset with a focus on offering the best user experiences.
• Experience working in a distributed team.

• Awareness of common security issues in client‑side development, such as those in the OWASP top ten, and how to mitigate them.
• Familiarity with UX, accessibility, internationalisation and localisation concerns and solutions.
• Experience with Grafana or other monitoring platforms.
• Experience with breaking down product requirements into architecture design and implementation.
• Experience with NodeJS.
• High‑level understanding of cryptography concepts such as key exchange and the difference between symmetric and asymmetric encryption.

• Office First:
  Collaboration is easier in person; we have offices in Geneva, Zurich, Prague, Barcelona, Paris, London, Vilnius, Skopje and Taipei. Remote work up to 30 % of the time.
• Technology:
  All devices and software required for the role are provided.
• Food:
  Lunch and snacks are provided daily at our offices.
• Transport:
  Subsidised public transport, bike allowance or parking reimbursement based on office location.
• Stock Options:
  Immediate stock options upon joining.
• Flexible Working:
  Define your own hours as long as they align with team meetings.
• Learning and Development:
  Training programmes, conferences and continuous learning opportunities.
• Employee Benefits:
  
  Comprehensive health insurance, retirement savings, generous vacation and wellness programmes.
• Work that Matters:
  Community‑first organisation focused on privacy as a default.

We believe diversity drives innovation and strengthens our mission to provide privacy as a default for all. Every individual, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical ability or socio‑economic background, is valued and empowered.