Front-End Engineer; Software Engineer II

Job Description

Front-End Engineer (Software Engineer II)

We're looking for a Front-End Engineer (Software Engineer II) who's excited to grow their craft, deliver real results, and contribute to a mission-driven product.

Hybrid role working Tuesdays & Thursdays in our Redwood City office. No relocation provided.

We do not offer work visa sponsorship at any point for this role.

• Build, iterate, optimize, and maintain user-facing features for Alation’s technology using Type Script and modern React (hooks, ES7+).
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver intuitive, high-quality user experiences.
• Build proactively with empathy for our customers, constantly iterating to balance innovative research with practical solutions.
• Collaborate with engineers to bring consistency and high standards to codebases, infrastructure, and processes.

• 2+ years of related experience in a startup or rapidly growing/ evolving business.
• B.S. in Computer Science or related field (M.S. in Computer Science or related field preferred)
• Professional front-end experience prototyping and developing performant and scalable web applications with modern React (e.g. ES7, React hooks, Type Script).
• Comfort working across UI/UX—from wireframes and prototypes to polished interfaces (using tools like Figma or Sketch).
• Clear technical communication, curiosity, and a strong sense of ownership.

• Experience building B2B SaaS products, especially in data, analytics, or ML-focused platforms.
• Exposure to backend technologies such as Python, FastAPI or Django, and relational databases.

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Alation, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to that individual’s race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The Company will strive to provide reasonable accommodations to permit qualified applicants who have a need for an accommodation to participate in the hiring process (e.g., accommodations for a job interview) if so requested.

This company participates in E-Verify.