Software Engineer; Frontend

About the role:

• Build and maintain frontend interfaces using React and Type Script in a production environment
• Develop responsive, themeable UI components using Tailwind CSS with attention to visual precision and alignment
• Manage application state thoughtfully, deciding when to use local state versus global solutions like MobX, Redux, or Zustand
• Contribute to and maintain a shared component library, anticipating edge cases and usage patterns beyond original design intent
• Work with a Prose Mirror-based editor and implement local-first sync patterns using Service Workers and IndexedDB
• Integrate with backend services built in Python/Django, Golang, and Elixir, calling both REST and GraphQL APIs
• Optimize interface performance and measure improvements rigorously
• Build desktop experiences using Electron

• Shipped React and Type Script projects to production with thoughtful architectural decisions you can reflect on
• Deep understanding of state management: when state lives locally, when it belongs global, and how reactivity flows through applications
• Ability to write intentional CSS in Tailwind or equivalent, producing responsive designs and catching layout issues before code review
• Experience working inside shared component libraries and understanding how components break under unplanned usage
• Strong fundamentals in web performance measurement and optimization

• Previous contributions to Plane or experience running it self-hosted
• Maintenance of open-source projects that others depend on
• Deep work inside rich-text editor frameworks like Prose Mirror, Code Mirror, Lexical, or Tiptap
• Built applications with offline-first or CRDT architecture and formed opinions on conflict resolution strategies
• Built interfaces where AI agents operate on real data, with thought given to showing authorship and authority

• Frontend tools:
  React, Type Script, Tailwind CSS, MobX, React Router, Vite, Rolldown
• Backend services:
  Python/Django, Golang, Elixir, Postgres, Redis
• Infrastructure:
  Datadog, Sentry for observability;
  Git Hub for version control;
  Figma for design
• Everyday workspace:
  Slack, and notably, Plane itself for project management