# Senior Software Engineer, Core Product

**Company:** [Front](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/front)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $205k – $238k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Full-Stack Development, Distributed Systems, JavaScript, electron, mobile development, API Design, state management, Performance Optimization, Accessibility, testing, Observability, data systems
**Posted:** 2026-08-05

> Build and lead full-stack initiatives across Front’s inbox, messaging, composer, and related product surfaces. The role requires strong distributed-systems experience, product and design collaboration, technical leadership, and a high bar for UX and engineering quality.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of high-impact, complex initiatives from problem framing and scoping through implementation, launch, and iteration.
- Own technical execution across client-side surfaces, including Web, Desktop via Electron, and Mobile, as well as backend services, APIs, and data systems.
- Drive technical direction across the stack, including architecture, state management, API design, and performance strategy for high-traffic, distributed workflows.
- Champion user experience, accessibility, interaction details, and product quality through feedback and metrics.
- Partner closely with Product and Design to define requirements, identify risks, surface open questions, propose alternatives, and align on tradeoffs.
- Improve testing, observability, engineering standards, tooling, and code health.
- Mentor teammates, provide constructive code review, share best practices, and strengthen a collaborative engineering culture.

## Requirements
- Strong full-stack experience across systems, stacks, and distributed systems.
- Track record of leading projects and delivering complex work on time.
- Experience collaborating closely with Product and Design through scope definition and delivery.
- Ability to give and receive feedback constructively.
- Agile, scrappy mindset with the ability to learn new technologies and adapt quickly.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive salary.
- Equity.
- Private health insurance, including plan options at no cost to employees.
- Paid parental leave.
- Flexible time off policy.
- Hybrid schedule with work from home on Monday and Friday.
- Mental health support with Workplace Options.
- Family planning support with Maven.
- $100 per month lifestyle stipend for fitness, health, wellness, and other activities.
- Wellness Days.
- Winter Break with offices closed from Christmas to New Year's Day.

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