Senior Software Engineer, Core Product

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San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office
205K-238K Annually
Senior level
Logistics • Productivity • Software • Automation
Front is a platform that enables teams to streamline customer communication and deliver exceptional service at scale.
The Role
Lead full‑stack delivery for Front's core inbox and adjacent surfaces across Web, Desktop (Electron), and Mobile. Drive architecture, API and performance decisions, partner with Product and Design, improve testing and observability, mentor engineers, and ship high‑quality, user‑focused experiences for complex B2B workflows.
Summary Generated by Built In

Front is the customer operations platform built for B2B complexity, keeping every team, tool, and customer conversation in sync so companies can scale without losing connection. Others handle simple interactions. Front handles the coordination and context behind complex B2B customer relationships. Over 9,000 companies, including Uber Freight, Navan, and Stripe, rely on Front because it's the only one that can run the operational layer that makes customer-facing work actually succeed.

Backed by Sequoia Capital and Salesforce Ventures, Front has raised $204M from leading venture capital firms and independent investors including top executives at Atlassian, Okta, Qualtrics, Zoom, and PagerDuty. Front has received numerous Great Place to Work accolades, including Built In's 100 Best Midsize Places to Work in SF 2025, Top Places to Work by USA Today 2025, Y Combinator's list of Top Companies in 2023, #4 on Fortune’s Best Workplaces in the Bay Area™ ,Inc. Magazine's 2022 Best Workplaces list, and Forbes Best Startup Employers 2022 List.

The Core Product Experience (CPX) team owns and elevates the heart of the Front application — the inbox and adjacent surfaces where frontline users triage and route conversations, collaborate with teammates, and craft high-quality replies. CPX's mission is to ensure that frontline and admin users can work more efficiently, with higher quality, and a happier day-to-day experience. The team's scope is broad, spanning everything from core inbox functionality (inboxes, message list, composer) to newer surfaces like calendar and contacts. CPX partners closely with Client Platform, AI, and other pods across Engineering to deliver cohesive, high-impact experiences. As Front continues to invest in AI-powered workflows, CPX is at the center of the product strategy.

We're looking for a Senior Fullstack Software Engineer with strong product and design sensibilities to help lead this work. You'll build and evolve the surfaces that the vast majority of Front interactions pass through — the inbox, messages, and composer — along with the services and systems that power them, driving projects that directly improve speed, quality, and usability for thousands of customers.

This is not a "build to spec" role. We want a senior engineer who helps shape what we build and why, leads delivery through ambiguity, and sets a high bar for engineering craft. You will work closely with Product and Design to define solutions, work through scope, risks, and open questions, make thoughtful tradeoffs, and ship experiences that are technically excellent and delightful to use.

What will you be doing?

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of high-impact, complex initiatives. Own technical execution from problem framing and scoping through implementation, launch, and iteration — across Front's client-side surfaces (Web, Desktop via Electron, and Mobile) and the backend services, APIs, and data systems behind them. Drive decisions and deliver reliably and on time.

  • Drive technical direction across the stack. Influence architecture, state management, API design, and performance strategy for high-traffic, distributed workflows like inbox triage, message rendering, and composition — reasoning across systems, services, and stacks to make sound tradeoffs.

  • Champion UX craft and product thinking. Hold a high bar for interaction details, accessibility, and polish. Advocate for the user and improve experiences based on feedback and metrics.

  • Partner deeply with Product and Design. Collaborate early to shape requirements, identify risks, surface open questions, propose alternatives, and align on tradeoffs. Communicate clearly and proactively with cross-functional stakeholders.

  • Raise the bar for quality and maintainability. Improve testing, observability, and engineering standards across frontend and backend. Reduce regressions and enable faster iteration through better tooling and code health.

  • Grow others and strengthen the team. Give and receive feedback well, provide mentorship and constructive code review, share best practices, and help create a collaborative, low-ego engineering culture.

What skills and experience do you need?

  • Strong fullstack experience, comfortable working across systems, stacks, and distributed systems rather than a single layer.

  • A track record of leading projects and delivering complex work in a timely manner — driving decisions and working through ambiguity end to end.

  • Experience collaborating closely with Product and Design to work through scope, risks, and open questions before and during delivery.

  • Ability to give and receive feedback constructively.

  • An agile, scrappy mindset — comfortable learning new technologies, adapting quickly, and doing what it takes to ship when the situation calls for it.

Front operates on a hybrid model — we come together in the office each Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday to collaborate and stay connected.

What we offer

  • Competitive salary

  • Equity (we are post-series D & backed by some of the best VCs in the US)

  • Private health insurance, including plan options at no cost to employees

  • Paid parental leave

  • Flexible time off policy

  • Flexibility to work from home Monday and Friday, unless posted as a fully remote role

  • Mental health support with Workplace Options

  • Family planning support with Maven

  • $100 per month Lifestyle Stipend to spend on fitness, health and wellness, and other activities

  • Wellness Days - Fronteers get an additional day off on months with no holidays

  • Winter Break - Our offices are closed from Christmas to New Year's Day!

Front provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that you have read and understand the California Recruiting Privacy Notice & EU Privacy Notice

Skills Required

  • Strong fullstack experience across frontend and backend systems
  • Experience building client-side surfaces (Web, Desktop via Electron, Mobile)
  • Track record of leading projects and delivering complex work end-to-end
  • Experience with distributed systems, API design, and performance optimization
  • Experience collaborating closely with Product and Design
  • Ability to give and receive feedback constructively and mentor others
  • Comfortable learning new technologies and adapting quickly in ambiguous situations

Front Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Front and has not been reviewed or approved by Front.

  • Healthcare Strength Health coverage is advertised as employer-paid for medical, dental, and vision, indicating strong plan support. This setup reduces employee premium costs and is highlighted as a core part of the package.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Flexible/unlimited PTO, paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents, and volunteer time off are explicitly listed. These options point to broad time-off provisions that support rest, family needs, and community engagement.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Wellness benefits and a monthly wellness/lifestyle stipend appear alongside commuter benefits and office perks like free lunches and snacks. Such lifestyle supports complement core benefits and improve day-to-day experience.

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
310 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

We are a customer operations platform that enables support, sales, and account management teams to deliver exceptional service at scale. Front streamlines customer communication by combining the efficiency of a help desk and the familiarity of email, with automated workflows and real-time collaboration behind the scenes. With Front, teams can centralize messages across channels, route them to the right person, and unlock visibility and insights across all of their customer operations. More than 8,000 businesses use Front to drive operational efficiency that prevents churn, improves retention, and propels customer growth.

Why Work With Us

Being a Fronteer is something special. The company was founded on the idea that people could be happier at work. Over the years, our company has grown and expanded globally in Paris, Dublin and Santiago. However, our core mission still persists and is the foundation of our values and our culture.

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