Buf is building a new paradigm for APIs. Our open source and commercial software helps companies adopt Protobuf schemas throughout their stack, from gRPC APIs to streaming data in Kafka. Founded in 2020, we have raised money from leading investors, including Lightspeed, Tiger, and Addition. We’re deployed everywhere from small startups to the world’s largest enterprises, and we’d love your help growing even faster. Check out our open source projects on GitHub and join our Slack community to see what Buf is all about.

About the role

We’re looking to hire an experienced frontend engineer to join our top-notch team of engineers who are responsible for working with designers and product owners to architect, implement and deliver high quality user interfaces. Our team doesn’t just complete tickets we are assigned, throughout the development process our engineers are contributing input and feedback on the product and interacting directly with customers.

You will be responsible for:

• Developing new features and workflows in support of evolving business and product requirements.
• Working across the stack to develop performant, scalable solutions that meet customers’ needs.
• Engaging with other engineers across the organization to create and maintain reliable APIs.
• Delivering projects while maintaining high standards for code quality and design.
• Maintaining a set of automated tests and updating the test suite to handle an evolving system.

About you

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Demonstrated expert-level knowledge from 5+ years of experience architecting and building polished user interfaces and design systems.
• Professional experience with Javascript/Typescript.
• Experience working with backend colleagues to design and implement maintainable, performant APIs to power the frontend.
• Excellent communication skills and organizational abilities.
• The ability to move quickly and pragmatically while managing trade-offs.
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Mathematics.

Ideal candidates would also have: