Software Engineer (Frontend)

Plane; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Plane is seeking a frontend engineer to build and maintain React and TypeScript interfaces in a production environment. You will craft responsive, themeable UI components with Tailwind CSS, manage state thoughtfully, and contribute to a growing component library.

You\'ll work with ProseMirror for rich-text editing, implement offline-first syncing with Service Workers and IndexedDB, and integrate with Python/Django, Golang, and Elixir backends via REST and GraphQL.

Qualifications

• Shipped React and TypeScript projects to production.
• Deep understanding of state management and reactivity flow.
• Ability to write responsive CSS with Tailwind and catch layout issues early.
• Experience with shared component libraries and handling edge cases.
• Strong fundamentals in web performance measurement and optimization.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain frontend interfaces using React and TypeScript.
• Develop responsive, themeable UI components using Tailwind CSS.
• Manage application state thoughtfully, deciding when local vs global state is needed.
• Contribute to and maintain a shared component library with attention to edge cases.
• Work with ProseMirror-based editor and implement offline-first syncing using Service Workers and IndexedDB.
• Integrate with backend services built in Python/Django, Golang, and Elixir via REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Optimize interface performance and measure improvements.
• Build desktop experiences using Electron.

Skills

Shipped React/TS projects

State management understanding

Tailwind CSS / responsive design

Shared component libraries

Web performance optimization

Tools

React

TypeScript

Tailwind CSS

MobX

React Router

Vite

Rolldown

Python/Django

Golang

Elixir

Job description

About the role:

• Build and maintain frontend interfaces using React and TypeScript 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 ProseMirror-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

What you'll bring:

• Shipped React and TypeScript 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

Nice to haves:

• 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 ProseMirror, CodeMirror, 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

The tech stack:

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