Software Engineer(Remote)

Torentify; United States; Remote; USD 145,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off

US holidays

Parental leave (16 weeks)

Company retreats

Gym stipend

401(k)

Pre-tax FSA/HSA

OneMedical membership

Flexible remote-first culture

Job summary

Warp is seeking product-focused Software Engineers to modernize the command line and deliver a more intuitive, collaborative terminal experience for developers and teams. You will work remotely in a flexible, remote-first environment with optional WeWork/office spaces in SF and NY, contributing across Rust, Go, and WebAssembly stacks.

The role emphasizes strong engineering, product focus, and collaboration, with a compensation package that includes base salary plus meaningful equity and a

Qualifications

• No formal degree required.
• Strong engineering ability with product focus.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Interest in improving developer productivity.

Responsibilities

• Participate in all stages of software development from design to testing.
• Collaborate with growth, marketing, and product to plan features.
• Improve Warp’s performance and reliability by adding features.
• Prototype ideas and gather rapid feedback from users.
• Mentor peers and share technical feedback.

Skills

Software engineering

Product-focused development

User-focused engineering

Communication

Collaboration

Mentoring

Developer experience and productivity

Full-stack development

Prototyping

Performance optimization

Tools

Rust

Go

WebAssembly (WASM)

Shell programming

Linux programming

OpenGL/WebGL

Graphics programming

Job description

Software Engineer

About the Role

Warp is seeking product-focused Software Engineers to help modernize the command line and build a more intuitive, collaborative, and intelligent terminal experience for developers and teams. Engineers will work on challenging technical problems across the stack while focusing closely on developer needs, product quality, performance, and reliability.

You will work with an experienced engineering team using Rust and Go and participate throughout the software development lifecycle. The role is well suited to engineers who combine strong technical skills with product and user focus, communicate effectively, collaborate across teams, and are motivated by improving developer productivity.

Key Responsibilities

Participate in all aspects of software development, including:

• Software design
• Coding
• Code reviews
• Unit and integration testing
• Bug fixing
• Code and API documentation
• Collaborate with engineering and stakeholders across growth, marketing, and product teams to plan features and build a high-quality developer product.
• Improve Warp’s performance and reliability by developing new features and enhancing existing product functionality.
• Prototype ideas and concepts to gather rapid feedback from internal and external users.
• Work across the technical stack to create an efficient and high-quality user experience.
• Develop features spanning different aspects of the product and build a strong understanding of developer needs.
• Mentor peers and provide thoughtful technical feedback.
• Build strong collaborative relationships with teammates.

Required Qualifications

The original job description does not specify formal degree, years-of-experience, or specific programming-language requirements as mandatory qualifications.

The role emphasizes:

• Strong software engineering skills.
• Product and user-focused engineering approach.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to understand and respond to developers’ needs.
• Interest in improving developer productivity and the developer experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Building native applications using Rust or WebAssembly (WASM).
• Shell programming or Linux programming.
• Server-side programming in Go.
• OpenGL, WebGL, or other graphics programming.

Skills & Competencies

• Software engineering
• Product-focused development
• User-focused engineering
• Rust
• Go
• WebAssembly (WASM)
• Software design
• Coding and code review
• Unit and integration testing
• Bug fixing and troubleshooting
• API documentation
• Performance optimization
• Reliability engineering
• Prototyping
• Full-stack development
• Shell/Linux programming
• Graphics programming
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Mentoring
• Developer experience and productivity

Education & Experience

**Education:** No specific educational requirement is stated in the job description.

*Experience:* No specific years-of-experience requirement are stated. The job description emphasizes strong engineering ability, product and user focus, communication, collaboration, and an interest in improving developers’ lives.

Work Arrangement & Schedule

• **Work Arrangement:** Remote-first
• **Location:** Remote; optional WeWork in San Francisco and office space in New York City are available for employees who want to work in person.
• **Work Style:** Flexible remote-first culture.
• **Company Retreats:** Twice a year.
• **Weekly Hours:** Not specified.
• **Weekend Requirements:** Not specified.

Compensation & Benefits

**Budgeted Compensation:** $145,000–$260,000

Total compensation consists of base salary and meaningful equity. Equity is provided through a stock option grant with a four-year vesting period and one-year cliff.

Final total compensation may vary based on experience, expertise, and other factors.

**Benefits include:**

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity
• Full medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 20 days of paid time off
• 12 U.S. holidays
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
• Twice-yearly company retreats
• Monthly gym stipend
• 401(k)
• Pre-tax FSA Health Savings Plan
• Complimentary OneMedical membership
• Flexible remote-first work culture

Compliance / Additional Information

Warp is committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. The company states that employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

Warp describes itself as a product-first company focused on building developer tools and understanding its users deeply. The company was founded to modernize the terminal through improved user experience, intelligence, collaboration, and cloud-enabled functionality.