Backflip

Senior/Staff Frontend Software Engineer – Core Product

Backflip

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Francisco • California • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

JavaScriptReactTypeScript

About the role

  • Architect and own the front-end of our core product, including UI architecture, state management, and performance.
  • Build and maintain high-performance, real-time 3D visualization systems in the browser.
  • Design intuitive interaction paradigms for inspecting, manipulating, and editing complex 3D geometry.
  • Optimize rendering performance for large or evolving geometric datasets.
  • Deploy products to production, and iterate on them based on customer experiences and feedback.
  • Improve reliability, observability, and quality through testing, monitoring, and tooling.
  • Contribute to product direction by translating advanced AI capabilities into elegant user experiences.

Requirements

  • You’re fluent in the modern front-end development stack (React, typescript).
  • You’ve built and shipped complex, stateful web applications.
  • You have experience building real-time 3D interfaces in the browser (using WebGL, Three.js, Babylon.js, or similar).
  • You are comfortable reasoning about performance bottlenecks and profiling browser-based systems.
  • You’re pragmatic, product-minded, and enjoy owning features from concept to deployment.
  • You operate with a leader’s mindset: set technical direction, create alignment and clarity with engineers and leadership, and deliver results.
  • You are passionate about seeing your work shape the physical world.
Benefits
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Flexible work hours
  • Paid time off
  • Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
front-end developmentUI architecturestate managementperformance optimizationreal-time 3D visualizationWebGLThree.jsBabylon.jsReactTypeScript
Soft Skills
pragmaticproduct-mindedleadershiptechnical directionalignmentclarityresults-orientedcustomer feedback integrationproblem-solvingcreativity