Staff Software Engineer - Frontend

Who We Are:

We’re in business to secure the modern world. Operant’s unique technology solves several of the biggest problems in modern cybersecurity - protecting applications across every layer of the cloud native stack from infra to APIs, and data to AI. We are passionate about bringing state of the art technological innovations from Operating Systems/Distributed Systems/AI to the world of cloud native security, and building a product that is ready to take on the rising complexity and massive scale of today’s cloud native applications. Having already been named as a vendor in Gartner’s market guide for API Protection and Kubernetes Runtime Security as well as Forrester’s Zero Trust landscape all in the first half of 2024, the sky's the limit for leading this growing market.

Who We Are Looking For:

We are seeking someone to join us to build out our product UI. The ideal candidate will bring prior experience on building UI stacks and frameworks from the ground up with being able to rapidly iterate on the tech stack as the product needs evolve. If you are excited by the idea of being an early engineer at a startup that is poised to lead the next wave of application security products, we would love to hear from you.

‍Responsibilities:

• Build the UI flows showcasing our rich data-driven analytics and enforcement capabilities
• Build a dynamic, responsive user experience that meets the rapidly increasing scale requirements of our customer deployments and end users
• Interface with GraphQL APIs and data rich cloud native services
• Come up with well-reasoned architectural choices for product UI to meet stability and performance, while being agile
• Embed security best practices within code development
• Help set the development culture, code/test/release best practices
• Function independently while being able to make technical choices in the presence of unknowns
• Collaborate cross-functionally with other engineering leaders
• Work closely with customers through MVP onboarding
• Take active interest in understanding customer problems while building features in an iterative manner

Qualifications:

• 3+ years experience of hands-on Frontend development in a fast paced engineering org
• 1+ year experience leading Frontend development teams working cross-functionally with UX Design, Product, and Backend engineering teams in a fast paced engineering org
• Experience with React, Node.js, Typescript, Material, HTML and CSS, and similar front end stack is required
• Experience with GraphQL APIs, D3, Nivo and other charts/analytics frameworks, user signup flows is preferred
• Excellent communication skills, and the ability to work independently as part of a remote team.

Bonus Points:

• Awareness of Cloud Tech stacks (AWS/ GCP/ Azure) and Kubernetes
• Knowledge of Operating Systems /Network Security fundamentals

Work Hours & Location:

• Operant is a remote-first company and welcomes qualified applicants from across the US and Canada.
• This position will require you to be available during core PST business hours (9am-5pm) and to adjust schedules occasionally based on customer and business needs including business travel, client meeting/call schedules, and team off-sites.

What you can expect from us:

Operant is an equal opportunity workplace where you will find an open and supportive environment to share your thoughts and ideas, while enabling you to springboard your career in a high-growth, high-energy startup.

‍Benefits:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401k
• Paid holidays
• Generous PTO
• Stock options