For millions of teams working in dozens of industries, day-to-day business gets done on the phone. So why — despite the huge leaps we've taken in design and usability — does most business phone software still look, feel, and act like it was born in the 90s? OpenPhone is changing that.
We’re a new type of business phone with a mission to help people communicate better and be more productive.
We’re backed by Y Combinator and some of the best venture firms around including Tiger Global, Craft Ventures, Slow Ventures, and others. We take pride in providing an exceptional customer experience and a product people love, which is why we’re excited that our customers have rated us the #1 VoIP Provider on G2.
OpenPhone is the modern, sophisticated answer to the clunky, outdated phone systems that have been slowing down businesses for years. With thousands of happy customers and several rounds of funding in just five years, it's safe to say we're onto something big.
About the role
As part of the UX Platform Team within our Growth & Scale Pillar, this Senior Frontend Engineering role is pivotal in driving our product's frontend architecture, supporting our other web product engineers across teams, and design system. You'll be responsible for:
- Platform Experience: You will not only architect reusable, high-performance React components that power our user interfaces - you will also help solve complex architectural challenges like creating a client-side API layer that transforms data synchronization as we scale.
- Performance Optimization: Ensuring our frontend meets the highest standards of speed, responsiveness, and user experience
- Design System Development: Creating and maintaining a robust component library that ensures consistency across our product
Your contributions will directly impact our ability to grow and scale as a company. As a Senior Frontend Engineer at OpenPhone, you will spend a majority of your time coding, architecting, and owning moderate to complex components. Beyond your technical work, you may also lead a small team or lead a project. You will also spend time providing technical guidance, code reviews and design and deliver on small/medium size projects end-to-end.
Technical stack and tools
- Our frontend is a Single Page Application built with React and MobX, using TypeScript
- We develop in a monorepo powered by pnpm and Turborepo
- We use Storybook for component-driven development
- Components are implemented with Vanilla Extract for styles, React Aria, and our existing Design System components
- We write tests using Vitest and Playwright & use Sentry as our frontend observability tool
- We are updating our stack to include a backend for frontend layer
- Other Tools: Figma, Heap, Linear, Notion, and Slack
About you
- Strong experience with with React & Typescript
- Proven track record of architecting large-scale frontend architectures & building design systems and component libraries
- You enjoy taking an open ended problem and collaborating with others to design & build a delightful end user experience.
- You are knowledgeable about web performance, observability, and accessibility.
- You take ownership of your work and understand the importance of communication. You hold yourself to a high standard and help empower others to do the same.
- You are intentional about how your work impacts customers, community, and each other. You practice empathy, generosity, and a thoughtfulness as you evaluate tradeoffs in pursuit of the best solution.
- You are curious. You seek to understand the ‘why’ behind things, so that you can better plan and build the ‘how’. You support your teammates and customers through the continuous pursuit of knowledge. You’re a lifelong learner.
- Your code is a pleasure for your teammates to read and understand and you strive to ensure it is readable, testable, and maintainable.. When working in the codebase, you leave things better than you found them.
Compensation
The annual base salary range for this position is $196,000 - $218,000 CAD, plus equity and benefits.
The range displayed reflects the target for new hire salaries, and within this range, individual pay is determined by your skills and experience, as well as relevant education. Your recruiter can share more and answer questions about the specific salary range during the hiring process.
Salary is just one component of OpenPhone’s total compensation package. Your total rewards package will include equity, extensive medical coverage, a monthly lifestyle stipend, and a flexible PTO policy.
As a fully remote company, we thrive asynchronously as a team. We are curious, ambitious, and dedicated to our work. We value trust above all else, and have a strong bias for action. If you're looking for a place to do your life's work, please get in touch. We'd love to hear from you.
And remember, there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. We're looking for optimists with grit and determination, who are excited to face the challenges of a growing startup. OpenPhone is the type of company where you can grow, and we encourage you to apply for this role even if you don't think you meet all the requirements.
We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse work environment. It is important that you are able to bring your authentic self to work every day. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. #LI-Remote
