Senior Staff Engineer - Frontend
Plane Software, Inc. · San Francisco, CA
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Jul 27, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 28, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior technical leadership role focused on defining and driving the frontend architecture of a collaborative, open-source work management platform. The engineer will build high-performance web applications, lead real-time collaboration features (including offline sync and rich-text editing), establish engineering best practices, and mentor other engineers across teams. Suits a deeply experienced frontend engineer comfortable owning both technical strategy and hands-on implementation.
Staff level · 8+ years · Full-time
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What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
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The posting lists San Francisco and Hyderabad as the company's two locations with no mention of remote eligibility, so remote is set to false. The primary engineering hub appears to be Hyderabad, India, making this a non-US role; the US-based flag is set to false and no CBSA is assigned.
The title 'Senior Staff Frontend Engineer' is treated as Staff-level advertised seniority. The actual requirements — org-wide technical direction, cross-team architecture ownership, 8+ years — support a Staff classification as well.
State management is listed in the requirements section as 'MobX, Redux, Zustand, or similar'; MobX is also confirmed as the team's primary tool in the Tech Stack section. These are treated as interchangeable alternatives for the same requirement.
ProseMirror and Tiptap appear together under the 'It's a Plus' section and are treated as interchangeable alternatives for the collaborative editor requirement.
Backend technologies (Python/Go/Elixir, Django, PostgreSQL, Redis) and infrastructure tools (AWS, Kubernetes, DataDog, Sentry, Figma) appear either in the 'It's a Plus' section or only in the Tech Stack narrative — none are gated requirements.
No compensation figures are disclosed beyond a general reference to 'competitive compensation and benefits.'
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