Software Engineer, Frontend na Dust

About Dust

We’re creating a new AI operating system that has the potential to change the way companies operate. Our mission at Dust is to transform how work gets done by letting any team and employee shape the exact agents they need to accelerate their jobs. With 70%+ weekly active users, people stick with Dust as much as they do with Slack and Notion. We already are a core part of their jobs. We are at an exciting stage of our journey. We’ve raised our Series A, expanded in the US, and hit the $1m and $2m ARR milestones in 2024; we aim to x5 our growth by the end of 2025.

Dust is a Sequoia-backed startup with an experienced and determined team of optimists (coming from companies like Stripe or OpenAI) that like to focus on users, getting great things done by shipping fast, and doesn’t take itself too seriously while doing so.

TL;DR

We are looking for an experienced frontend engineer who feels comfortable working on backend tasks as needed. In this role, you will collaborate closely with our product designer team, contributing ideas to shape the user experience while implementing features in our React-based frontend. On the backend side, you’ll contribute to REST API work and infrastructure improvements and ensure a smooth developer experience across our codebase.

Our culture

• Product-First: Unlike others focused on building foundation models, we’re laser-focused on creating delightful product experiences with existing LLMs.
• Small, High-Impact Team: Join a team of alumni from Stripe, Front, OpenAI, and other top tech companies. We're intentionally keeping our team small and mighty – every individual has massive scope and impact.
• Transparency & Collaboration: Our repository is open source, and we leverage serendipity between team members.
• Proactive Problem-Solving: If you see something broken, fix it—without waiting for permission.
• Ship to Learn: We move fast and learn from real user feedback.
• Intellectual Humility: We value strong convictions balanced with open‑mindedness.

What you’ll do

• Create delightful frontend experiences end‑to‑end: Design and implement visually engaging interfaces that define how users interact with Dust.
• Frame and lead frontend technical projects to completion: Balance performance, accessibility, and maintainability—all with a full‑stack perspective in mind.
• Collaborate closely with users and product designers: Brainstorm interface solutions, gather feedback, and iterate rapidly to build delightful user experiences.
• Build for scale: Architect frontend systems that gracefully handle increasing complexity while preserving simplicity and speed.
• Champion best practices: Advocate for code quality, guide our design system’s evolution, and ensure every feature meets high standards of excellence.
• Dive into the backend: Use Next.js (Node/TypeScript) to handle REST APIs, data retrieval, and integration tasks.
• Contribute to infrastructure: Deploy services with Kubernetes, Terraform/Helm, and GitHub Actions‑based CI/CD pipelines.

Tech Stack Highlights

• Dust for Dust: We use Dust for Coding, debugging, knowledge search (runbooks, codebase), incident management, and task automation.
• Programming languages: TypeScript, Rust (not a requirement, we’re open to people expert in other programming languages).
• Other relevant tools and technologies:
  • Frontend: React, shadcn
  • Backend: NextJS, Kubernetes, Terraform/Helm
  • Database: PostgreSQL, QDrant, Elasticsearch
  • DevOps: Datadog monitoring, GitHub actions based CI/CD

Benefits & Compensation

• Competitive compensation: €30K - €150K base salary
• We offer substantial support for relocation (up to 10k€), including finding an apartment in Paris and supporting you with the visa procedure
• Significant equity package in a Sequoia‑backed startup
• Health insurance for you and your dependents
• New MacBook Pro or Linux machine, monitor, keyboard, etc.
• Beautiful office in the heart of Paris
• Opportunity to travel to the US multiple times a year
• Regular team events and offsite