Cortex

Build reliable and innovative software at scale

Senior Frontend Engineer

$135K - $200K
Location
US / Remote (US)
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
6+ years
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About the role

🧠 About Cortex

​​Cortex is an internal developer portal built to accelerate the path to engineering excellence. Companies like Docker, TripAdvisor, and Brex use Cortex to catalog, score, and assign action to improve service quality and velocity, so devs can get back to work that drives the business forward.

📍Location

We’re fully remote and welcome candidates from anywhere in the US! We have quarterly offsites where we fly the whole team out to meet in person, build stronger relationships, kick off important projects, and have fun!

🤝 The Team

We’re a small but mighty group of ~50 passionate individuals excited about building a product that developers love. We raised $35M in Series B Funding in 2023 led by IVP with Sequoia Capital and previously raised a series A co-led by Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital. You can read more about it here.

💼 Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Frontend Engineer to join our team. As a Senior Frontend Engineer, you will be responsible for building high-performing, complex front-end components. You’ll have the opportunity to flex beyond the typical scope of a Frontend Engineer by improving our planning, development, deployment processes, and more.

⚙️ Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, maintain, and improve the user interface for our developer portal
  • Collaborate with founders, product, and other engineers to build new features and enhance existing ones
  • Ensure our product is up to date with the latest frontend technologies
  • Write clean, maintainable, and testable code that adheres to best practices
  • Continually improve existing planning, development, and deployment processes

✔️Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
  • 5+ years of professional experience in frontend engineering, with a focus on building modern and intuitive user interfaces
  • Understanding of fundamental design principles around responsive and user-friendly applications
  • Strong proficiency in modern frontend frameworks such as React, and experience with complex single-page applications
  • Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Ability to mentor and coach junior engineers

About Cortex

🧠 About Cortex ​​Cortex is an internal developer portal built to accelerate the path to engineering excellence. Companies like Docker, TripAdvisor, and Brex use Cortex to catalog, score, and assign action to improve service quality and velocity, so devs can get back to work that drives the business forward.

📍Location We’re fully remote and welcome candidates from anywhere in the US! We have quarterly offsites where we fly the whole team out to meet in person, build stronger relationships, kick off important projects, and have fun!

🤝 The Team We’re a small but mighty group of ~50 passionate individuals excited about building a product that developers love. We raised $35M in Series B Funding in 2023 led by IVP with Sequoia Capital and previously raised a series A co-led by Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital.

Cortex
Founded:2019
Team Size:50
Location:San Francisco
Founders
Ganesh Datta
Ganesh Datta
Founder
Anish Dhar
Anish Dhar
Founder
Nikhil Unni
Nikhil Unni
Founder