Remote Full Stack Engineer

At Chromatic, our mission is to improve the UX of the internet and safeguard the worlds pixels. Were building tools that make it impossible to ship broken pixels. Thousands of frontend teams—including BBC, Shopify, and Adobe—use Storybook and Chromatic to map every state of their applications and ensure each one is tested and approved before reaching the billions of people who interact with them daily.
Were seeking a full-stack engineer to contribute towards the Chromatic web application and backend. Thousands of developers and stakeholders use this application to interact with our UI Tests, UI Review workflows, and other features—all to ensure their frontends are regression-free. These powerful customer-facing workflows are built with React (Next.js), Node.js, MongoDB, GraphQL (Apollo), and TypeScript.
Over the past year, highlights from our teams work include:
Launched accessibility regression testing to help customers continuously improve the accessibility of their frontends.

Built authentication and hosting for Storybook MCP Servers.

Shipped a GitHub Pull Request Comment feature that includes a detailed report of build results.

Built workflows for handling inconsistent UI rendering in UI tests.

Improved the performance and accessibility of the Chromatic frontend.

Were at a significant moment in our companys history. Were running a successful business at tremendous scale, and your work will immediately impact customers worldwide. We need your expertise to evolve our product and architecture. Shipping with momentum matters, but we also make space to think ideas through carefully and ship the right things. Our diverse team is full of passionate, curious people who can learn, grow, and feel supported in taking on new challenges. We dive into complex problems and create simple, high-quality, delightful solutions. If youre energized by the idea of building systems that prevent bugs from reaching millions of users daily, this is the perfect job for you.
This is a fully remote position on a cross-functional team for individuals based in the mainland US or Canada.
Responsibilities

Build and maintain scalable, reliable systems in our TypeScript / Node.js / GraphQL / MongoDB stack.

Own projects from conception to completion, breaking down features into discrete units of work and maintaining momentum toward delivery

Work cross-functionally at Chromatic to ensure feature continuity between Chromatic and Storybook and ship work that delights developers.

Continuously improve existing systems by identifying opportunities for optimization, refactoring, and modernization

Participate in the teams support rotation, which is primarily within business hours

Stay ahead of emerging trends in software architecture and developer tooling, identifying opportunities to enhance the platform.

What we’re looking for

5+ years

of real-world experience building full-stack web applications for production using React & Node.js

Self-directed problem solver

who can scope work, communicate progress, flag blockers early, and make sound technical and product trade-offs independently while staying aligned with stakeholders.

Strong opinions, weakly held —someone who pushes back on ideas to drive better outcomes, handles critique without defensiveness, and demonstrates a growth mindset.

Clear written and verbal communicator

who provides straightforward, self-contained updates with necessary context in our distributed, asynchronous environment.

Focused executor

who stays accountable to commitments, resists distractions, and delivers consistent progress even when things dont go as planned.

Genuinely invested in developer experience , whether youve shipped tools for developers or spent years deeply understanding frontend teams pain points.

We’d be extra excited if you…

Have recently stepped into a senior role, or are an early-career engineer ready to level up

Have experience with Storybook or Chromatic

Have experience working with GraphQL.

Have worked effectively in a distributed, remote-first team environment

Have followed a non-traditional path into software and bring insight from experiences beyond engineering

We understand that even the best candidates might not meet all the above qualifications on day one. Thats okay. If you’re excited about Chromatic’s mission and want to grow your skills, we’d love to hear from you.
Salary Range:

US$145K - US$184K + equity. Learn more about our compensation philosophy

here . For a list of our other benefits & a peek into life at Chromatic, visit our careers

page .