Fullstack Software Engineer (Frontend Leaning)

Who We Are

Sauron protects your family and home, bringing the innovations of autonomous robots and self-driving cars to residential security. Our team is led by veteran operators and engineers, alumni of Sonos, Paypal, Tesla, Apple, and Google. Sauron has raised an $27M seed round led by A* and Atomic with participation from other leading venture capital firms.

The Role

Sauron Industries is looking to create a new modality for homeowners to interact with their properties and security systems, based on a 3D model of the home. We are looking for a highly skilled, thoughtful, and collaborative Front-End Engineer to help design, develop and deliver this innovative technology to a wide user base.

We are looking for someone who is creative, detail-oriented, and cares deeply about user experience. The ideal candidate is strategic about building customer facing applications at scale, and enjoys the process of collaborating with teammates to build reliable and maintainable applications. You'll solve challenging problems and contribute effectively to Sauron's product roadmap as well as our development process.

You Will Contribute By

• Developing great web-based user experiences for a variety of use cases and customers.
• Translating business requirements to high quality, scalable production code.
• Working closely with designers and other engineering teams to deliver consistent UX.
• Building security-first systems for mass consumption.
• Being proactive, self-starting and ramping up on develop methods, techniques and evaluation criterion for obtaining results.

Your Background Includes

• At least 5+ years of software development experience, preferably in customer facing product development
• Solid understanding of fundamental web technologies, UI/UX principles and patterns
• Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS and TypeScript / ES6, including DOM manipulation and the JS object model
• Experience with common front-end development tools such as Vite, NPM, Yarn, etc
• Knowledge of state management libraries like Redux and Context
• Thorough understanding of REST. gRPC principles and best practices of building and using REST APIs, gRPC interfaces and websockets
• Thorough understanding of core design principles and common design patterns of React
• Deep understanding of frontend architecture, build and deployment processes

Nice to Have (familiarity with/desire to learn)

• Experience with native iOS or Android native application development
• WebGL and WebAssembly knowledge
• Understanding of 3D visualization techniques
• Familiarity with end-to-end testing frameworks
• CI/CD systems

We Value

1. The Power of "We": "Align, then Accelerate"

• We celebrate as a team and troubleshoot as a team.
• The goal is the mission, not the credit.

2. High Challenge, Low Ego: "Respect the person, debate the idea."

• Be ruthless with problems, but kind to people.
• Raise the bar, lower the shield

3. Speak up: "Silence is a setback."

• Your perspective is a requirement, not a suggestion.
• Speak the hard truths early so we can fix them fast.

4. Integrity in Motion: "Own the outcome, not just the task."

• Do what you say you'll do.
• If it breaks, fix it. If it works, make it better.

5. Humanity at the Core: "Relationships over transactions."

• Earn trust through empathy and consistency.
• Anticipate needs before they become requests.

The compensation range for this position is $190-230k base + equity + benefits.

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you're excited about this role, but do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply.

Sauron is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law.

Please review our CCPA policies here.

Compensation

The base pay range for this role is $190,000 - $230,000 per year.