We are building an open source time-series database focused on performance and simplicity.
QuestDB is used to store, process and analyze time-series data in real-time across a wide range of industries, such as Financial Services, Energy, Manufacturing, Web3 and Space Exploration. Fortune 500 companies such as Airbus and Yahoo deploy QuestDB for large-scale, data-intensive production systems, some of which serve close to a billion users.
Our open source repository has gathered 11k+ stars in three years, and is the fastest-growing in our category. We are a product-first company with a large community of developers. We are a globally distributed remote-first team backed by leading venture capital firms and Y Combinator.
As a UI / Front End Developer at QuestDB you will be an integral part of a small tight-knit team, focusing on designing and developing user interfaces. You will write simple high quality code, which is scalable and maintainable for the long run. You will fully own features and design changes.
Front-end landscape is ever changing. Therefore, we value programming experience and the "itch" to deliver value, over knowledge of some specific framework. We expect candidates to be comfortable with the current tools we use: Typescript, React, NextJS, Docusaurus, Jest, Cypress, Github Actions.
We are looking for an individual who is passionate about open source and with a creative mindset and intellectual curiosity.
- Design, build and maintain all QuestDB user interfaces.
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Define, design, and implement user experience for QuestDB’s open source database, QuestDB Cloud and the website.
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Create storyboards, mockups, prototypes, and flows to convey QuestDB use cases and product features.
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Improve and maintain tested and automated releases.
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Ensure compatibility with back end APIs.
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Engage with community to promote new features and gather feedback.
- 3+ years proven track record of building web front end software.
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Expert knowledge of Typescript, HTML and CSS.
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Good grasp of popular front-end code build tools.
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A strong opinion about UX best practices.
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Proficiency in translating user feedback into product design.
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Excellent communication skills.
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Strong team player open to guiding colleagues on your areas of expertise.
Having any of the following skills would make a candidate stand out:
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Prior experience with building long lasting products with scalability in mind
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Knowledge of cloud-native technologies
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Public contributions to open source projects
- Generous equity options package
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Flexible working hours
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100% remote
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Freedom of choice for your technical equipment
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Wonderful, highly qualified colleagues
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Truly international: more than 10 different nationalities
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A transparent, collaborative & inclusive culture
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Exciting opportunities for career progression as we grow
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Little to zero controls combined with autonomous work where you set your own pace in a collaborative environment
We hire talented and passionate people who share our mission to empower developers to solve their problems with data. We are building breakthrough technology to power the infrastructure of tomorrow.
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We are a company with thousands of users; our mission is to empower them
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We invest in a culture that promotes ownership, autonomy and independent thinking
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We have transparent leadership and value employees' strategic inputs
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Our team is ambitious and tackles the most difficult problems at the deepest data infrastructure layer