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The Company
GitKraken is the developer experience (DevEx) platform of choice for more than 40 million developers and 100,000 organizations globally. Combining built-in AI and powerful workflow orchestration, GitKraken empowers development teams to eliminate unnecessary toil, streamline collaboration, and accelerate productivity. GitKrakens seamless integrations with leading Git providers, issue tracking tools, and AI solutions make it the most versatile DevEx platform available across desktop, command line, IDE, web, and mobile environments. Discover smarter, faster development at www.gitkraken.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Application Engineer to join our GitKraken Desktop team. In this hands-on role, you will contribute to our flagship product and collaborate with our product team to craft beautiful, innovative user experiences with a focus on usability, cohesiveness, and accessibility, while ensuring modularity and performance in code. Youll collaborate with back-end engineers to define and refine data models and APIs to ensure efficiency, security, and reliability. Our team is focused on creating innovative, user-friendly, and accessible tools and services that make a real difference in how developers and development teams collaborate and focus.
We are committed to having an inclusive and authentic work environment where unique perspectives, skills, and backgrounds are celebrated. We work hard to foster in our workplace and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. Even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements, don't let self-filtering and imposter syndrome get in the way of a great fit. We would love to hear from you!
What you'll do
Take ownership of features and enhancements, starting with helping to define technical and UX details with Product and QA, through collaborative implementation, code review, and ultimately to ongoing maintenance.
Craft code patterns that are clear, maintainable, and adaptive to change.
Identify and support opportunities to increase developer velocity through tactical and ongoing modernization of our very large codebase.
What you'll bring
7+ years of experience in software engineering
Deep understanding of modern web application architectures and design patterns, along with their tradeoffs
Expertise in the web platform: HTML, CSS, web APIs, etc.
Experience building modular, composable UI components with libraries or Web Components (React , Vue, Lit, FAST) backed by state management (Redux, Jotai, MobX)
Highly proficient with Javascript/TypeScript including ES6, Node.js, and NPM or Yarn
Strong history of collaborating with designers and providing input on the user experience
Experience migrating to new technologies as the web evolves
Understanding of accessibility practices (WCAG, WAI-ARIA)
Proficient with front-end tooling such as CSS processors (LESS, SASS, or PostCSS), bundling tools (Webpack and esbuild), and CI/CD automation
Experience with Git and cloud git providers such as GitHub
B
onus points
Experience with Electron
Experience building shared component libraries and/or design systems
A passion for luxurious developer tools
Knowledge of data visualization tools like D3
Experience with Figma
How youll be rewarded
Excellence
Competitive compensation with annual performance-based pay increases
Balance
Flexible Paid-Time-Off Policy & paid company holidays (chosen by our employees)
Parent life
Generous paid parental leave
Pets
Pet insurance plan (with no exclusions)
Health
Health, dental, and vision insurance with competitive employer cost-sharing
Headquarters
Modern, fully equipped offices designed to maximize productivity in a hybrid environment
Culture
Great Place to Work Certified
Growth
Paid career development opportunities, audiobook subscriptions, and mentorship
Future
401(k) retirement plan plus company matching
Travel
Company paid domestic trip after your 1-year anniversary & an international trip every 5 years
Location
This is a hybrid position based in Scottsdale, AZ. This role combines the flexibility of remote work with the benefits of meaningful in-person collaboration. Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the Phoenix area.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
At GitKraken, we believe that among our teammates is critical to our success as a company. GitKraken evaluates all employees and job applicants without regard to , , , (including , expression, or ), , , status, or any other legally protected class. We recruit, hire, and retain top talent from a diverse candidate pool.
The Company
GitKraken is the developer experience (DevEx) platform of choice for more than 40 million developers and 100,000 organizations globally. Combining built-in AI and powerful workflow orchestration, GitKraken empowers development teams to eliminate unnecessary toil, streamline collaboration, and accelerate productivity. GitKrakens seamless integrations with leading Git providers, issue tracking tools, and AI solutions make it the most versatile DevEx platform available across desktop, command line, IDE, web, and mobile environments. Discover smarter, faster development at www.gitkraken.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Application Engineer to join our GitKraken Desktop team. In this hands-on role, you will contribute to our flagship product and collaborate with our product team to craft beautiful, innovative user experiences with a focus on usability, cohesiveness, and accessibility, while ensuring modularity and performance in code. Youll collaborate with back-end engineers to define and refine data models and APIs to ensure efficiency, security, and reliability. Our team is focused on creating innovative, user-friendly, and accessible tools and services that make a real difference in how developers and development teams collaborate and focus.
We are committed to having an inclusive and authentic work environment where unique perspectives, skills, and backgrounds are celebrated. We work hard to foster in our workplace and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. Even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements, don't let self-filtering and imposter syndrome get in the way of a great fit. We would love to hear from you!
What you'll do
Take ownership of features and enhancements, starting with helping to define technical and UX details with Product and QA, through collaborative implementation, code review, and ultimately to ongoing maintenance.
Craft code patterns that are clear, maintainable, and adaptive to change.
Identify and support opportunities to increase developer velocity through tactical and ongoing modernization of our very large codebase.
What you'll bring
7+ years of experience in software engineering
Deep understanding of modern web application architectures and design patterns, along with their tradeoffs
Expertise in the web platform: HTML, CSS, web APIs, etc.
Experience building modular, composable UI components with libraries or Web Components (React , Vue, Lit, FAST) backed by state management (Redux, Jotai, MobX)
Highly proficient with Javascript/TypeScript including ES6, Node.js, and NPM or Yarn
Strong history of collaborating with designers and providing input on the user experience
Experience migrating to new technologies as the web evolves
Understanding of accessibility practices (WCAG, WAI-ARIA)
Proficient with front-end tooling such as CSS processors (LESS, SASS, or PostCSS), bundling tools (Webpack and esbuild), and CI/CD automation
Experience with Git and cloud git providers such as GitHub
B
onus points
Experience with Electron
Experience building shared component libraries and/or design systems
A passion for luxurious developer tools
Knowledge of data visualization tools like D3
Experience with Figma
How youll be rewarded
Excellence
Competitive compensation with annual performance-based pay increases
Balance
Flexible Paid-Time-Off Policy & paid company holidays (chosen by our employees)
Parent life
Generous paid parental leave
Pets
Pet insurance plan (with no exclusions)
Health
Health, dental, and vision insurance with competitive employer cost-sharing
Headquarters
Modern, fully equipped offices designed to maximize productivity in a hybrid environment
Culture
Great Place to Work Certified
Growth
Paid career development opportunities, audiobook subscriptions, and mentorship
Future
401(k) retirement plan plus company matching
Travel
Company paid domestic trip after your 1-year anniversary & an international trip every 5 years
Location
This is a hybrid position based in Scottsdale, AZ. This role combines the flexibility of remote work with the benefits of meaningful in-person collaboration. Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the Phoenix area.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
At GitKraken, we believe that among our teammates is critical to our success as a company. GitKraken evaluates all employees and job applicants without regard to , , , (including , expression, or ), , , status, or any other legally protected class. We recruit, hire, and retain top talent from a diverse candidate pool.