Front End Engineer (Remote)

📍 Location: Remote (USA or Canada-based)
💼 Type: Full-time
💰 Compensation: $110,000 - $250,000 (subject to qualifications and experience) + equity + premium benefits

We’re Files.com, a profitable, founder-led SaaS company powering secure file transfer and automation for 4,000+ brands you know: Marc Jacobs, GrubHub, Michelin, Hot Topic, Stamps.com, Planet Fitness, KFC, and more.

⚡ Not Just Frontend: While we need strong frontend expertise, engineers here contribute across the stack — mobile, desktop, backend, and even open-source projects.
🚀 Serious CI/CD: We use GitLab for CI/CD with a sophisticated deployment pipeline on Vercel + AWS. Engineers ship with confidence, speed, and reliability.
🧪 Testing Built for Productivity: We invest heavily in Jest and Cypress for unit and integration testing. Everything is designed to maximize your velocity, not slow you down. Testing here is an accelerant, not a drag.
📚 World-Class Training & Documentation: Our internal Engineering Training Guide is nearly a million words long, and everything we build is thoroughly documented. You’ll never be stuck without guidance.
🛡 Scale + Reliability: You’ll work on systems that handle hundreds of millions of API calls a day, moving data for thousands of enterprise customers. Testing, reliability, and maintainability aren’t afterthoughts — they’re the foundation.
🤝 Engineer-First Culture: You’ll have an entire engineering team at your back. Files.com is built for engineers, by engineers. Every tool, every system, every process is designed to make you more productive.
🌱 Proven Growth Path: Our engineering managers all grew from within. Many engineers here expand beyond frontend into mobile, backend, or platform ownership. The growth path isn’t just open — it’s expected.

• Universal Metadata Extractor: Built a scalable pipeline that extracts and normalizes metadata from dozens of file types so customers can search, tag, and audit files with precision.
• SSO Everywhere: Expanded our identity layer to support SCIM provisioning and passwordless authentication across all integrations.
• Streaming File Previews: Delivered a system for on-the-fly video and audio previews that stream instantly in-browser.
• Cross-Cloud Automation: Extended our orchestration engine to support real-time workflows across SharePoint, Box, and Google Drive.

• AI-Powered Content Discovery: Implementing semantic file search using vector embeddings for meaning-based file discovery.
• Zero-Trust Sharing: Designing ephemeral file access links with advanced device posture and geolocation constraints.
• Next-Gen Sync: Rebuilding our sync layer to support multi-directional, conflict-aware synchronization at petabyte scale.
• Observability at Scale: Rolling out a monitoring framework with distributed tracing for real-time visibility into file flows and API calls.
• Policy as Code: Enabling IT teams to define and enforce security and retention rules in version-controlled code.

• →Build & Scale: Develop robust frontend features using React and TypeScript.
• →Architect Systems: Help design scalable, maintainable frontend architectures.
• →Ship Components: Build and evolve shared component libraries that improve consistency and velocity.
• →Collaborate: Work with backend, design, and product to deliver cohesive, end-to-end experiences.
• →Write Great Code: Participate in reviews, improve documentation, and raise the bar for clarity and maintainability.
• →Optimize Performance: Ensure responsiveness, accessibility, and speed across the platform.

✅ Engineers who want to solve complex UI and scale problems — building interfaces that handle hundreds of millions of API calls daily.
✅ Builders who care about pixel-perfect detail and maintainable code, not just wiring mockups together.
✅ Polyglot thinkers who love React/TypeScript but also want to explore mobile, backend, or infrastructure projects.
✅ People who thrive in a high-trust, flat team where initiative and ownership are expected.
✅ Engineers who enjoy contributing to shared component libraries and open-source projects that raise the bar for everyone.

Frontend Engineers at Files.com don’t stagnate. Many start in React, then expand into:

• Technical Leadership — owning major front-end systems and mentoring others.
• Cross-Platform Engineering — contributing to mobile apps, desktop clients, and backend services.
• Staff/Principal Tracks — tackling architecture challenges across scale, performance, and design systems.
• Open-Source Impact — shaping the ecosystem through reusable tools, libraries, and contributions.

Every single engineering manager at Files.com was promoted internally. Growth isn’t a promise here — it’s a proven track record.