Senior Software Engineer (Fullstack)

Who we are

Solo empowers teams to build and scale their AI infrastructure using cloud-native tech. Most companies have shifted from asking 'How can we make AI useful?' and are instead now asking 'How do we take our AI projects to production?'. A recent MIT study reveals a shocking 95% of GenAI projects never make it there or fail to deliver positive ROI. At Solo, our AI initiatives are helping teams bridge that gap from pilot to production.

With our roots in critical cloud infrastructure (gateways, proxies, service mesh) trusted by Fortune 500s, Solo is uniquely positioned to lead AI's next wave. As a nimble startup, we innovate faster, our engineers contribute to high-impact OSS (we're a top CNCF contributor) and solve real scalability challenges.

Solo is a VC-backed company, founded in 2017 by Idit Levine. In 2021, Solo was valued at $1B. Solo’s customers are some of the largest in the world, spanning all geographies and industries. Solo’s team has deep expertise in Cloud Computing, Linux, Containers, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, APIs, AI, Security, Networking, Microservice Applications and Infrastructure Modernization.

About the role

As a UI-Focused Fullstack Engineer at Solo, you’ll bring our cutting-edge cloud and AI products to life for our customers. Your work will transform complex infrastructure into intuitive, engaging, and delightful user experiences across web applications. While this is a full stack role that will include occasional back-end work, expect that at least 80% of your day to day responsibilities will be front-end focused.

You’ll collaborate closely with designers, product managers, and backend engineers to craft interfaces that make advanced technology accessible. You’ll contribute to both frontend frameworks and backend APIs, ensuring usability and performance go hand in hand. Along the way, you’ll have opportunities to contribute to open source, partner with our customers, and directly influence the adoption of Solo’s products across industries.

This is a remote role for applicants based in the US. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent, ongoing basis.

Job Description

• Own and improve the UI and UX of React Typescript Vite web applications that connect to Go and Rust APIs on Kubernetes.
• Gather and analyze requirements across GitHub and Slack to inform design and implementation.
• Design web interfaces with UX in mind, both independently and in coordination with an external designer that uses Figma.
• Transform designs into polished, functional applications.
• Integrate AI tools into development processes, adhere to the team's established coding standards, and continuously adopt the latest best practices.
• Participate in code reviews, including testing and reviewing React Typescript PR’s, driving technical excellence across the stack.
• Contribute to APIs and backend services that power rich frontend functionality.
• Champion UI/UX best practices and advocate for the customer experience.
• Help evolve our engineering processes and tools as we scale.
• Transform ambiguous requirements into actionable tasks, focusing on high-impact deliverables that provide the most value for our users.

Job Requirements:

• High level of professional responsibility
• Excellent communication
• Ability to learn and adapt quickly.
• Proven ability to design and implement complex, responsive UIs with HTML, CSS, React, and Typescript.
• 3+ years of experience building production-grade web applications, with a focus on frontend development.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with React and TypeScript in production environments.
• Strong understanding of REST or gRPC API design and consumption.
• Experience deploying applications on Kubernetes, Docker, or other containerized/cloud-native environments.
• Familiarity with UI/UX design principles, prototyping, or collaboration with design teams.
• Knowledge of frontend and backend testing frameworks and best practices.
• Proficiency with Git-based workflows and collaborative engineering practices.

Bonus Experience:

• Experience implementing multi-view data visualizations.
• Experience using AI technologies.
• Experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL).
• Contributions to open source projects, ideally in the cloud-native or frontend ecosystem.
• Experience working in agile, fast-paced, or startup environments.
• Experience working with GlooShot

What you’ll love about Solo

At Solo, our culture is all about hiring great people, creating a fun and fast-paced work culture, and letting our teams work with our customers to successfully solve their challenges.

Solo works collaboratively with our customers, partners and open source communities to deliver technology innovation, technology solutions, architectural best-practices, and hands-on education. Solo uses a unique engagement model with our customers that allows us to quickly make them successful, and continue to work closely with them as their production environments grow.

Solo is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.