Software Engineer | Fullstack
San FranciscoFull-timePosted 8mo ago
About the role
Software Engineer focused on frontend and fullstack development, building scalable, data-intensive web applications. Join Formal to improve frontend performance, own frontend architecture, and drive impactful initiatives in a security-focused AI era.
Responsibilities
- Continuously improve the performance and reliability of our frontend application by optimizing code and identifying areas for enhancement.
- Enhance existing features by incorporating user feedback and implementing improvements to usability and design.
- Take ownership of the frontend architecture, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and adherence to best practices.
- Lead any initiative you think may have a strong impact on Formal.
Qualifications
- Relevant software development experience building data-intensive software platforms
- Strong expertise in a modern framework (e.g. React, Vue.js) and proficiency with some backend language (Go)
- Experience with streaming data processing frameworks such as Apache Kafka and Google Pub/Sub
- Some experience with underlying infrastructure primitives like Kubernetes and Terraform
- Experience in building scalable, responsive, and cross-browser compatible web applications
- Solid understanding of frontend development principles, including testing, performance optimization, code modularity, and accessibility
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to tackle complex technical challenges with innovative solutions
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
Skills
Required:Frontend developmentReact/Vue.jsStreaming data processing
Nice to have:Backend language (Go)
Benefits
- 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you
- Partially covered for your dependents
- Flexible PTO
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Formal
The data security platform for datastores and APIs
Formal is the leading data security and infrastructure access platform that secures modern data stacks, helping security teams understand their organization's data schema in real-time, see where sensitive data is stored, how it's consumed across teams and services, and design access and encryption policies.
Data SecurityAPIsDatastoresSecurity
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