About the role
About Dust We're creating a new AI operating system that has the potential to change the way companies operate . Our mission at Dust is to transform how work gets done by letting any team and employee shape the exact agents they need to accelerate their work. With 70%+ weekly active users, people stick with Dust as much as they do with Slack and Notion. We already are a core part of their jobs. We're at an exciting stage of our journey and growing fast. We're serving great customers like Cursor, Clay, Whatnot, and Persona, and aim to 5x our growth by the end of 2026. Dust is a Sequoia-backed company with an experienced and determined team of optimists (coming from companies like Stripe and OpenAI) that likes to focus on users, getting great things done by shipping fast, and doesn’t take itself too seriously while doing so. TL;DR We are looking for an experienced frontend engineer who feels comfortable working on backend tasks as needed. In this role, you will collaborate closely with our product designer team, contributing ideas to shape the user experience while implementing features in our React-based frontend. On the backend side, you’ll contribute to REST API work and infrastructure improvements and ensure a smooth developer experience across our codebase. Our culture Product-First : Unlike others focused on building foundation models, we're laser-focused on creating delightful product experiences with existing LLMs. Think “ No GPUs before PMF ”. Small, High-Impact Team : Join a team of alumni from Stripe, Front, OpenAI, and other top tech companies. We're intentionally keeping our team small and mighty – every individual has massive scope and impact. Transparency & Collaboration: Our repository is open source, and we leverage serendipity between team members. We believe the best ideas emerge when
the team shares information and insights openly. Proactive Problem-Solving : If you see something broken, fix it—without waiting for permission. We don't wait for solutions - we create them. Ship to Learn : We move fast and learn from real user feedback. Intellectual Humility : We value strong convictions balanced with open-mindedness. Team members confidently advocate for their ideas while remaining receptive to new perspectives and evidence that might change their minds. If new data emerges, we adapt quickly. What you’ll do Create delightful frontend experiences end-to-end: Design and implement visually engaging interfaces that define how users interact with Dust. Frame and lead frontend technical projects to completion: Balance performance, accessibility, and maintainability—all with a full-stack perspective in mind. Collaborate closely with users and product designers: Brainstorm interface solutions, gather feedback, and iterate rapidly to build delightful user experiences. Build for scale: Architect frontend systems that gracefully handle increasing complexity while preserving simplicity and speed. Champion best practices: Advocate for code quality, guide our design system’s evolution, and ensure every feature meets high standards of excellence. Dive into the backend: Use Next.js (Node/TypeScript) to handle REST APIs, data retrieval, and integration tasks. Tech Stack Highlights Dust for Dust: We use Dust for Coding, debugging, knowledge search (runbooks, codebase), incident management, and task automation (i.e., creating issues). Programming languages: TypeScript, Rust (not a requirement, we’re open to people expert in other programming languages). Other relevant tools and technologies: Frontend: React, shadcn Backend: NextJS, Kubernetes, Terraform/Helm Database: PostgreSQL, QDrant, Elasticsearch DevOps: Datadog monitoring, Github actions based CI/CD