Senior Software Engineer for Core Developer ExperienceWe built Bubble with a clear mission: to empower everyone to create software. Our AI visual development platform lets anyone, from first-time entrepreneurs to enterprise teams, take an idea from prompt to fully-functional, scalable app across web, iOS, and Android. With over 6 million users in more than 100 countries, Bubble is breaking down the barriers to entrepreneurship and innovation worldwide.The Core Developer Experience (DX) Pod is a new team dedicated to improving the productivity, quality, and satisfaction of engineers working on Bubble's core product and monolith. Our mission is to modernize the developer environment, reduce friction in day-to-day workflows, and unlock sustainable long-term velocity for the entire Core org. We focus on the pre-deployment developer experience, with an emphasis on frontend-heavy improvements in the near term.As a Senior Software Engineer on the Developer Experience Pod, you'll lead technical projects that improve how engineers build, test, and ship code at Bubble. You'll take ownership of complex initiatives, from shaping technical designs through execution, and ensure they deliver measurable improvements to developer velocity, performance, or satisfaction.
You'll work closely with the pod's technical lead and engineering manager to prioritize initiatives, and collaborate with other teams to roll out changes that scale beyond the pod itself. This role is hands-on but also highly collaborative: you'll mentor teammates, set standards for high-quality code and maintainable architectures, and help establish best practices that raise the bar across Core engineering.As a Senior Software Engineer for CoreDX, you'll focus on:Migrating off legacy frameworks and introducing modern frontend toolingUpgrading shared libraries and improving support for our internal design systemReducing test suite runtime and improving reliability of developer-facing testsOptimizing the local development loop, including build, bundling, and hot reload timesInvestigating and resolving sources of frontend performance regressions in the EditorDefining standards and building frameworks that other Core teams can adopt to increase consistency and speedStaying up to date with modern AI tools and incorporating them into the developer workflowsAbout you:5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a history of delivering high-impact technical projectsStrong proficiency with modern frontend frameworks (TypeScript, SolidJS/React, etc.) and the ability to work confidently across the stackDeep experience with developer tooling — build systems, bundlers, testing frameworks, package managers, and CI/CD pipelines — and a passion for improving how engineers work day to dayProven ability to modernize large, complex codebases, including migrating frameworks, upgrading dependencies, and designing for long-term maintainabilityExperience organizing and leading projects that span multiple engineers, ensuring alignment, execution, and measurable outcomesStrong problem-solving skills, balancing pragmatic short-term improvements with strategic, scalable solutionsCollaborative and clear communicator who partners effectively across teams and mentors engineers at different levelsAdaptable and curious — you proactively identify inefficiencies, dig into root causes, and design solutions that scale beyond your own teamCompensation: We offer competitive compensation aligned to tier one markets. Our estimated salary for this role at Bubble ranges from $183,000 to $237,000. Actual pay is determined by multiple factors such as skills, qualifications, experience and market demand.Location: This is a remote-friendly role open to candidates authorized to work in the U.S. Our team is based in NYC and works Eastern Time.We're currently set up to hire across most U.S. states.States we're not currently set up to employ in: AK, AL, AR, DE, HI, ID, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MT, NE, NH, NM, ND, OK, RI, SC, SD, VT, WV, WY.
If you're in one of these states but open to relocating to NYC, we'd still love to hear from you.If you'd like to join us in New York, we're happy to help with relocation. We prefer hiring within commuting distance of our Manhattan office because we value getting together in person regularly — folks who come in enjoy catered lunches, team events, and other perks.Our Company's Tech Stack: Here's what we build with. If you've worked with some of these, great — if not, we care more about how you think than which tools you've used:Frontend: Typescript, SolidJS, React NativeBackend: Typescript, Node.js, RustAI/ML: Python, LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.), LangChainInfrastructure: AWS, CDK / Terraform, ECS, Redis, PostgresData & AI Workflows: JSON-based app representations, proprietary datasetsBenefits: In addition to cash and equity compensation, Bubble offers a robust benefits package equating to roughly twenty thousand in additional annual compensation:Comprehensive health coverage401(k) matchingWellness and work enablement stipendsGenerous PTOA Sabbatical programJoin us! Let's democratize access to technology together! If this sounds like you, apply! If you don't meet all of the qualifications but think you could be a match, we'd still love the chance to review your application.
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