About the role

Build and maintain core features of the web app and SDK.
Collaborate with design and product teams.
Contribute to developer-facing documentation.
Monitor performance and improve platform reliability.
Participate in an experimental culture with fast iterations.

Skills the posting asks for

React
Next.js
Node.js
TypeScript

Summarised from the employer’s posting, which is reproduced in full below.

The employer’s full posting

About you

You’re a product engineer who leans front-end but is comfortable diving across the stack. You thrive in startup environments, have strong technical chops (React / Next / Node / TypeScript required), and you want to build tools and experiences that empower others. You’re excited by experimentation, high-leverage product problems, and a company culture that celebrates creativity and developer-first thinking. We celebrate craft and nerd out about bringing obsessive attention to detail in our products.

The role

You will join our product engineering team working across our SDK and the web application, collaborating closely with product and design. Your work will impact both end-users of tldraw.com and enterprise customers building on our SDK.

Key responsibilities include:

Build, maintain and scale core features of the tldraw web app and SDK (React, Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript)
Collaborate with design, product and engineering to shape new experiences: ideate, prototype, ship and iterate
Contribute to and maintain developer-facing documentation, code samples and SDK usage patterns (ensuring our SDK remains world-class)
Monitor performance, reliability, and developer-gravity of our platform; proactively identify friction points and improve them
Participate in an experimental culture: build viral demos, iterate fast, embrace creative tooling ideas
Work across the stack when needed: focus on UI and interaction design but able to also help maintain backend services and APIs

You should have

Strong hands-on experience building modern web applications using React, Next.js, Node.js, and TypeScript
Experience on high-agency teams where you’ve shipped meaningful features and helped shape the product
Excellent problem-solving mindset. You can navigate ambiguous, high-leverage problems and drive them to completion
Clear communication skills, and the ability to engage with product/design/engineering as well as external developer users
Demonstrated strong product + frontend competence as well as proficient knowledge in backend systems
Based in or willing to relocate to London / able to work at the Finsbury Park office

We’d love (but don’t require)

A passion for building developer tools, SDKs or platforms is a strong plus
Side projects or contributions to open-source communities

What you’ll get

Competitive salary + equity options
Hybrid working model (office in Finsbury Park; mix of remote + in-office)
25 paid days holiday + UK public holidays
Private health insurance
Pension contribution
Income replacement & employee assistance programmes
Equipment allowance + great tech stack
Opportunity to join a fast-growing startup and help shape the future of creative collaboration

About tldraw

tldraw is a London-based Series A startup building the go-to infinite canvas primitive for collaborative products needing a web-native surface. With 70k+ X (Twitter) followers, 43k+ GitHub stars, and a vibrant community of makers and builders, the brilliant folks working at tldraw strive to be a modern-day equivalent of Xerox PARC for creative tooling. We’re innovative, experimental, and boundary-pushing. Come bring your expertise to the table!