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Fully remote.
Async written communication daily, and a single weekly all-hands meeting. We optimize for long chunks of deep, focused work.
CAREERS AT TAUBOX
Build the future
of Taubox.
Our most important work lies ahead of us, and you can be a part of it.
View open roles ↓THE MISSION
Own your data.
Own your future.
The cloud made life convenient. It also took our data away. The personal computer gave us computing on every desk. The personal server will give us freedom in every home.
We're here to power that shift. And to make it delightful.
How we work
How we work
We are a small, focused team. Every person here has an outsized impact on our product and our culture. When you join us, you're directly shaping Taubox's future.
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Everyone has a say in everything — design, code, copy, strategy.
We care about what's right, not who's right. High standards, direct feedback, and zero ego.
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Zero managers or micro-management.
You own your scope end-to-end and are accountable for outcomes.
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Once a year we get together for a week-long retreat.
We celebrate craft, share meals, and remind ourselves why we build.
How we design
How we design
NAS UX is stuck in the 2000s. We're designing the consumer-grade, app-first, OS-in-a-browser experience that feels familiar and effortless, not instructional.
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Taste is a feature.
Clarity over cleverness, restraint over knobs. Micro-interactions and motion exist to communicate, not perform. If it doesn't reduce cognitive load, it goes.
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Making a browser tab feel like an OS is hard.
The medium fights you. But that's the bar: every interface should reinforce ‘this is my machine and my data lives here’.
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Do not overwhelm. But don't underwhelm.
Start with sane defaults that create an obvious path, then progressively reveal depth exactly where it's needed.
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Hardware and software move as one.
Taubox Home and Pro are part of the interface: unbox → first-boot → ‘aha’ in minutes.
How we engineer
How we engineer
We spend most of our time on the problems before we write a single line of code. Then we implement the simplest thing that can stay simple.
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User-first, not tech-first.
Start with the problem and reverse-engineer the simplest solution. Technology itself is a means, not the mission.
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Readable, maintainable code is the ultimate optimization.
Small modules, clear boundaries, typed interfaces, and tests that actually fail when they should.
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The cost of a mistake is high.
Every bug ships to thousands of tauboxOS devices via the next OTA. We build for reliability.
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Users store their lives on Taubox.
Assume hostile networks and design for least privilege and secure defaults.
OPEN ROLES
Find your seat
at the table.
Table = our team Discord btw.
Lead the frontend of an operating system that lives in a browser tab, along with first-party apps and taubox.net.
What you'll work on
- The desktop: dock, windows, widgets, and the interactions that make a browser tab feel like a real OS.
- The Files app: drag-and-drop, virtualized lists, thumbnails, fuzzy search, and network shares.
- The app store experience for 350+ self-hosted apps.
Own major parts of tauboxd, the TypeScript daemon at the heart of tauboxOS. It orchestrates Docker containers, storage pools, networking, and backups.
What you'll work on
- App lifecycle: installing, updating, and running Dockerized apps reliably.
- ZFS pools, RAID topologies, external drives, and migrations without losing a byte.
- Networking, auth, security, and the OTA update path.
Build features end-to-end: a tRPC procedure in tauboxd on one side, a polished React interface on the other, and nothing lost in between.
What you'll work on
- Whole features owned end-to-end: design doc, backend subsystem, UI, and polish.
- The seams where products leak: loading states, failure modes, migrations, and OTA updates.
- A fully typed TypeScript stack from ZFS pool to pixel.
Take full ownership of an exciting new native app project across mobile and desktop, including architecture, build pipeline, and releases.
What you'll work on
- Ship iOS and Android apps with React Native and Expo.
- Build desktop experiences with Tauri and connect to local hardware.
- Sweat performance, animations, offline states, and edge cases.
Own the layer where tauboxOS meets the metal: Debian, Docker, A/B OTA updates, x86 and ARM64 hardware, storage, and networking.
What you'll work on
- Reproducible Debian images, A/B partitioning, and safe updates.
- Kernel-level debugging and performance tuning.
- ZFS, systemd, Wi-Fi, thermals, LEDs, and NVMe.
Own the electronics of the Taubox Home and Pro line, from component selection and schematic capture to PCB layout, prototyping, and mass production.
What you'll work on
- Complete circuit design, component selection, and PCB layout.
- Validate electrical components and systems for quality and reliability.
- Work with software engineers on fans, LEDs, and power states.
Design tauboxOS, first-party apps, Taubox Home and Pro, and taubox.net. Make a browser tab feel like your own personal computer.
What you'll work on
- Pair early with engineers, prototype in code, and own UX end-to-end.
- Create delightful micro-interactions and animations.
- Care deeply about craft, clarity, and the last pixel.
Help a passionate community discover Taubox through friendly, transparent, casual, witty-but-respectful communication.
What you'll work on
- Run external communications, campaigns, paid ads, and SEO.
- Work with influencers and manage Discord, forum, and Reddit.
- Create tutorials, guides, blog posts, and press releases.
If the role you want isn't listed here, email jobs@taubox.net and tell us what you'd own and why it matters.
HOW TO APPLY
Applying is just
an email.
Write to us at jobs@taubox.net and tell us three things:
Why Taubox
What draws you to this mission, and what would you want to own here?
Why you
We love seeing portfolios, side projects, and the things you're most proud of building.
Why now
Why is this the right moment, both for you and for us?
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Questions?
Answers.
People want privacy, ownership and control over their data, and fewer subscriptions. A personal server is the natural home for the private, responsive AI-powered future.
Yes, we raised $3.4M and are fortunate to be backed by top Silicon Valley investors.
Equity with cash compensation, worldwide health insurance, new work equipment, work from anywhere, autonomy, a learning stipend, flexible hours, and at least three weeks of paid time off.
We start with a quick video call, then one or two in-depth conversations, followed by a short challenge or task. We may work together for 2 to 4 weeks on a paid project.
Talent, passion, genuine love for your craft, and the desire to do meaningful work. We are not looking for credentials and degrees.
We work from anywhere with flexible schedules and mostly async communication. It is a calm, creative group working on challenging problems at the intersection of art and technology.