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Senior Software Engineer - Browser Platform

Lanai

Lanai

Software Engineering
Palo Alto, CA, USA
USD 190k-230k / year + Equity
Posted on Dec 11, 2025

Location

Palo Alto

Employment Type

Full time

Department

Engineering

Compensation

  • $190K – $230K • Offers Equity

About Lanai

Lanai is building the missing infrastructure layer for the AI era. Our Enterprise AI Observability and Governance Platform gives enterprises real-time visibility into how AI is actually being used across the organization—at the prompt level, across every tool—solving the critical challenge blocking AI ROI: you can't scale what you can't see. Think: Databricks for AI workflows.

Founded by technical leaders who built core infrastructure at Google, VMware, Meta and Splunk, we've raised capital from Lux Capital (Hugging Face, Databricks), Juxtapose, F7 Ventures, and BAG Ventures. Fortune 1000 companies are deploying our platform to discover the AI usage leadership doesn't know exists, scale what's working, and govern the transformation safely.

Living our values enables us to foster trust, take risks, and achieve extraordinary results together:

  • Curiosity: Question openly, learn quickly, share knowledge

  • Community: Celebrate diversity, unite in purpose, practice empathy

  • Commitment: Maintain high standards, honor promises, focus on impact

  • Clarity: Communicate directly with care, bring focus to ambiguity

Located in Palo Alto, our highly-technical, nerdy (and nice!) small team brings together enterprise leaders from SignalFx, VMware, Google, and Meta. We're advised by industry leaders including Fredrick "Flee" Lee (CISO at Reddit), Raghu Raghuram (former VMware CEO), and Yvonne Wassenaar (former CIO of New Relic).

The Technical Challenge

Build browser extensions that deliver enterprise-grade security and visibility across web applications. You'll architect systems that monitor and control data flows in real-time, enforce security policies at the browser level, and scale across large organizations without impacting user experience.

Impact You'll Have

  • Develop browser extensions for Chrome, Safari, and Firefox with enterprise security capabilities

  • Build real-time monitoring and policy enforcement systems at the browser level

  • Design secure communication layers between browser extensions and cloud services

  • Create scalable deployment and management systems for enterprise environments

  • Implement data detection and classification capabilities within browser contexts

  • Optimize for performance, security, and reliability across diverse enterprise environments

What You Bring

  • 6+ years building production SaaS with strong frontend engineering emphasis

  • 3+ years hands-on with Web Extensions, browser security models, and shipping production extensions (Chrome Web Store portfolio required)

  • Deep proficiency in TypeScript, and React—understanding build systems, performance optimization, and state management

  • Systems thinking for complex frontend architecture balancing security, performance, and maintainability

  • Experience building security or data protection systems

  • Track record shipping complete solutions independently from ambiguous problems

Nice to Haves

  • OAuth2, OpenID Connect, encryption, and secure credential storage in browser environments

  • Enterprise security tooling experience

  • Chrome Enterprise policies and managed browser deployments

  • Knowledge of web-based security threats and mitigation strategies

What We Offer

  • High Ownership: Design and build critical systems from the ground up versus joining established companies where core architecture decisions are already made

  • Unmatched Financial Upside: Early equity in a SaaS AI governance and data analytics company with early exercise

  • Exceptional Leadership Access: Work directly with co-founder/CEO Lexi Reese (Google, Gusto, Meta), co-founder/chairman Steve Herrod (original CTO of VMware, investor @ General Catalyst + Juxtapose), CTO Rajesh Raman (supported tech infra that took Meta/Google public before moving to SignalFX, Splunk) and CPO Mohit Mehta (Splunk, Nvidia)

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance

  • Unlimited PTO

Note: Research shows qualified candidates, especially from underrepresented groups, often hesitate to apply unless they meet 100% of listed qualifications. If you're excited about this role but don't check every box, we strongly encourage you to apply. We're committed to building a diverse team and would love to consider your unique background."

Lanai is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate representation of all backgrounds and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Compensation Range: $190K - $230K