Build the future of Umbrel.
Build the future of Umbrel.
Our most important work lies ahead of us, and you can be a part of it.
Our most important work lies ahead of us, and you can be a part of it.
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The cloud made life convenient.
It also took our data
away. away.
away. 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.
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.
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Async written communication daily, and a single weekly all-hands meeting. We optimize for long chunks of deep, focused work.
Fully remote
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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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Ship in small, reversible steps. Know when to refine and when to send. Effort is respected, but outcomes are celebrated.
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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.
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Async written communication daily, and a single weekly all-hands meeting. We optimize for long chunks of deep, focused work.
Fully remote
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Async written communication daily, and a single weekly all-hands meeting. We optimize for long chunks of deep, focused work.
Fully remote
02
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.
03
Zero managers or micro-management. You own your scope end-to-end and are accountable for outcomes.
04
Ship in small, reversible steps. Know when to refine and when to send. Effort is respected, but outcomes are celebrated.
05
Once a year we get together for a week-long retreat. We celebrate craft, share meals, and remind ourselves why we build.
How we work
How we work
We are a small, focused team — fewer than 10 people.
Every person here has an outsized impact on our product and our culture.
When you join us, you're not just taking a role. You're directly shaping Umbrel's future.
We are a small, focused team — fewer than 10 people.
Every person here has an outsized impact on our product and our culture.
When you join us, you're not just taking a role. You're directly shaping Umbrel's future.
We are a small, focused team — fewer than 10 people.
Every person here has an outsized impact on our product and our culture.
When you join us, you're not just taking a role. You're directly shaping Umbrel's future.
How we design
How we design
NAS UX is stuck in the 2000s.
Clunky setup, admin-first dashboards, scary networking gymnastics.
We're designing the consumer-grade, app-first, OS-in-a-browser experience that feels familiar and effortless, not instructional.
NAS UX is stuck in the 2000s.
Clunky setup, admin-first dashboards, scary networking gymnastics.
We're designing the consumer-grade, app-first, OS-in-a-browser experience that feels familiar and effortless, not instructional.
NAS UX is stuck in the 2000s.
Clunky setup, admin-first dashboards, scary networking gymnastics.
We’re building the consumer-grade, app-first, local-first experience that feels effortless, not instructional.
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Clarity over cleverness, restraint over knobs. Micro-interactions and motion exist to communicate, not perform. If it doesn’t reduce cognitive load, it goes.
Taste is a feature
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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, every dialogue, and every experience 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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Designers prototype, and sometimes code. Engineers sweat interface details, and sometimes design. We pair early, prototype in code, and own the UX together end-to-end.
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Umbrel Home is part of the interface: unbox > first-boot > “aha” in minutes. Hardware and software move as one. We leverage this opportunity to delight at that seam.
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Clarity over cleverness, restraint over knobs. Micro-interactions and motion exist to communicate, not perform. If it doesn’t reduce cognitive load, it goes.
Taste is a feature
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04
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Clarity over cleverness, restraint over knobs. Micro-interactions and motion exist to communicate, not perform. If it doesn’t reduce cognitive load, it goes.
Taste is a feature
02
Making a browser tab feel like an OS is hard. The medium fights you. But that’s the bar: every interface, every dialogue, and every experience should reinforce "this is my machine and my data lives here".
03
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.
04
Designers prototype, and sometimes code. Engineers sweat interface details, and sometimes design. We pair early, prototype in code, and own the UX together end-to-end.
05
Umbrel Home is part of the interface: unbox > first-boot > “aha” in minutes. Hardware and software move as one. We leverage this opportunity to delight at that seam.
How we engineer
Umbrel sits at a weird and wonderful intersection: consumer-grade UX on top of server-grade reality.
We are designing for people who don't want to be sysadmins. And for power users who sometimes do.
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Start with the problem and reverse-engineer the simplest solution. Technology itself is a means, not the mission. No “cool stack” detours. Prototype, validate, then choose the right tool that wins for users.
User-first, not tech-first
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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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Unlike a SaaS that can be hot-patched on a server, every bug ships to thousands of umbrelOS devices via the next OTA. The cost of a mistake is high.
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Users store their lives on Umbrel. Assume hostile networks and design for least privilege and secure defaults.
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Designers prototype, and sometimes code. Engineers sweat interface details, and sometimes design. We pair early, prototype in code, and own the UX together end-to-end.
01
Start with the problem and reverse-engineer the simplest solution. Technology itself is a means, not the mission. No “cool stack” detours. Prototype, validate, then choose the right tool that wins for users.
User-first, not tech-first
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03
04
05
01
Start with the problem and reverse-engineer the simplest solution. Technology itself is a means, not the mission. No “cool stack” detours. Prototype, validate, then choose the right tool that wins for users.
User-first, not tech-first
02
Readable, maintainable code is the ultimate optimization: small modules, clear boundaries, typed interfaces, and tests that actually fail when they should.
03
Unlike a SaaS that can be hot-patched on a server, every bug ships to thousands of umbrelOS devices via the next OTA. The cost of a mistake is high.
04
Users store their lives on Umbrel. Assume hostile networks and design for least privilege and secure defaults.
05
Designers prototype, and sometimes code. Engineers sweat interface details, and sometimes design. We pair early, prototype in code, and own the UX together end-to-end.
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.
Fewer moving parts, boring tools, clear boundaries. If future-us can’t reason about it in five minutes months later, it isn't world-class yet.
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.
Fewer moving parts, boring tools, clear boundaries. If future-us can’t reason about it in five minutes months later, it isn't world-class yet.
FAQs
FAQs
Why Umbrel, and why now?
- People want privacy, ownership and control over their data, and fewer subscriptions. - The cloud benefits from economies of scale mostly in compute sharing, not as much in storage. Storage in the cloud is rent forever (plus egress), while local storage is a one-time cost with zero egress and near-instant performance. - Legacy NAS companies assume you enjoy DDNS, ports, volumes, and acronyms. Most people don’t. There’s a big gap for a consumer-grade, app-focused, OS-level experience. - AI models keep getting smaller, smarter, and specialized. Running inference near your data is private, responsive, and cheap. A personal server is the natural home for that future.
What are the benefits of working at Umbrel?
- A decent chunk of equity w/ cash compensation. - Worldwide health insurance. - New work equipment + an Umbrel Home, of course. - Work from anywhere in the world. - Complete autonomy at work. - Learning and development stipend. - Flexible work hours. - Minimum 3-weeks of paid time off.
Have you raised money?
Yes, we raised $3.4M and are fortunate to be backed by some of the top Silicon Valley investors, including Naval Ravikant, Joseph Jacks (OSS Capital), Sahil Lavingia (shl.vc), Sam Lessin (Slow Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Andreas Antonopoulos, Owen Gunden, and more.
What’s the interview process like?
We’ll start with a quick video call to make sure we’re on the same page. After that, we’d love to chat with you in-depth regarding the specifics around the job position over another one or two video calls, followed by a quick and fun challenge or a task. Next, our preferred situation is that we get to work together for 2 to 4 weeks on a project (of course, we’d pay you whatever you think is fair). Often working together for a bit is a great way to determine whether there’s a good match as future teammates and it can give you a lot of transparency. We’re flexible with how much time you can allocate to the project and when you want to work on it. However, we understand that it’s not always possible for everyone, so we’re open to figuring something else out in such case.
What are you looking for in candidates?
Talent, passion, genuine love for your craft, and the desire to do meaningful work. What we’re not looking for: credentials and degrees. When you really love what you do, work feels like play. And when work feels like play, you become the best at it. That’s what we’re looking for.
What's work-life balance like at Umbrel?
All of us enjoy complete freedom to create our own work schedules and work from anywhere in the world. Most of our team communication is async. You wont find endless Zoom calls or full calendars here. Just a calm, creative group of humans enjoying challenging problems at the intersection of art and technology. As a result of being a startup, we wouldn’t want to hide this reality from you: raw hours make a big difference on the impact we can make right now. This won’t always be the case, but it is at present. So we often find ourselves working later on in the evenings and sometimes on weekends, but it’s mostly driven by personal ambition. We don’t have any expectations from anyone to do so.
Why Umbrel, and why now?
- People want privacy, ownership and control over their data, and fewer subscriptions. - The cloud benefits from economies of scale mostly in compute sharing, not as much in storage. Storage in the cloud is rent forever (plus egress), while local storage is a one-time cost with zero egress and near-instant performance. - Legacy NAS companies assume you enjoy DDNS, ports, volumes, and acronyms. Most people don’t. There’s a big gap for a consumer-grade, app-focused, OS-level experience. - AI models keep getting smaller, smarter, and specialized. Running inference near your data is private, responsive, and cheap. A personal server is the natural home for that future.
What are the benefits of working at Umbrel?
- A decent chunk of equity w/ cash compensation. - Worldwide health insurance. - New work equipment + an Umbrel Home, of course. - Work from anywhere in the world. - Complete autonomy at work. - Learning and development stipend. - Flexible work hours. - Minimum 3-weeks of paid time off.
Have you raised money?
Yes, we raised $3.4M and are fortunate to be backed by some of the top Silicon Valley investors, including Naval Ravikant, Joseph Jacks (OSS Capital), Sahil Lavingia (shl.vc), Sam Lessin (Slow Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Andreas Antonopoulos, Owen Gunden, and more.
What’s the interview process like?
We’ll start with a quick video call to make sure we’re on the same page. After that, we’d love to chat with you in-depth regarding the specifics around the job position over another one or two video calls, followed by a quick and fun challenge or a task. Next, our preferred situation is that we get to work together for 2 to 4 weeks on a project (of course, we’d pay you whatever you think is fair). Often working together for a bit is a great way to determine whether there’s a good match as future teammates and it can give you a lot of transparency. We’re flexible with how much time you can allocate to the project and when you want to work on it. However, we understand that it’s not always possible for everyone, so we’re open to figuring something else out in such case.
What are you looking for in candidates?
Talent, passion, genuine love for your craft, and the desire to do meaningful work. What we’re not looking for: credentials and degrees. When you really love what you do, work feels like play. And when work feels like play, you become the best at it. That’s what we’re looking for.
What's work-life balance like at Umbrel?
All of us enjoy complete freedom to create our own work schedules and work from anywhere in the world. Most of our team communication is async. You wont find endless Zoom calls or full calendars here. Just a calm, creative group of humans enjoying challenging problems at the intersection of art and technology. As a result of being a startup, we wouldn’t want to hide this reality from you: raw hours make a big difference on the impact we can make right now. This won’t always be the case, but it is at present. So we often find ourselves working later on in the evenings and sometimes on weekends, but it’s mostly driven by personal ambition. We don’t have any expectations from anyone to do so.
Why Umbrel, and why now?
- People want privacy, ownership and control over their data, and fewer subscriptions. - The cloud benefits from economies of scale mostly in compute sharing, not as much in storage. Storage in the cloud is rent forever (plus egress), while local storage is a one-time cost with zero egress and near-instant performance. - Legacy NAS companies assume you enjoy DDNS, ports, volumes, and acronyms. Most people don’t. There’s a big gap for a consumer-grade, app-focused, OS-level experience. - AI models keep getting smaller, smarter, and specialized. Running inference near your data is private, responsive, and cheap. A personal server is the natural home for that future.
What are the benefits of working at Umbrel?
- A decent chunk of equity w/ cash compensation. - Worldwide health insurance. - New work equipment + an Umbrel Home, of course. - Work from anywhere in the world. - Complete autonomy at work. - Learning and development stipend. - Flexible work hours. - Minimum 3-weeks of paid time off.
Have you raised money?
Yes, we raised $3.4M and are fortunate to be backed by some of the top Silicon Valley investors, including Naval Ravikant, Joseph Jacks (OSS Capital), Sahil Lavingia (shl.vc), Sam Lessin (Slow Ventures), Anne Dwane (Village Global), Andreas Antonopoulos, Owen Gunden, and more.
What’s the interview process like?
We’ll start with a quick video call to make sure we’re on the same page. After that, we’d love to chat with you in-depth regarding the specifics around the job position over another one or two video calls, followed by a quick and fun challenge or a task. Next, our preferred situation is that we get to work together for 2 to 4 weeks on a project (of course, we’d pay you whatever you think is fair). Often working together for a bit is a great way to determine whether there’s a good match as future teammates and it can give you a lot of transparency. We’re flexible with how much time you can allocate to the project and when you want to work on it. However, we understand that it’s not always possible for everyone, so we’re open to figuring something else out in such case.
What are you looking for in candidates?
Talent, passion, genuine love for your craft, and the desire to do meaningful work. What we’re not looking for: credentials and degrees. When you really love what you do, work feels like play. And when work feels like play, you become the best at it. That’s what we’re looking for.
What's work-life balance like at Umbrel?
All of us enjoy complete freedom to create our own work schedules and work from anywhere in the world. Most of our team communication is async. You wont find endless Zoom calls or full calendars here. Just a calm, creative group of humans enjoying challenging problems at the intersection of art and technology. As a result of being a startup, we wouldn’t want to hide this reality from you: raw hours make a big difference on the impact we can make right now. This won’t always be the case, but it is at present. So we often find ourselves working later on in the evenings and sometimes on weekends, but it’s mostly driven by personal ambition. We don’t have any expectations from anyone to do so.