Horizon Web Client Lead
Mountain View, CA

We are Omnissa! 

The world is evolving fast, and organizations everywhere—from corporations to schools—are under immense pressure to provide flexible, work-from-anywhere solutions. They need IT infrastructure that empowers employees and customers to access applications from any device, on any cloud, all while maintaining top-tier security. That’s where Omnissa comes in.

The Omnissa Platform is the first AI-driven digital work platform that enables smart, seamless and secure work experiences from anywhere. It uniquely integrates multiple industry-leading solutions including Unified Endpoint Management, Virtual Apps and Desktops, Digital Employee Experience, and Security & Compliance through common data, identity, administration, and automation services. Built on the vision of autonomous workspaces - self configuring, self-healing, and self-securing - Omnissa continuously adapts to the way people work; delivering personalized and engaging employee experiences, while optimizing security, IT operations and costs. we're experiencing rapid growth—and this is just the beginning of our journey!

At Omnissa, we’re driven by a shared mission to maximize value for our customers. Our five Core Values guide us: Act in Alignment, Build Trust, Foster Inclusiveness, Drive Efficiency, and Maximize Customer Value—all with the aim of achieving shared success for our clients and our team.

As a global private company with over 4,000 employees, we’re always looking for passionate, talented individuals to join us. If you're ready to make an impact and help shape the future of work, we’d love to hear from you!

What is the opportunity?:

The Horizon Web Client allows customers to access their desktop without downloading anything. Customers have expressed their desire to have the web client act as their primary client. In order to give customers a true platform they can build from, we need a lead that can craft the roadmap for how the web client can match the rest of our clients, ensuring parity across features and performance.

Core Responsibilities:

  • Explore how the Horizon suite of features and workflows can be translated to the web platform. You will be expected to help drive the roadmap for this platform.
  • Design, implement, and deliver feature on the platform working with other engineers, product managers, and teams across the world.
  • Interface with outside companies to help understand new technologies coming in browser platforms and represent Omnissa in discussions with those partners.
  • Own the quality of the Horizon Web Client, including the CI pipelines, unit tests, and customer experience.
  • Ability to mentor and drive junior engineers to deliver items from the roadmap, and also engage with senior engineers to ensure overall architecture decisions align with Omnissa goals.


What will you bring to Omnissa? 

  • Proficient in a range of web technologies such as: HTML5, CSS, TypeScript, Node.js
  • Familiar with Browser APIs, such as the Chrome Platform Apps API
  • Knowledge of developer toolkits, specifically GitHub (including workflows, actions, etc.), Jenkins, Artifactory, and FOSSA.
  • Experience using Web Assembly to manage native code running in browser strongly preferred.

Location: Mountain View, CA (preferred)

Location Type: Hybrid

Travel Expectations: Very rare, perhaps once a year

What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like?

This role reports to the Senior Director in charge of the remote experience stack in Horizon, Sean Samenfeld-Specht. Our goal is to make the Horizon experience be better than a native desktop, and push the envelope to deliver the full digital workspace promise. The driving touchstone for the whole organization is to be continuously improving, not just in the code and the product, but in every aspect of how we operate as Omnissa engineers.

Omnissa industry recognition and awards:

  • Gartner Magic Quadrant: Consistently positioned as a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a Service (DaaS) and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).
  • IDC MarketScape Q2 2024: Recognized as a leader in IDC MarketScape reports for EUC.
  • Forrester Wave report for Q4 2023: Workspace ONE received the highest scores in the current offering category and the second-highest scores in the strategy category.
  • Customer Satisfaction and Reviews: High ratings and positive reviews on platforms like Gartner Peer Insights and TrustRadius.

Omnissa’s commitment to diversity & inclusion:

Omnissa is committed to continuing their mission to build a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve across the globe. Fostering inclusiveness is one of our key values, that acts as a bedrock of our operational model and culture.

Omnissa is an Equal Employer Opportunity and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind:

Omnissa is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Omnissa are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Omnissa will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Omnissa welcomes applicants of all ages. Omnissa will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law.

Disclaimer for US-Based Roles: This job requisition is not eligible for employment-based immigration sponsorship by Omnissa

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