Backend Engineer

What you'll achieve with us

• You'll make significant individual contributions that get used instantly & heavily by our clients who depend on our software to run their businesses.
• You'll leverage your orthogonal expertise to introduce abstractions and systems that improve the team's velocity.
• You'll raise the bar for engineering quality by setting and enforcing standards.
• You'll mentor teammates to help them grow as architects & engineers.
• You'll work closely with product & design teammates and our clients to collectively define what we're building.

Requirements

• You collaborate well with engineering teammates and cross-functionally—especially working through natural tension with designers and product managers.
• You give positive & constructive in-the-moment feedback to your teammates and enjoy receiving the same.
• You're excited to work at least a couple days a week in-person at our office in Redwood City.
• You have worked as a software engineer for 5+ years.
• You have written production backend software using Go.

Icing on the cake

• You have worked in a fast-paced startup environment.
• You have written frontend software using React and TypeScript.
• You have familiarity with construction or building materials.

Interview process

• Intro Call (15 min): Getting to know each other and aligning on expectations for the role with Nick.
• Technical Screen (1 hour): Working through debugging and coding challenges with Andrew.
• Onsite @ Redwood City HQ (~5 hours):
  • Walk (45 min): Diving into the business with Nick.
  • System Design (1 hour): Designing a system to address an abstract problem with Brian.
  • Lunch (45 min): Breaking bread with the team.
  • Product Collaboration (1 hour): Going back & forth on a PRD with Vidhan.
  • Culture (30 min): Reflecting on past experiences with Emmie.
  • Q&A (30 min): Answering your questions with Andrew.