shortstory - Staff Engineer, Full Stack (US, Canada, SF)
Requirements
• You are passionate about improving the user experience and have built and launched high-quality user-facing products. • You’re fluent in TypeScript and CSS, and have extensive experience building scalable applications using NextJS and ReactJS • You have hands-on experience with React-Query, Tailwind CSS, and front-end tooling like Webpack and Yarn • You’ve worked in collaborative development environments using Git and GitHub • You’ve translated designs from Figma into elegant and accessible interfaces across multiple devices and browsers • You are able to establish testing practices and methodologies for the team • You understand how to optimize front-end performance and build for scalability • You’re thoughtful about documentation, communication, and team enablement • You thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments where you can own solutions end-to-end • You’re excited by ambiguity and love solving complex problems from end to end • You have 5+ years of experience in professional front-end development • Experience working in a fast-moving startup environment • Experience integrating/building component systems and libraries for large codebases • Have experience with server-side rendering (SSR) and static site generation (SSG) • Have worked on sprint-based teams using OKRs or similar frameworks • Have experience working remotely with global teams • Have led or built a front-end engineering team before • Have contributed to open-source or have a strong portfolio of personal project • We are hiring in SF, US (fully remote), and Canada (fully remote)
Responsibilities
• Design, build, and scale full-stack applications with technologies like Next.js, React Query, TailwindCSS, Node.js, and PostgreSQL. • Drive technical direction: influence architecture, make trade-offs, and establish engineering standards that balance speed and scalability. • Collaborate cross-functionally with design, product, and operations to deliver solutions end-to-end, from UI to backend services. • Translate Figma designs into seamless, interactive experiences while ensuring backend integrations are robust and performant. • Use data to drive impact: A/B test, instrument, and iterate to improve user experience and business outcomes. • Multiply team effectiveness: mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and raise the technical bar. • Ensure quality and reliability: drive testing and automation across the stack (Cypress, Jest, React Testing Library, integration tests). • Own deployment and operations: manage apps on Netlify, AWS, or equivalent, and build CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions. • Champion engineering culture: set standards around performance, security, accessibility, and technical excellence.
Benefits
• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental care • 401k with company match (US) • Generous paid time off • Opportunity to work at a Y-Combinator backed startup alongside a dedicated and experienced founding team • Company wide and team events • You'll get to work at an early stage start-up, to build the culture, and to have an outsized impact on our company and society • You'll be a key part of the company with the ability to make high impact decisions
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