Software Engineer, Backend

Role Overview

This role is ideal for ambitious engineers with entrepreneurial goals. Many of us are former or future founders, and this is an opportunity to scale a company from $1M to $10M ARR while partnering with fast-growing tech companies shaping the future of software. We value in-person collaboration and work out of our office in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.

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What You'll Do

• Be a power-user of Vercel. We host a multi-tenant Next.js app that powers 100s of documentation websites. Check us out on Vercel's blog. You'll be the owner of the backend for our frontend—which is open source!
• Drive zero-to-one features. You'll take customer requests, architect a solution, develop the feature, and announce the release to our customers. We've got a tight feedback loop that's driven by customer requests.
• Build with industry-leading tools. You'll get hands-on with React, TypeScript, Next.js, TailwindCSS, shadcn components, and AWS. We use the best tools for the job and prioritize developer experience over cost (looking at you, Vercel).
• Build our team. We’re growing, and you will work directly with the CEO and CTO to bring in talented engineers.

What You’ll Bring

• 4+ years of professional backend or full-stack development
• Significant experience working with TypeScript
• An eye for crafting a great developer experience
• (Bonus) You've worked in a high-growth SaaS company
• (Bonus) Experience working with the OpenAPI specification, Conjure (Palantir), or Smithy (AWS)

What We Offer

• Kind teammates who work hard
• First-hand experience building an early-stage startup
• Living proximity bonus of $18,000 per year if you choose to live near the office
• Meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) at the office
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Unlimited vacation
• Domestic and international team offsites

Our tech stack

• Next.js + Vercel (Frontend)
• Fern (API)
• Anthropic + Bedrock (LLM)
• Microservices: Express (Node.js), FastAPI (Python)
• Postgres + Prisma ORM (Database)
• Algolia + turbopuffer (Search)
• AWS (Cloud)

About The Interview

• Phone screen with a founder
• Three interviews: one coding, one decomp, one behavioral
• Onsite with our team

Compensation Range: $170K - $230K