Substack

Substack

Full Stack Engineer

San Francisco, California, USPosted 51 months ago$140,000 – $260,000
Full TimeSeniorUS

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Job Description

Substack Substack lets writers connect with their audience on their own terms and earn money doing it. We make it simple for writers to publish to an email list that they own, get discovered on the we

Key Highlights

  • Develop the core Substack product for readers and writers. This is a dynamic organization with needs across the board. We expect that engineers can jump into any area of the product, learn quickly and add value.
  • Scale systems to handle ever-increasing load and a fast-growing ecosystem of writers and readers.
  • Contribute to the whole product process in collaboration with designers, writers, support staff, and many others. From product concept and research to implementation and deployment, we expect you to own your work and deliver high-quality solutions.
  • Work directly with customers to solve their problems. The entire company (CEO included) participates in customer support in order to drive empathy for our users and help us build better products.
  • We work with JavaScript, especially Node/Express and React, and Postgres. It’s helpful if you know these technologies already, if not, we’ll be excited to help you learn.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

  • At least 5 years of software engineering experience.
  • Can contribute across the full web stack, but may have a deeper passion for certain technologies and systems.
  • Independent and autonomous. We’re too small to micromanage, and expect that every person at the company owns their work and can be a leader.
  • Hold yourself and others to a high standard when working on production systems.
  • Take pride in building elegant and delightful product experiences. Substack works best when it gets out of the way so writers can focus on writing and connecting with their readers.
  • Enjoy collaboration with a diverse group of thinkers while bringing our own unique experience and background to the team.
  • Believe in Substack’s mission to build a better business model for writing.

Skills & Technologies

JavaScriptExpressReact

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Job Details

Employment Type

Full Time

Experience Level

Senior

Salary Range

$140,000 – $260,000

Location

San Francisco, California, US

Posted

51 months ago

Country

US