Senior Backend Engineer

Engineers on our team today: • Work primarily in TypeScript, and dabble in Shell as necessary • Build APIs in Node.js • Are extremely supportive, especially when teammates are faced with new challenges • Are left to autonomously figure out solutions to their challenges • Think hard about every problem and its solution from user’s perspective • Value clear and frequent communication (we do a lot of reading and writing) • Enjoy being a generalist and are not tied down to a specific framework or surface area of our codebase • Are naturally curious and willing to learn something they don’t have experience in • Feel a great sense of accountability to each other • Have good judgement of when to ship: perfect is the enemy of good • Have a fundamental understanding of Linux/Docker/networking