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Job description
Become an early employee at a high-value startup!
We have a strong roadmap, funding, and domain expertise! We've raised $1.6M in recent months and plan to launch this fall.
We're adding a Full Stack Developer to our dev team and offering significant equity to accompany your salary.
This role can transition from early employee to a C-level position and has a huge upside in potential earnings.
You should be entrepreneurial and passionate about building scalable solutions. You should have great analytical skills and experience building complex, modular software.
What will you be working on?
- Development of our mobile and web platforms
- Collaborate with designers to iterate on the design and implementation of our product
- Find technical solutions and help prioritize work across our engineering team
- Architect and implement efficient, modular, reusable systems and abstractions
- Identify and resolve performance and scalability issues
Do you have what it takes?
- Mobile developer with 2+ years of experience
- Solid foundation in computer science with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and OOP
- Experience with Lean/Agile development methodologies
- Experience with information architecture, design systems and iterative design • Experience implementing CI/CD, unit tests, integration tests, and test-driven development
- Experience connecting to RESTful APIs and JSON
- You have a solid understanding of the fundamentals of sustainable software development and like to experiment with cutting edge development technologies
- You have excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to commit to a timeline, stay on task and ensure sufficient availability to complete assigned tasks on time
- Fluent in English, written/spoken and available to communicate during normal business hours (GMT-6) North America, Central time zone
- Humility, honesty, accountability, and a sense of humor
Bonus Skills
- Frontend - React JS, Backend - NodeJS (Sails JS Framework), MySQL, REST API, Socket Programming
- Experience with iOS and/or Android OSes, including an understanding of their design patterns, limitations, and work-arounds
- Past work on applications that use geo-location
- Experience implementing computer vision or object detection and classification with AI
- You have created engineering roadmaps and processes to improve capabilities
- You have a history of working with design systems
About You
- You are kind and demonstrate respect for other people.
- You take personal ownership and pride in your effort.
- You are courageous and encourage others to be as well.
- You strive to make yourself and those around you better.
- You ask questions and value the synergy of teamwork.
Why you should apply
- You will be boarding a rocket ship - You will join a team of pioneers who are disrupting an antiquated industry with solutions that will become the ‘new normal’. “There’s no passion to be found playing small.” - Mandela
- Huge upside – Your contribution will directly affect the trajectory of your potential earnings.
- You will be valued – Your work will be recognized, and you will be valued for your innovation, contributions, and hard work.
- You will be given more opportunities – You will attain new skills, learn new strategies, and pursue inter-departmental objectives – fast-tracking your career more than time spent in a narrow job description.
- You will work in an awesome atmosphere – We are driven, creative, and enthusiastic! Your ideas will not get lost in a deep organizational chart nor will you find yourself confined to a cubicle.
- You will contribute to a lot of different things – You will be encouraged to jump in and contribute with a “yes, and...” approach to collaboration.
- You will have more responsibility – More opportunities to shine and the support necessary to succeed.
- Remote – Working remotely will remain an option.
- Modern workspace – If you live in the Twin Cities, you will have 24/7 access to a clean and open workspace, unlimited coffee and/or tea, a creative atmosphere, modern amenities, and plenty of fridge space.
What we prefer?
- We prefer that you would be willing to move to Minneapolis (We believe the founding team should collaborate in person).
- We will also consider great applicants from anywhere in the world who may work remote.
What you should include in the reply to this position (important!):
- Are you proficient in React Native and Node? How many years of experience do you have?
- Are you familiar with the Sails JS Framework?
- What have you been working on before? Any examples of your work?
- Are you excited to become an engineer at an early-stage startup?
Would you be able to pay your bills and work for $55-85k salary plus equity? Given we're a startup, equity will make-up for your salary being below market.
Replies without answers to pre-screening questions above will not be considered.
If you have what it takes, let's talk!