We're looking for a strong individual contributor who thrives in a startup environment:
Skills and Requirements:
- Django
- Strawberry GraphQL
- PostgreSQL
- Celery / Redis
- React
- Next.js
- AWS ECS/Fargate
- Stripe / Stripe Connect
- EasyPost and other third-party API integrations
The ideal candidate:
- Has startup experience or experience working on small, fast-moving teams
- Has strong Django backend experience
- Has experience integrating and working with APIs
- Has experience with Stripe and ideally Stripe Connect
- Asks thoughtful questions and thinks critically through edge cases
- Takes initiative and ownership instead of waiting for detailed instructions
- Tests their work thoroughly before handing it off
- Has strong attention to detail and writes clean, maintainable code
- Communicates blockers quickly and proactively
- Understands how to prioritize high-impact work over minor details
- Can move quickly without creating unnecessary regressions
- Uses AI as a tool to increase productivity and write better code, but is not overly reliant on it and can reason through problems independently
- Is excited about tech, doing their own research about what’s new, what’s best and wants to share
Salary:
Note:
What we're specifically trying to avoid is someone who needs heavy day-to-day management, gets stuck for long periods without communicating, struggles to prioritize, or ships work that hasn't been thoroughly tested.