Senior Backend Engineer

Job description

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