Founding Backend Engineer - Now Hiring

Who is : Recruiting from Scratch is a talent firm that focuses on placing the best candidate for our clients. Our team is 100% remote and we work with teams across North America, South America, and Europe to help them hire...

About Us

We the people (and the taxpayers) deserve effective government. But the software powering government services is 20 years behind the private sector. Our mission is to build modern software products to help government serve communities better. After launching in April 2023, we now partner with government agencies in 7 states serving 200,000+ residents. We have raised $5.5 million in VC funding from Work-Bench and Bienville Capital. What you’ll do • Build a product that will be used at scale by cities, counties, and citizens across the United States. Our product is the primary workspace and system of record for our users - government staff typically use it 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. Additionally, thousands of citizens use our platform to access government services. • Make an impact in an underserved, but societally important industry. We deserve effective, transparent government, but the overwhelming majority of cities and counties lack the modern software necessary to deliver it. • Learn how to build a company from zero to one. As employee #7 and engineer #2, you’ll see the entire startup journey. Technical challenges we are solving • Building a that is powerful and easy to use. • Enabling a Figma-style . • Developing a flexible and powerful . • Creating a . Our Tech Stack • RedwoodJS is our fullstack framework. • Our front-end is written in React and TypeScript. • Our back-end is written in TypeScript with NodeJS. • We use GraphQL to communicate between front-end and back-end. Who you are • 4+ years of backend development. • You have extensive experience implementing backend features. • You have a strong product mindset. • You’d rather have a challenging adventure than “rest and vest”. • You're motivated by having a positive impact in the world. Nice to haves • BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent. • Startup experience. Salary and benefits Compensation within the posted salary band will be commensurate with experience. All offers will include: • Competitive base salary: $165,000-$200,000 base . • Equity / stock options. • Up to 100% of premiums paid by the company for medical, dental, and vision insurance for yourself + partner. • Unlimited / flexible PTO. Location The founders are both located in New York City. We strongly prefer NYC-based candidates, but are open to exceptional remote candidates. #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply Job!