Backend Engineer

Job Posted November 30, 2022 7:58 PM Location San Francisco Remote

About Us

We're building Subset, a modern modular spreadsheet. Our mission is to build a modern day analytical tool accessible to anyone but powerful enough for everyone. Spreadsheets are simplest, most intuitive way of organizing discrete units of information. The easiest way to create, read, update, or delete any type of data. The highest bandwidth IO interface for knowledge workers. With +1 billion active users, it is unmatched in its reach and impact. Our founding team has backgrounds working with spreadsheets every day at high growth software companies, building realtime multiplayer applications, and contributing to well known open source libraries, helping founding teams make sense of their numerical data.

What we're looking for

You have designed, built, and maintained production-grade software using modern frameworks. You are able to quickly learn new frameworks/technologies and moving across the stack when necessary. You are excited about working on a small team and helping us set the long-term vision for our engineering organization. You care more about solving customers' problems and building a delightful experience than about using a particular technology to do it. You have strong communication skills, and 2+ years of relevant experience.

About the Role

You'll be an early engineer, with the opportunity to have a material impact on our product, culture, and business trajectory. You'll be shipping major features often, iterating on those features, and building out our core infrastructure. Manage the multiplayer service used to keep the spreadsheet in sync across clients

Qualifications

Experience shipping web apps with technologies such as Websockets, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, and Node A basic understanding of collaborative data structures like CRDTs or OTs Familiarity with security best practices for modern web apps Attention to detail Excellent communication skills Deep understanding of technology Proven record of shipping features on time and on budget Flexible and focussed on solutions Organized and self-sufficient Bonus: Familiarity with Excel or Google sheets

How to Apply

Does this role sound like a good fit? Email us at aj@subset.so Include the role's title in your subject line. Send along links that best showcase the relevant things you've built and done. If you come from an underrepresented background in tech, we strongly encourage you to apply. We challenge ourselves every day to make this a place where you can thrive just the way you are, so we can build a product that does the same for our customers.