Staff Software Developer

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $184k - $235k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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BackerKit

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2013

🤝 B2B

🛍️ eCommerce

💸 Finance

💰 Convertible Note on 2012-05

B2B • eCommerce • Finance

BackerKit is a platform that enables creators to follow, pledge, and support projects. It caters to a diverse range of projects including role-playing games, tabletop games, comics, art, and fashion. For creators, BackerKit offers tools such as a crowdfunding pledge manager and analytics tracker, supporting them in managing pre-orders and engaging with their backer community.

📋 Description

• Partner with the Director of Engineering and Staff Engineer to shape technical direction • Lead the evolution of frontend architecture, including components and rendering strategies • Translate product and design intent into elegant, maintainable user interfaces • Simplify complex workflows and improve usability, responsiveness, and performance • Partner with Engineering, Product, and Design on solution development • Mentor engineers and raise the bar for frontend and UX craftsmanship • Define frontend patterns and improve user experience across the product • Engage with creators and backers to understand the customers served • Contribute to process discussions, experiments, and weekly retrospectives • Work in a Ruby on Rails monolith using Hotwire, Turbo, Stimulus, and Tailwind

🎯 Requirements

• Deep experience building high-quality user interfaces and recent hands-on coding • Strong fundamentals in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and browser behavior • Comfort working directly in Rails views, helpers, and partials • Experience with or strong interest in Hotwire, Turbo, and Stimulus • Preference for simple, maintainable systems over unnecessary abstraction • Strong product and interaction design instincts • Experience simplifying complex workflows • Ability to work effectively with ambiguity • Experience shaping engineering patterns and conventions • Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills • Ability to act as a go-to partner for complex or ambiguous frontend and UX challenges • Ability to think at systems, architecture, and business levels while working hands-on • Deep knowledge of Ruby, Rails, and JavaScript • Most successful candidates have 10+ years of software development experience, though there is no strict years-of-experience requirement • Preference for cohesive Rails applications over fragmented frontend stacks or SPAs

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and stock option plan • Medical, dental, and vision benefits • 401k benefits with employer match • Stipends for supporting creators of your choosing • Annual Learning and Development stipend • Family-friendly workplace focused on maintaining a healthy work/life balance • Remote-first position on a distributed team • No off-hours or weekend work except for rare unforeseen app issues