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Software Engineer, Backend

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$170,000 - 230,000 yearly

icon building Company : Fern
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Job Description - Software Engineer, Backend

Role Overview

This role is ideal for ambitious engineers with entrepreneurial goals. Many of us are former or future founders, and this is an opportunity to scale a company from $1M to $10M ARR while partnering with fast-growing tech companies shaping the future of software. We value in-person collaboration and work out of our office in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.

Sound like you? Get in touch.

What you'll do

  • Be a power-user of Vercel. We host a multi-tenant Next.js app that powers 100s of documentation websites. Check us out on Vercel's blog. You'll be the owner of the backend for our frontend—which is open source!

  • Drive zero-to-one features. You'll take customer requests, architect a solution, develop the feature, and announce the release to our customers. We've got a tight feedback loop that's driven by customer requests.

  • Build with industry-leading tools. You'll get hands-on with React, TypeScript, Next.js, TailwindCSS, shadcn components, and AWS. We use the best tools for the job and prioritize developer experience over cost (looking at you, Vercel).

  • Build our team. We’re growing, and you will work directly with the CEO and CTO to bring in talented engineers.

What you’ll bring

  • 4+ years of professional backend or full-stack development

  • Significant experience working with TypeScript

  • An eye for crafting a great developer experience

  • (Bonus) You've worked in a high-growth SaaS company

  • (Bonus) Experience working with the OpenAPI specification, Conjure (Palantir), or Smithy (AWS)

What we offer

  • Kind teammates who work hard

  • First-hand experience building an early-stage startup

  • Living proximity bonus of $18,000 per year if you choose to live near the office

  • Meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) at the office

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance

  • Unlimited vacation

  • Domestic and international team offsites

Our tech stack

  • Next.js + Vercel (Frontend)

  • Fern (API)

  • Anthropic + Bedrock (LLM)

  • Microservices: Express (Node.js), FastAPI (Python)

  • Postgres + Prisma ORM (Database)

  • Algolia + turbopuffer (Search)

  • AWS (Cloud)

About the interview

  1. Phone screen with a founder

  2. Three interviews: one coding, one decomp, one behavioral

  3. Onsite with our team

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