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Literati

literati.com
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In office: Austin, TX

  • 🇺🇸 United States
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Full Stack Software Engineer

Literati is a modern children’s book company focused on building reading skills so kids can grow to be their best selves. We make it easy to find books kids love through school book fairs and book clubs using a unique mix of expert curation and data science. We’re on a mission to help parents ignite a love of learning and a love of life.

Job Description

As a Full Stack Software Engineer focused on supporting our consumer-facing systems in our kid's club products, you will be crucial in designing and building compelling user experiences supporting user acquisition and retention. You’ll be an essential part of the team helping to improve children’s literacy across the United States. As part of a small team, there will be many opportunities for personal and career growth. You will also get the opportunity to work alongside some of the preeminent experts in machine learning and personalization.

Goals

3 months: Up to speed on basics of our FE web application and able to complete more minor tickets can run and navigate the monolith code base and review code

6 months: Up to speed on our FE web application and able to complete most tickets. Contribute in a meaningful way to team code reviews Up to speed on the basics of the monolith and able to complete more minor tickets

12 months: Fully up to speed on monolith and FE code bases. Able to contribute to major features and break down epic-level work independently

Compensation

To be equitable to all Literatians, we have set compensation and a non-negotiation policy- we don't think a person’s pay should be determined by how comfortable they are negotiating. As a result, we like to be transparent and up-front about the compensation. When we make an offer, we provide options so that employees can choose between compensation packages that prioritize salary or equity. The salary band for this role will be between $130,000 - $140,000.

Qualifications

ABOUT YOU

  • 5+ years experience defining and leading web application server architecture initiatives;

  • 3+ years experience building web applications using React 

  • Experience in API and Data Model design;

  • Ability to efficiently communicate architectural perspectives and monitor implementations.

  • Experience with developing tests which ensure performance, quality, and scalability;

  • Track record of successful delivery in an agile environment;

  • Demonstrated experience with common tools such as Git, Shortcut/Jira, etc.;

  • Demonstrated leadership abilities in an engineering environment through driving operational excellence and best practices and mentoring junior developers

WE’D LOVE TO SEE

  • Experience with a Literati’s tech stack (Python/Django, React, Kubernetes, etc.)

  • Ability to work with product and customers to define requirements to build out new features.

  • Experience implementing and documenting engineering processes and standards;

ABOUT THE ROLE 

  • Working with product owners/managers across the company, you’ll participate in sprint grooming, planning, retrospective sessions. 

  • Working with Engineering, you’ll incorporate your expertise into our overall Engineering craft to achieve efficient delivery of our software products to market.

Additional Information

We were recently ranked #3 on Inc’s Fastest Growing Companies in Austin and named a 2022 & 2023 Best Place to Work by BuiltIn Austin. Our founder and CEO, Jessica Ewing, was named one of “Google’s Top 12 Most Innovative Minds” by Fast Company. We’ve raised over $60M in venture capital, with key investors including Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Felicis, and 01A.

We offer competitive salaries, company equity, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401k, short-term disability insurance, parental leave, employee assistance programs, flexible work schedules, and untracked time off.

We are dedicated to cultivating and preserving a culture of inclusion and connectedness that sees, reflects, welcomes, and celebrates the innovation and talent of a diverse array of people. We seek people with drive and a touch of alchemy. We also recognize that some people — particularly underrepresented groups, women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, etc. — may not be comfortable applying to a position unless they meet 100% of the qualifications. Even if your experience isn’t a precise match for the role, we highly encourage you to apply. And if your career has taken you to some spectacular — or spectacularly strange — places, we love a good story.