Founding Backend Engineer

5 days ago

New York, United States Supply & Friends Full time

At Supply & Friends, our mission is to the grow the $2T global fashion industry and connect the world’s cultures through modern, beautiful software. We are an NYC based internet company with a global DNA and global team that cuts across 6 countries. NYC with its fashion & global culture is at the heart of our mission, and we're looking for an ambitious backend-leaning full-stack engineer to join us on our mission and to help us take our product & infrastructure to the next level.


About the Role

As engineer #3, you’ll build products & technologies with far-reaching global impact, shape an ambitious startup, and get equity with massive upside. This is a fast-paced “all hands on deck” startup role; be ready to take on all kinds of tasks and responsibilities, and expect to work with a talented, hard working, fast-moving global team. You should be genuinely obsessed with building great technologies and hungry to make a difference in the world. 


Product/Stack

We’ve launched our 1st product. We're building visual software for an industry deprived of it. Our current stack:

  • Frontend: React/React Native, Vite, Tailwind, HTML/CSS
  • Backend: NodeJS, Express, AWS, Postgres
  • Analytics: Posthog, Sentry, Google Analytics


ROLE MISSION:

Build & scale a robust backend for our web+mobile product to enable us to go from Zero to One and set us up to go from One to Scale.


ROLE OUTCOMES:

  • Within the first two weeks: Understand customers, product, UX goals & tech stack. Familiarize yourself with the codebase, internal tools, and services used to maintain our products. Start building.
  • Within 45 days: Take on bigger builds. Contribute to team discussions and collaborate with other engineers on smaller projects or tasks.
  • Within 90 days: Take ownership of major projects and maintain the underlying infrastructure for existing products. Optimize internal processes to enhance team efficiency and productivity
  • Within 1st year: Grow team, expand/improve product across web & mobile to prepare for broader global launch. Build internal apps maximizing low code tools like Retool.
  • Always talk directly to users around the world to collect & implement feedback in rapid loops, sometimes in person with them in their country.
  • Achieve application reliability and stability through test-driven development & testing.
  • Lead & set the tone for engineering team hiring & culture.


About You:

  • You have 3+ yrs of full-stack coding experience building products end-to-end and love owning a codebase top to bottom.
  • You’ve either worked at early-stage startups and/or you’re a tinkerer-builder, often hacking products on your own or with friends.
  • You’re a product-minded engineer and care deeply about the customer and the business.
  • You want your code to have a global impact and you’re a self-motivated super hard worker.
  • You’re proficient in a front-end framework (e.g. React) and at least one back-end stack (e.g. Node.js or Python), or a full-stack framework like Next.js.
  • You have experience in cloud deployments (AWS, GCP, Azure) and CI/CD practices.
  • You're able to provide references to projects that have shipped, including any side projects.
  • You’re excited to work both fully remotely and in person, and to travel and see the world.
  • You're based in the NY/NJ area.

Bonus points if you:

  • Have experience implementing best practices for database and cloud services security.
  • Have any experience building with AI/LLMs.
  • Have prior experience in B2B SaaS, fashion tech, or e-commerce.
  • You’re a curious world citizen with empathy for other cultures and/or speak 2+ languages.


What's in this for you:

  • Global impact: Redefine the industry that dresses humanity and supports 400M jobs, 500k suppliers in 150 countries, and 1M+ brands. Your work will have far-reaching impact.
  • As a bonus: you’ll get to travel and see the world.
  • Comp & upside: Salary + stock options with massive upside in an ambitious long-term company.
  • Mission & values: Work with a mission-driven founder and a stellar global team, and help shape the company’s culture for those that come after you.


Core Values

  • Unflinching Optimism. Let’s make this world even better.
  • Global DNA: Think, act, be global from day one.
  • Respect the domain. Study it and learn from others to master it.
  • 1st generation immigrant mindset. Work hard, don’t take anything for granted.
  • Honest trade & commerce. Act with integrity.
  • Bring beauty into the world. Let our products reflect the beauty of the industry we serve.
  • Arm the makers. Free them up with great technology to do what they do best: CREATE.
  • Customers, customers, customers. Always start with the customer first.

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