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Full-Stack Developer (Remote)

About the role

We are hiring a remote Full-Stack Developer to ship product features end to end, from the database and API to the screen our customers use.

You will report to the founder.

What you will do

  • Build features across the front end, the API, and the database
  • Design and change database schemas and write migrations
  • Write and maintain REST or GraphQL endpoints
  • Write unit and integration tests for new code
  • Review pull requests and keep the codebase consistent

What success looks like in the first 90 days

  • First feature merged and in production within the first two weeks
  • Every new feature ships with tests
  • Pull requests small enough to review in one sitting

Tools you will use

  • TypeScript or JavaScript
  • React or Vue
  • Node.js, Python, or PHP
  • PostgreSQL or MySQL
  • GitHub

What we are looking for

  • Three or more years shipping production web applications
  • Comfortable on both the front end and the back end
  • Solid SQL and an understanding of indexes and migrations
  • Writes tests and clear pull request descriptions
  • Clear written English for async updates

Schedule

Full-time, 40 hours a week, remote. Working hours overlap with U.S. Eastern Time business hours.

How to apply

Send your resume and a short note on the most relevant work you have done. Tell us which of the tasks above you have done before and the tools you used. Applications without a note will not be reviewed.

More tasks you can add

  • Fix bugs reported by customers and the team
  • Improve page load times and slow queries
  • Keep deployment scripts and environment setup documented
  • Break large features into small, shippable pull requests

Interview questions for this role

  1. Walk me through the last feature you shipped end to end. What did you change in the database?
  2. How do you decide what belongs in the front end and what belongs in the API?
  3. A page is slow in production. How do you find out whether it is the query, the API, or the browser?
  4. How do you handle a database migration on a table that already has live data?
  5. What do you put in a pull request description so a reviewer in another time zone can approve it?

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