What you'll do
Primary focus
- Work closely with other senior engineers, designers, our CTO and CEO to understand the needs of our users and the business, in order to prioritize and scope product initiatives
- Build the Poggio product, frequently leading user-impacting platform capabilities from the idea stage through release and impact measurement
- Work from briefs that range from very open-ended to somewhat developed
Who you are
We're open to multiple levels of experience for this role. More than anything, we're looking for people who are a great fit for Poggio.
Successful candidates will:
- Exhibit a strong desire to win as a team
- Demonstrate good technical judgement, curiosity, and enthusiasm for doing things right
- Demonstrate high regard for craft and ability to execute
- Be comfortable with ambiguity and collaborate effectively with a strong bias for action
- Be excited to invent the future of how AI will transform work
- Have their finger on the pulse of the recent developments of generative AI
- Be able to communicate about technical concepts with non-technical counterparts
Must-have technical skills:
- 4+ years of experience building scalable platforms
- Solid understanding of modern backend-end technologies like Python, SQL and NoSQL datastores, and API design and integration
- Experience maintaining a high quality bar for systems design, correctness, and testing.
- Experience collaborating with stakeholders to creatively solve problems, including requirements analysis, technical design tradeoffs, and ownership post-delivery.
- Familiarity with or willingness to learn frontend engineering (and the desire to help out across the stack when needed)
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
- BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field OR equivalent skills & experience
Nice-to-have:
- Knowledge of modern cloud infrastructure management (including tools like Terraform)
Benefits
- Unlimited, Flexible PTO
- Remote-first with option to work in co-working spaces or our SF HQ
- At least biannual off-sites to meet with the team (attendance optional)
- Health care plan (Medical, Dental, Vision)
- 401k plan with employer matching
- Annual Wellness Stipend: $1200 per year for your choice of wellness-related expenses such as gym memberships, massages, fitness equipment, ski pas, etc.
Compensation
Competitive salary and equity according to leveling assessment, calibrated to Tier-1 U.S. market data.
Our Interview Process
We do 5 interviews, then pay you to do a work trial which is close to what you may do for your day-to-day work.
- Application (You are here): Our talent team will review your application to see how your skills and experience align with our needs.
- Recruiter Meeting (30 min video call): Our goal is to explore your motivations to join our team, learn why you’d be a great fit, and answer questions about us.
- Manager Meeting (45 min video call): You'll meet the hiring manager who will evaluate skills needed to be successful in your role.
- Technical Interview (60 min video call): You'll meet someone from the engineering team who will evaluate your technical skills. This is a live coding interview.
- Collaboration 1:1 (45 min video call): You will meet a non-engineer who will evaluate your approach to collaboration and teamwork.
- System Design Interview (60 min video call): You'll meet someone from the engineering team who will evaluate your system design skills.
- Paid Work Trial (All day): You will spend a day (remotely or in-person depending on location) working on a task related to your role, meeting the team, and seeing what a realistic day is like working at Poggio.
- Offer: If everyone is happy and references are passed, an offer is extended to join Poggio! Yay!