Hybrid Founding Backend Engineer

at Pear VC

• Job title: Founding Backend Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: ElasticSearch, Kubernetes, Postgres, Python, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Backend Engineer responsible for building and scaling core products at Phaselab, a startup improving eDiscovery processes. Collaborate closely with founding team and customers to deliver quality features.

Responsibilities

• Get onboarded, set up your dev environment, and dive into our systems.
• Ship a small update or bug fix to get familiar with the codebase.
• Use the product to understand how it works and identify areas for improvement.
• Ship two major features
• Ship features updates daily/weekly with a strong focus on quality.
• Collaborate closely with the team and customers to shape the future of the product.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in backend development, ideally with startups or fast-moving teams.
• Strong expertise in Python for backend development.
• Strong database expertise, including Postgres and/or Elasticsearch.
• Experience with modern infrastructure management, including Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
• A bias for action: You ship fast and iterate based on feedback.
• Strong product sense: You think beyond the code and care about delivering an exceptional user experience.
• Extreme ownership: You're excited to make a mark and you make sure balls don't get dropped.

Benefits

• Impact: Your work will directly shape the product and the future of the company.
• Growth: High ownership, deep collaboration with company and technical leadership.
• Speed: We move fast, ship often, and value autonomy.
• Culture: Our team is kind, collaborative, inquisitive, and inclusive – and we want to keep it that way. We have high standards for quality and ethics, and help each other learn in order to reach our objectives. We think technology is best built by teams with a diversity of background, thought, and experience.
• Every team member is a human first, and we strive to create a culture and environment that supports your career goals and respects all of the hats you wear in life, not just the ones that earn you a paycheck.