Backend Engineer, Mirror

$200-250k

+ Competitive stock option grant

AWS

TypeScript

GraphQL

Elasticsearch

Mid and Senior level

New York

Web3 publishing platform

Open for applications

Web3 publishing platform

21-100 employees

FintechB2BCryptocurrencyMarketplacePublishingSaaSBlockchaineCommerce

Open for applications

$200-250k

+ Competitive stock option grant

AWS

TypeScript

GraphQL

Elasticsearch

Mid and Senior level

New York

21-100 employees

FintechB2BCryptocurrencyMarketplacePublishingSaaSBlockchaineCommerce

Company mission

To use web3 technologies in order to reimagine the way people publish, read and share writing online.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

An experienced backend engineer with a proven track record of shipping products and navigating ambiguity
You have a passion for engineering practices and consistently improve your craft with like-minded teammates
4+ years writing production software (bonus points for web3 experience)
BS/BA degree in computer science
Experience building and maintaining a production system at scale
Are a self-starter in proposing and carrying out technical solutions to ambiguous business problems
A passion for continuously improving dev-ops for yourself and fellow engineers
Have worked with Typescript, Node, AWS

Desirable

History of working closely with product and users
Have worked closely with product and users
Meaningful open source contributions or public code for us to appreciate
Experience with monitoring tools (Posthog, NewRelic, ElasticSearch, etc)

What the job involves

Architect, develop, and execute on our product roadmap
Discover and evaluate web3 technologies and know when to build using 3rd party APIs or in-house solutions
Build products on top of our GraphQL API alongside frontend engineers
Architect backend services that are well-monitored and well-tested
Improve infrastructure and monitoring consistently

Our take

Mirror is a Web3-native publishing platform that enables a new way for writers to share their words online, allowing its writers to publish and build a community on their platform. Similar to the social publishing platform Medium, commonly used for sharing essays and newsletters, Mirror takes this idea one step further, providing tools for writers to crowdfund their products on the platform.

Valued at $100M, Mirror has raised close to $14 million from investors such as a16z Crypto, Union Square Ventures, and Variant, with aims to use the capital gained to accelerate their growing companies' abilities.

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

28% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Company benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with 80% of premiums paid by the company
$3,000 work-from-home/remote office setup stipend
$150/month home internet and cell phone reimbursement
Healthcare Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account
Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
Short-term and long-term disability insurance, with premiums paid by the company
$50,000 life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, with premiums paid by the company
401(k)
Flexible time off policy
Three months' paid baby bonding leave
Remote-first teamwork with team and community members around the world
Team offsites for periodic in-person collaborative strategy sessions

Articles

Union Square Ventures Values Crypto Publishing Tool Mirror at $100 Million

Leadership

Denis Nazarov

(Founder)

Previously a founder at Mediachain Labs, Software Engineer at Spotify and Consultant and Uniswap Labs.

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