Staff Backend Engineer, Postscript
Messaging Platform
$200-230k
+ Equity
SMS marketing platform for eCommerce companies
Open for applications
SMS marketing platform for eCommerce companies
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$200-230k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make SMS the #1 Revenue Channel for Merchants.
Role
Who you are
- A proven career as a software engineer developing backend applications and APIs
- 5+ years experience using Golang (Kafka and MongoDB a plus). SaaS experience preferred, history of working with Python a plus
- Experience with or exposure to migration off a monolithic architecture a plus
- Familiarity with building, deploying, and maintaining applications on AWS services using Terraform
- Expertise in NoSQL and SQL, and experience with database modeling (Postgres, MongoDB)
- Experience building modular, flexible architectures (avoiding vendor lock-in, maximizing readability and extensibility)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Experience in high growth, early stage tech preferred
- Experience coaching, mentoring and onboarding engineers
What the job involves
- As a Staff Engineer for the Core Platform/Messaging Platform team at Postscript, you will bring your passion for maximizing scalability to the task of leading the platform team’s next gen architecture – from high level design to implementing common core components for the platform
- Your work will directly contribute to building the fastest, most reliable, and functionally rich messaging platform for ecommerce on the market
- You will be given the autonomy to grow to your full potential and your work will directly impact our customers and Postscript’s bottom line
- The Staff role at Postscript is one of deep technical ownership
- You will have a profound impact on the trajectory of the engineering org and help uplevel the wider engineering org through code contributions, critical leadership, mentorship, and decision-making
- As a leader of engineers you will guide the platform in weighing technical constraints and business priorities to make the necessary trade-offs to deliver customer value
- Our backend stack is a mixture of Go microservices with Kafka, Mongo, Postgres, redshift and a variety of other technologies, as well as some code that remains in our original monolithic architecture built on postgres and python
- At the company level, your passion for building great products, especially in early to mid-stage companies, will lead you to have a meaningful and positive impact on both the product and the company
- In addition, you will have the opportunity to help expand the engineering team and build out architecture and processes as we scale
- Architect, build, and maintain the core infrastructure across the platforms – messaging, data, and workflow
- Maintain and create REST and gRPC APIS for external and internal customers
- Define contracts between the platforms and enforce consistency in coding and data
- Identify bottlenecks and points of scale and make recommendations on how to maximize throughput and efficiency, then lead the team to implement
- Work closely with the Director of Engineering to create and evolve a technical strategy that brings Postscript to the forefront of the technical space we are in
- Take ownership and get creative with your solutions, dive into bold ideas in order to achieve outstanding results
- Contribute to the health of the teams you mentor through honest and direct feedback as we iterate and improve our technology
- Guide your team to make optimal technical and infrastructure decisions, using POCs and new technologies to drive change
- Mentor other engineers on best practices, standards, and learning opportunities
- Be accountable for communicating transparently and proactively, defining scope, breaking down and estimating tasks, risk and change management
Our take
SMS marketing can be an extremely effective tool for eCommerce businesses, but it can often be invasive and irritating to consumers. Postscript solves this problem by offering personalized and optimized SMS advertising.
SMS marketing is nothing new, but Postscript has set itself apart by maintaining a laser-sharp focus on Shopify stores. As a result, the company has tapped into a previously underserved market that has seen rapid, continuous growth in recent years.
As eCommerce sales via SMS continue to rise in the US, Postscript is well-positioned to lead the market, helping more merchants develop personalized, effective communication strategies that drive customer loyalty and revenue.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2022
$65m
SERIES C
Mar 2021
$35m
SERIES B
Total funding: $104.7m
Company benefits
- Work from home (or anywhere!)
- Full team off-sites in cool places
- Growth is encouraged, with lots of direct feedback
- We have fun and celebrate wins
- Culture of transparency and trust
- Flexible vacation
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Equity grants
- And more..
Company values
- Fearless: Never operate from a place of fear. Making mistakes is fine. It is how we learn and grow from our mistakes where the magic really happens
- Excellence: Striving to be the #1 Team in Ecommerce, we are always pushing for the most Excellent results
- Animal: We move with urgency and default to action. We are relentless when diving into the unknown and we celebrate our teammates when they attack a problem
- Customer-first: We are obsessed with providing our customers with value. To be the #1 Team in Ecommerce, we have to care about our customers on another level
- Humility: No room for jerks and ego. We have a team- first mindset and actively embrace change. Continuous feedback is part of working toward excellence
Company HQ
South Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ
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Leadership
Adam Turner
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked in Business Intelligence at Bitium. They also co-founded Wilbits where they worked in Product and Engineering, as well at serving as a Product Manager at StackCommerce before co-founding Postscript.
Colin Turner
(Co-Founder & COO)Previously co-founded Wiblits. They also worked at Verimatrix for over 5 years in multiple roles, including Project Manager.
Alex Beller
(Co-Founder)Previously the Director of Business Development at StockCommerce.
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