Junior Backend Developer, Hallow

$90-130k

OTE

The above salary will be split between a base salary and target annual bonus. Offers equity

SQL

AWS

TypeScript

JavaScript

Node.js

MySQL

Junior level

Chicago

Catholic prayer and meditation app

Open for applications

Catholic prayer and meditation app

101-200 employees

B2CSaaSSocial ImpactWellbeing

Open for applications

$90-130k

OTE

The above salary will be split between a base salary and target annual bonus. Offers equity

SQL

AWS

TypeScript

JavaScript

Node.js

MySQL

Junior level

Chicago

101-200 employees

B2CSaaSSocial ImpactWellbeing

Company mission

To help the world find peace & purpose through prayer & meditation, and to help us all build deeper and more meaningful relationships with God.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Passion: First and foremost, we’re looking for someone excited and passionate about our mission. It makes it a lot more fun to actually care about what you’re working on!
Experience: A foundation of 1-2 years of experience in Javascript or TypeScript (primarily NodeJS); 1-2 years working on backend systems specifically; experience building scalable, resilient and secure applications; knowledge of application architecture and design; experience with SQL, specifically MySQL; experience building APIs and working with Web-sockets; experience working with AWS
Grit & Detail-Oriented: We really care about what we’re doing & try to build as fast as we can. Since we’re guided meditation and competing with some large players in the market (Calm, Headspace), we have to stand out. Everything we do, say, send, or spend money on should be top-notch quality and set Hallow apart as the best

What the job involves

We are scaling up our dev team quickly and looking for someone to help us grow and expand our back-end
Build out the product functionality: Craft scalable and fast APIs for our mobile apps, build out tools to process media and schedule content and create recommendation algorithms to engage users with content specific to them
Debug: Help debug, triage and solve issues that come in from our customer success and content teams
Craft tooling and flows: Build internal tooling to help our teams manage & create new types of content, process & distribute audio, and simplify editing workflows
You'll own the entire codebase for your vertical within a product pod from start to finish
You’ll get to journey with a VC-backed Silicon Valley startup in hyper-growth mode. who is expected to help build the company as a whole as we settle into a culture and continue to expand the team
From day 1, you’ll be a part of the startup journey

Our take

Bringing the mechanics of wellness and meditation apps into the religious market, Hallow is a Roman Catholic prayer app that offers guided prayers, prayer routine management, and social media tools for followers of the Roman Catholic faith.

Though its market is limited to Roman Catholics specifically, Hallow has set itself up as a public benefit corporation, a savvy move that will help it keep afloat whilst growing its audience. With both startup and faith-based advisors helping its McKinsey & Company alum founders navigate a complex market position, Hallow has seen staggering funding awarded since its 2018 launch, helping it to expand its services and features.

Hallow’s celebrity-guided prayers have included a number of controversial figures facing allegations of racism and fraud, but this hasn’t stopped the company from beating the likes of Netflix, Spotify, and Instagram in the top 10 most downloaded apps on the App Store. Over Lent in 2023, it saw more than a million prayers a day using its app, indicating that its popularity is only growing.

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

29% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.7)

Company

Company HQ

Chicago Loop, Chicago, IL

Articles

Hallow App Crosses 10 Million Downloads, tops App Store, and closes $50 Million Series C Fundraise

Drive Capital leads $40M round, including another Ohio firm, in a prayer app for Catholics

Prayer app Hallow raises $40M

Leadership

Eric Kerekes

(CTO)

Previously Consultant at McKinsey & Company, Research in Department of Computer Science at University of Oxford, Program Development Intern at Hovde Foundation.

Alex Jones

(CEO)

Previously Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company and Technology Consultant at PwC.

Alessandro Dissanto

(CFO)

Currently Founding Member of The 81 Collection, Member of the Board of Advisors at Routora,. Previously Private Equity Associate at GTCR LLC, Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs.

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