Fullstack Software Engineer, MainStreet
$140-165k
SaaS platform for automatic identity, claims, and advances for tax credits
Job no longer available
SaaS platform for automatic identity, claims, and advances for tax credits
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$140-165k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To help every small business make a big impact.
Role
Who you are
- 3 - 5 years professional experience as a software engineer working across all parts of a modern web stack
- A thorough knowledge of modern JavaScript best practices
- Prior experience with modern frontend and backend frameworks
- Experience writing well-designed APIs and working with backend services
- Knowledge of why testing your code is crucial, and experience ensuring high test coverage by writing unit, feature, and e2e tests
- A solid product sense - we want to make robust technical decisions with the needs of our users and the business at the forefront
- Experience collaborating directly with Product Managers and Designers
- A love for learning new things as well as mentoring other team members on their learning journeys as well
- Excellent communication skills, both via video chat (Zoom) and in written format (Slack, email, Google Docs)
- Self-driven and able to work both independently and collaboratively in a remote environment
- Experience working remotely either full or part-time
Desirable
- Previous experience using TypeScript, React, Express, or Node.js in a production application (especially if you’ve also worked on performance optimization in any of these areas)
- Experience working within an Agile software development lifecycle
- Passion for startups, finance, accounting, and taxes, or all of the above
- Past experience or interest in working at a startup, or in SMBs, fintech, or product-led growth practices
What the job involves
- Be a core member of a multidisciplinary team (Engineering, Product, and Design) focused on shipping impactful products for our customers - from new features to robust architecture supporting the overall quality of the end-user experience
- Write maintainable, well tested, high quality front-and-backend code
- Leverage your previous experience to help us uplevel our teams’ technology and processes, while learning from and collaborating with your MainStreet colleagues
- Be a steward of core performance, security, and design principles across our technology stack
Our take
The US tax code is so complex that even many accountants are unable to fully identify and take advantage of the rebates and credits available to early stage technology businesses. These credits can be worth tens of thousands of dollars to even small businesses, so there's a strong incentive to seek them out.
MainStreet takes on this burden for businesses by connecting to startups’ payroll and scanning the data on a monthly basis for potential federal, state, and local tax credits. It then advances 80% of the credit due to the startup so it can use the funds right away, and charge a 20% commission fee for its time.
With more than half a million new startups being created every year, MainStreet certainly has a flourishing market at its fingertips. In recent years, local governments and states are looking to attract businesses to their specific region with rebates and incentives, making the market for a platform like MainStreet bigger than ever.
The founders are ex-Google employees and successful technology entrepreneurs themselves. Founder Doug Ludlow was motivated to start the company due to his experience growing up in a city greatly impacted by the decline of big business. If smaller businesses are able to flourish, he believes that communities can continue to thrive.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-31% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2021
$60m
SERIES A
Jun 2020
$2.3m
SEED
Total funding: $62.7m
Company benefits
- Health & Wellness - We cover 100% of medical, dental, life, vision, and disability insurance for you and your dependents
- Paid Time Off - Take unlimited PTO to rest and recharge. You can’t give your best if you don’t have the energy to give
- Parental Leave - We offer generous parental leave so you can take the time you need to care for your little ones
- Retirement Options - Save for the future with a 401K plan that fits your retirement goals
- In-Home “Office” Perks - We’re a remote-first company, fully distributed across 30+ states and Canada. And we just opened our first in-person office in San Jose!
- Company Outings - We come together at least once a year to celebrate our wins, build in-person relationships, and look to what’s next
Company HQ
Downtown San Jose, San Jose, CA
Leadership
Doug Ludlow
(CEO)Before MainStreet, they served as Chief of Staff for Google’s SMB and NBU Ads. They also founded Hipster (acquired by AOL in 2012) and Happy Home (acquired by Google in 2016).
Dan Lindquist
(Board Member)Before MainStreet, they led product teams at Google and Intuit, focused on SMB and SaaS.
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