Senior Backend Software Engineer, Arc
$175-230k
Offers Equity
3 days a week in office
Financing for SaaS startups
Job no longer available
Financing for SaaS startups
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$175-230k
Offers Equity
3 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To provide a better way for software startups to raise capital without incurring costly dilution and risky debt.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of Engineering experience, ideally primarily Backend
- Passion for engineering and learning
- Knowledgeable about modern web application development practices
- Familiarity with Express, Node JS, TypeScript and GraphQL are a bonus
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend to join the Arc Engineering team
- You will work directly alongside the founding team to help Arc reinvent startup financing through technology. Open on leveling, Senior to Principal
- You will work directly alongside the founding team to help Arc reinvent startup financing through tech
- Write clean, secure, tested, and documented code
- Design & enhance the Arc platform with new capabilities
- Contribute to monitoring & scaling the architecture of the platform and the infrastructure
- Write technical documentation, contribute to determining internal processes
- Collaborate with experienced engineers who come from both high growth startups and big tech
- Deploy reliable and maintainable code while moving quickly to address business needs
- Get a crash course on the fintech ecosystem and work with financial APIs and tools
- Contribute to monitoring & scaling the architecture of the platform and the infrastructure
Our take
One of the most exciting and crucial elements of the startup journey is securing financing, often through Venture Capital funding, which allows businesses to scale. However, startups typically face the trade-off of giving up ownership in exchange for capital.
Arc is hailing itself as the future of startup financing by offering debt funding and digital banking services specifically tailored to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) startups. Instead of giving up equity, users can borrow against their forecasted future earnings, allowing them to retain full ownership of their companies.
It's proving popular too, with Arc boasting over 4k new users in 2023. Along with the company's partnership with Stripe bolstering its reputation, and its focus on the growing SaaS industry positioning it for continued success in a rapidly expanding market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
95% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Aug 2022
$20m
SERIES A
Jan 2022
$11m
SEED
Total funding: $31m
Company benefits
- Meaningful Impact: As an early employee, you'll influence key strategic decisions, shape the culture, and play a major role in our success. We are flat and lean, so you'll have the opportunity to contribute to every facet of the business
- Coverage Where it Counts: You'll have access to best-in-class medical, dental, and vision coverage and a monthly health and wellness stipend from day one. Mental health resources, learning and development stipends, and more coming soon
- Rest and Recharge: We all perform our best when we feel our best, that's why all Arc-itects receive unlimited PTO, paid holidays, flexible remote work options, and paid parental leave
- Inclusivity at our Core: We currently provide dedicated funding for our affinity-groups and their hosted-events, and we offer bi-weekly volunteering opportunities. We plan to partner with local organizations and build out our site of employee perks and benefits as we develop and mature as an organization
- Commitment to the Community: We recently took the Conscious Culture Pledge. Being a conscious company means that we consciously take action to foster an inclusive and diverse workplace. It starts with our hiring practices, and continues throughout our evolving benefits package
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Don Muir
(Co-Founder & CEO)Began their career as a Management Consultant for Boston Consulting Group, before entering Private Equity for Onex and Apollo Global Management.
Raven Jiang
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously a Founding Engineer at Affinity, Inc., and Ubiquity6 Inc. (acquired by Discord). Also worked for Tesla as an Autopilot Software Engineer, then joined Facebook as a Front End Engineer.
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