Senior Software Engineer, Contra
CA$170-200k
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A professional network for independent workers
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A professional network for independent workers
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
CA$170-200k
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
Contra allows anyone to work for themselves and gives clients the ability to hire the best freelance talent 🚀
Role
Who you are
- You understand modern AI systems, products and workflows. You have opinions and taste in these areas, and know how to build polished AI-driven user experiences that delight, not detract
- You are an excellent, independent problem solver
- You have high standards for craft, quality, and attention-to-detail for the work that you ship, and motivate others to raise the bar
- You know how to articulate and balance the tradeoffs of rapid pace exploration and building performant, scalable, reliable, and quality systems
- You have high standards for verbal and written communication and are experienced at working in a remote organization, preferring to over-communicate and collaborate synchronously when able
- You thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. Our team knows how to execute and is relentless about our velocity. You smartly use AI to increase your personal velocity, but are experienced enough an engineer on your own to navigate and keep it in check
- You apply an ownership mentality to everything you ship, and collaborate cross-functionally with other teams to achieve success
- You dedicate effort to staying up to date with new technologies, patterns, and AI
What the job involves
- In a day at Contra, you’ll probably:
- Contribute to our end-to-end TypeScript, GraphQL, React monorepo. You’ll work across the stack — including our AI stack (LLMs, embeddings, vector search, evals, etc.)
- Contribute to our Vitest/Playwright test suite
- Participate in the RFC process, building alignment around new database and API schemas and new patterns
- Participate in all parts of the product development process, like design critiques, code reviews, and cross-functional planning with your team
- Work on maintaining a tidy home: eliminate technical debt, improve performance, address customer bugs, improve developer experience, etc
- Our stack: Backend: TypeScript, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, NodeJS, Redis, Temporal Frontend: React, Relay, PandaCSS Data: Airbyte, dbt, Google BigQuery DevOps: ArgoCD, Docker, GitHub, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes Testing: Playwright, Vitest Tools: Linear, Mergify, PostHog, Slack, Turbo AI: OpenAI, Cursor, Supermaven, CodeRabbit (for code reviews — it’s actually great!)
Application process
- 1. Intro Call with Recruiting Team (15-20 minutes)
- 2. Technical Interview with Hiring Manager (45 minutes)
- 3. Culture & Cross-Functional Interview (45 minutes)
- 4. Paid Technical Assessment (3 hours) + Presentation (60 minutes) with CTO & Co-Founder and Engineering Manager
- 5. Interview with CEO & Co-Founder (30 minutes)
Our take
Contra is a professional network for independent workers. Most networking platforms are designed as a “hub and spokes,” with individual freelancers interacting primarily with the platform rather than one another. But, a different approach may be emerging as marketplaces evolve.
Contra provides the tools for independent workers to build a professional identity and manage their work, scope projects, sign contracts and get paid. The platform can be used as a facilitator of collaboration among its members for mutual professional and economic benefit.
With many people opting for the flexibility of independent work, Contra is becoming a resource that “the Gen Z digital workers are excited to use. Contra will continue to focus on creating new products and hiring new talent as they gain more users over the coming years.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Nov 2021
$30m
SERIES B
Feb 2021
$14.5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $44.5m
Company benefits
- Healthcare for employees
- Yearly reimbursements for everything you need to do your best work
- Competitive salary and equity - pre-IPO stock options
- Generous vacation policy
- No meeting Wednesdays
Company HQ
Eureka Valley, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Ben Huffman
(CEO)Founder and CEO of Ripe from 2014-2019, acquired by Hungry in 2020. Co-founded Contra in 2019.
Gajus Kuizinas
(CTO)A lead software architect with experience at Ericsson, MailOnline and Arqiva. Founder of Anuary and Applaudience. Co-founded Contra in 2020.
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