Software Engineer, Ghost
$110-170k
Inventory distribution optimization
Job no longer available
Inventory distribution optimization
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$110-170k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To transform how inventory is bought and sold.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years building scalable engineering solutions across the stack
- Proven track record for designing and building core services and API’s for a variety of product use cases
- Product experience in web frameworks like Node, or React
- Strong understanding of fundamentals of relational data modeling and design (we use postgreSQL, but our use cases are expanding beyond that)
- Ability to lead major architecture initiatives from the ground up, balancing for speed while designing for scale
- Believer in automated testing, continuous integration, high code quality
- Interest and experience in coaching/mentoring junior engineers
- Collaborative approach to building software with other engineering / non-engineering team members
- Bonus: Marketplace experience, B2B experience
- Bonus: Devops/CI/CD experience
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer who loves solving complex problems. You will help us build our platform from the ground up to serve our growing customer ecosystem
- Reporting to the VP of Engineering, you’ll be tasked with being a technical leader who will design, build, and ship systems to serve the right items to the right buyers at the right time
- You will also lead code reviews and design discussions, and improve our current systems to allow for future scale. We are an early-stage startup with amazing traction, and we’re moving with velocity! Our team has abundant growth potential as well as a direct impact on shaping the future of Ghost
Our take
Excess inventory is one of the biggest pain points for modern retailers. Ghost solves this problem by making it easier for retailers to buy and sell excess inventory discreetly and sustainably.
With retailers wasting around $500 billion a year on excess inventory, demand for solutions like Ghost's is sky-high. The company has also made good on this demand, emerging from stealth mode in 2022 and about $66 million in funding to date. Ghost, which functions in much the same way as eBay, has benefited hugely from its founder's prior experience in the apparel industry.
Ghost's clear focus on sustainability and discretion has broad market appeal, especially for large-scale retailers looking to reduce waste and improve their public image. If Ghost can continue to attract such clients, it could scale at an impressive pace in the coming years.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2024
$40m
SERIES C
Jul 2023
$30m
SERIES B
Total funding: $88m
Company HQ
Beverly Grove, Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
Josh Kaplan
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Previously worked as Senior Director of UEG Ventures, and was VP of Digital at Buck Mason.
Dee Murthy
(Co-Founder)They are also the Co-Founder of Young & Reckless and Five Four Group.
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