Technical Lead, Gather
Product Engineering
$170-210k
+Equity
Video chat and Virtual HQs for distributed teams
Open for applications
Video chat and Virtual HQs for distributed teams
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$170-210k
+Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To eliminate the physical barriers to opportunity and connection.
Role
Who you are
- Excellence in front-end Typescript/React architecture and development
- Experience working with NodeJS
- A keen intuition for well-designed software and well-written code
- You enjoy spending time with customers and are adept and getting to the root problems that your product is uniquely positioned to solve
- You are scrappy, have a bias toward action, and love moving fast
- The capability to balance Doing Things Right and iterating quickly, and the realization that they’re not strictly mutually exclusive
- Intrinsic motivation and the drive to solve difficult problems without guidance
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
What the job involves
- Product Engineers at Gather design and implement the features that make up what is simultaneously a live video chat platform, multiplayer game, and modern web app
- The thoughtful design and rapid experimentation embody the core of what’s enabled Gather to scale to where it is today and to scale to the next million Gather users
- You’ll be responsible for using your customer understanding to work closely with designers, product managers, and others within the company in order to quickly design, deliver, and iterate on features
- Collaborate with designers, product managers, and engineers to design, implement, and iterate on features and product directions
- Ability to quickly iterate on experiments while preventing technical lock-in
- Enable more powerful tools and innovative remote work features to be used within Gather
- Level up our meeting experiences and create opportunities for moments of serendipity for Gather users
- Write maintainable, clear, well-architected code, tests, and documentation
- Participate in code reviews and design reviews to ensure quality and good architecture
Our take
Recent years have seen existing virtual communication platforms stress-tested in both professional and social settings and generated a real appetite for innovative new offerings. Gather is one of the exciting startups in the sector, offering a virtual HQ for group meet-ups like events and office meetings.
Gather’s longevity has depended on its ability to offer something substantially more than just a substitute for in-person communication, and the virtual HQ platform means that it can offer both communication and events in a rich and engaging format. To this end, the company has been wise to invest in novel features like spatial audio tech, games, and a highly customizable ‘space’ which allows businesses and events to provide guests with a substantial and branded experience.
The startup has already quietly amassed more than 10 million users across 15 countries. Hybrid working is here to stay, and Gather is well-placed to capitalize on this by keeping the social element of office working alive for those days when staff are working from home.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
1% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Nov 2021
$50m
SERIES B
Mar 2021
$26m
SERIES A
Total funding: $76m
Company benefits
- Work remotely out of a state-of-the-art virtual office!
- Competitive benefits, and meaningful equity
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their dependents
- 401k and matching program
- Generous PTO policy and mental health days to recharge
- Meal stipend twice a week to keep you nourished
- Remote work, education, and health & wellness stipend
- Support for family planning & gender-affirmation
Company values
- Aligned Incentives - History has shown that unaligned business models lead to profit at the cost of the user’s well-being
- Being Mission Obsessed - The sole purpose of Gather is to build the best Metaverse for humanity
- Value Creation - Society gets the most value out of a Metaverse that is a free, open platform, much like the Internet. Gather aims to capture only a small fraction of the value we create
- Building For Everyone - The Metaverse should not discriminate based off of your background or identity
Company HQ
Remote HQ
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Leadership
Phillip Wang
(Co-Founder & CEO)They are a Computer Science graduate from Carnegie Mellon University, previously a Software Engineer Intern at Facebook.
Mohammed Kumail Jaffer
(Co-Founder & CTO)They are a Computer Science graduate from Carnegie Mellon University, previously a Software Engineer at Petuum Inc.
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