Software Engineer, Cape

• Ability to understand and translate product requirements to system design
• Solid foundation in data structures and algorithms in one or more programming languages
• You’re fluent enough in a programming language to translate requirements to working solutions. You don't shy away from open-ended and/or ambiguous tasks that require you to research existing library support and make a well-considered decision
• Strong communication skills
• You value input from others and will modify your approach as appropriate
• You back up your decisions with data, and as such you have "strong opinions, weakly held", which means that you will incorporate new data into your decision-making process
• You embrace our company's core value of overcommunication as a way to move fast and drive consensus from a diverse group of stakeholders
• Flexible and adaptable in a fast paced environment with a strong bias for action
• Distributed systems and building robust backend services
• Owning the entire software lifecycle from requirements, implementation, testing, deployment, and monitoring
• Basic database and networking knowledge
• Cloud infrastructure experience
• You’re more than just a “frontend programmer.”
• You are genuinely interested in building user experiences
• You’re not (necessarily) a visual designer but you hold strong opinions on visual design
• You have experience not just programming an app but launching and marketing it too, and you know what makes an app successful (i.e. desirable) to the user?
• Building user interaction involving elements such as: Animation, Accessibility,Dynamic layout, I18n/Localization, Permissions
• You have strong knowledge of your platform (iOS/Android) and can leverage built-in APIs or technologies. You can suggest new features and applications of these technologies that maximize our usefulness while minimizing development time/effort

Desirable

• We are seeking new college graduates to join our team of software engineers working on backend platforms, full-stack web and mobile apps, and forward deployed engineering teams
• You'll learn from some of the brightest minds in the industry, with experience across successful startups like Palantir and Anduril, as well as leading tech giants like Google and AWS
• As a new graduate, you'll be delivering real features into production while developing new skills on the job
• Make the transition from campus life to a dynamic Series B startup where we prioritize action and swift iteration
• Depending on your strengths, you might be building backend services in Go, doing full-stack development with React/Typescript, or creating iOS/Android mobile apps with Kotlin (Jetpack Compose) / Swift (SwiftUI)
• Participate in code reviews, both giving and receiving direct feedback
• Provide support for triaging issues/bugs with your teams' products
• Talk directly to customers to understand and develop innovative solutions for real life problems
• Work directly with other teams to build and ship high-impact features in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Your day-to-day will involve applying a privacy/security-first mindset