Staff Software Engineer, Howl
$190-210k
+ Stock options
Where brands and creators link up
Open for applications
Where brands and creators link up
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$190-210k
+ Stock options
101-200 employees
Company mission
To reduce barriers for creators and brands to build social commerce businesses.
Role
Who you are
- At Least 10 years building consumer/customer facing apps
- Javascript is a primarily language for you (Typescript / Next.js)
- Familiarity with databases (e.g. MySQL, NoSQL, )
- Experience with Vercel and/or Edge serverless computing preferred
- Dedication to keep up with new developments in tech
- Strong communication and organizational skills, motivation to achieve results in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Strong design intuition led by building Hi-Fi customer experiences
- You are an owner, you are curious and start with why vs. how
What the job involves
- Howl is looking to hire senior engineers that are bar-raisers and can operate in a generalist capacity. You are customer experience focused, a strategic contributor across design and product and you strive to build with craftsmanship at the forefront
- As an engineer, you'll have a direct impact on the customer experience for creators and brands alike. You will work on building the core interaction our clients have with the Howl platform
- Hese interactions include workflows like, helping creators and brands discover each other, building tools that allow creators to monetize their social content, get paid on time, and optimize for a brand’s performance marketing campaigns. You'll also surface new workflows or existing ones that help optimize the usage and efficiency of our platform
- This role is an owner of business goals and key objectives
- Provide technical and design leadership within an engineering team
- Master the code base, toolchain, and development processes
- Work with the product and design teams for scoping, design and implementation
- Design software components and subsystems for Howl's products or infrastructure and identify when we need to scale or move away from legacy systems
- Implement high-quality software components and subsystems with your team
- Write technical documents that imposes the logic and assumptions for decision making
- May serve as tech lead (player-coach) of an implementation team
- Drive implementation of automated testing for your components
- Contribute to refinement and enrichment of development tools and processes
- Participate in risk analysis and risk management exercises with engineering leadership
- Thrive in a fully remote work environment
Our take
Advertising products via influencers has become a trillion dollar industry. With the rise of social media, the push to mobile platforms, and the turn away from brick-and-mortar retailers, it’s now a crucial tool that both major and breakout brands leverage to great effect. Howl, an influencer marketing marketplace, may have appeared at exactly the right time, and has the chance to win big from this development.
The Howl platform functions something like an Upwork for brands and influencers. Brands can list partnership opportunities on an open marketplace, whilst influencers will receive personalised recommendations, and have access to a dashboard where they can monitor sales and access easy and instant payment.
Formerly known as Narrativ, Howl benefits from a firmly established client base that includes major enterprise brands like HP, Sephora, and Samsung. With a firm foundation already laid down in this remarkably lucrative new sector, and fresh funding at its back, the company has a real chance to capture the market and find further success into the future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-20% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Dec 2022
$27m
SERIES A
Aug 2019
$8m
SEED
Total funding: $39.1m
Company benefits
- 401k
- Flexible PTO
- 100% remote
- Health Insurance
- WFH Stipend
Company values
- Integrity
- Excellence
- Exploration
- Service
Company HQ
Midtown East, New York, NY
Articles
Leadership
Li Haslett Chen
(CEO)Previously a McKinsey analyst who then moved into marketing and business with Moda Operandi. Has also spent time on the board of American Express and Warner Bros.
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