Sound like you? 🤔

Detective: You have a deep desire to understand how things work in great detail, to guide you in designing systems, and debugging that arise.
Problem solver: You excel at understanding and solving complex problems. You have incredible attention to detail.
Always Be Learning: You're open to the best tool for the job even if it’s not one you know. You are excited to learn new technologies and processes.
Technical communicator: You can break down tricky topics in writing and in person.
Efficient: You get a lot done quickly and can translate your skills into new processes that your team will follow.
Quality focused: You care about the things a customer may never see because you take pride in your work.
Autonomous: You can work with little guidance but know how to ask for help when you're lost. You know how to prioritize, manage your time, and your limits.

Role 💻

Build reliable backend systems that incorporate ML, video streaming, and distributed systems
Help us articulate the core data model of the product development process
Prototype, build and ship intuitive user interfaces
Create unique user experiences by building new features and improving existing ones
Evaluate and refine solutions to deliver a highly performant and exceptionally reliable backend system
Collaborate across the engineering team and company to define how our backend systems should evolve
Develop and use your skills as a mentor and leader
Support code quality, new technologies, and architectural design within the company
Own and deliver complex projects from the planning stage through shipping

Requirements 🛂

Experience: You have 3+ years of professional backend and/or distributed systems experience.

Technologies we use: TypeScript, GraphQL, Python, Electron, Kubernetes, AWS. We’re agnostic to the back-end language you want to develop as long as you can go fast. We lean heavily on third-party APIs and libraries for shipping code quickly and correctly.

Nice to have: experience working across the stack from database to DOM

GPT-3 experience, Kubernetes, Python, Hasura, AWS, Full-stack web development experience, Bash and command-line scripting, working across the stack from database to DOM, excellent Googler 🤫.

(TypeScript/HTML/CSS experience are huge bonuses)

What's it really like working at BuildBetter? 🤷🏻‍♀️

We don't care much about "work signaling" — we care about tangible output.
We're a fully remote company.
We try not to take ourselves too seriously with our Slack filled with frequent memes, gifs, and music posts.
We critique each other's work.
We seek constructive feedback and intently listen when others speak.

Benefits 🎁

Generous equity
Remote-first, remote-always work environment
Flexible vacation / Unlimited PTO (minimum 2 weeks per year)
Flex workweek (outcomes > input)
Medical, dental, and vision insurance reimbursement
The latest MacBook Pro laptop + Remote set up stipend
Education Stipend (e.g. Courses / Audible)
Professional Development (paid external coaching)
Yearly company retreats

BuildBetter is an equal opportunity employer: we value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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