Remote Backend Engineer

Summary

Join ReadMe as a Backend Engineer and contribute to exciting projects like Bi-Directional Sync, Branching, and AI Search in a collaborative team environment.

Requirements

• Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript and knowledgeable about Git
• Product-focused: Building a better documentation and developer experience platform for all is something that inherently excites you
• Not a perfectionist: You take risks, learn from your mistakes, and succeed beautifully every so often
• Excited to take ownership: We believe the way to learn is to take things on and own them. You’re even welcome to take on passion projects and be the change you seek to drive change
• Collaborative: Your code reviews and pull requests are detailed, you’re always happy to share knowledge, and you love a good pairing session

Responsibilities

• Own major feature development
• Guide architectural planning decisions and liaise with product and design to determine what is technically feasible
• Implement coding best practices
• Creative problem solving. Help us figure out how to prioritize issues, push through bottlenecks, and cut the right corners to get things shipped
• Support other engineers’ growth on the team by knowledge sharing, pair programming, and mentoring

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO with a three-week minimum
• Fully covered medical, dental, and vision insurance for you, and your dependents
• A One Medical membership
• A wellness stipend for therapy of up to $350 per month for up to 6 months
• A wellness stipend of up to $150 per month
• One-to-one donation matching of up to $1,000 per year
• Twelve weeks of paid parental leave after the birth or adoption of a child
• Work from home office stipend of $500
• Three offsite retreats per year to get together with coworkers and plan for the quarter ahead