Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

Summary

Join Short Story, an award-winning tech-powered retailer for petite women, as a Senior Full Stack Engineer. Build internal and customer-facing services for order processing and establish backend design patterns. This role requires 5+ years of software development experience, including 2+ years with Python, and familiarity with various technologies like Python web frameworks, testing frameworks, cloud providers (AWS preferred), containerized workloads (Kubernetes preferred), and relational databases (Postgres preferred). The ideal candidate will have experience in a fully remote environment and with test suite automation. Short Story offers competitive benefits, including 4 weeks of vacation, medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k matching, and an employee discount. The position is based in San Francisco or remote in the US or Canada.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience, 2+ Years of Python experience
• Familiar with infrastructure, CI/CD practices
• Familiar with the following technologies: A Python web framework
• A testing framework (PyTest preferred)
• A cloud provider (AWS preferred)
• Containerized workloads (Kubernetes preferred)
• Relational database (Postgres preferred) and SQL
• Focus on communication and documentation
• Familiar with common API and backend testing patterns

Responsibilities

Build internal and customer-facing services for processing customer orders and establish key design patterns/guidelines for all backend workloads

Preferred Qualifications

• Worked in a fully remote environment with colleagues from around the world
• Test suite/pattern creation and automation experience
• Managed an engineering team of 3+ people
• Experience with queue / event-driven systems
• Worked in sprint-based environments with an OKR framework

Benefits

• 4 weeks of vacation (20 days)
• Medical, vision, and dental benefits
• 401k with company match
• Either SF, or remote in US or Canada
• Employee discount on merchandise
• Opportunity to work at a Y-Combinator backed startup alongside a dedicated and experienced founding team