Software Engineer, Product Backend (4-8 YOE)

The shape of it

In the posting’s own words

As a Full-Stack, Backend engineer at Airtable, you will have the opportunity to work with customers to deeply understand their needs and workflows. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners across product management, design, research and data science to create innovative new features that enable our customers to do their best work. You will be responsible for owning and executing the end-to-end implementation of these new features that will contribute to making our toolkit even more powerful and successful.

What it asks for · 10

• You have 4+ years of industry experience with modern full-stack web development, with particular emphasis on backend feature development.
• You are fluent in one or more backend technologies, and are interested in programming in JavaScript and React.
• You are excited by a product-oriented backend role.
• You have a good understanding of web technologies and large-scale web application architecture.
• You have a background in computer science or a related field.
• You believe the best product is the one that helps users accomplish their goals while growing the business.
• You take a thoughtful approach to decision making; knowing when to move fast and when to do things right.
• You have strong convictions, weakly held and assume validation and iteration are a given to produce the best results.
• You show strong ownership instincts and sweat the details.
• You are currently based and/or will be based in the San Francisco Bay Area or New York City.

What the job covers

• Spec and build product features that are beautiful, consistent, and fast, that encourage exploration, and that earn the trust of our customers through predictable, reliable, and thoughtful interactions.
• Work at all levels of the stack, from AWS, Node.js, and SQL to React, HTML. and CSS to build and maintain end to end products on Airtable, with a primary focus on backend development.
• Partner with product managers, designers, and data scientists to understand the needs of potential users and build a product that unlocks their potential.
• Work alongside and learn from a talented group of engineers with a diverse range of experiences and backgrounds.

Tools and skills named

Words the posting leans on

• product9×
• customers7×
• backend5×
• features5×
• build4×
• development4×
• users4×
• admin3×
• data3×
• end3×
• mission3×
• office3×
• platform3×
• thoughtful3×
• web3×
• 2-3 times/week2×

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