Looking Glass Factory
Senior Full-Stack Engineer
Looking Glass Factory, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11210
Who we are
Hi! We're Looking Glass - a company based out of Brooklyn & Hong Kong - and we make holograms.
We are a small (and growing!) passionate team of artists, inventors, and engineers building a completely new interface paradigm - one that is three-dimensional, shared, and magical. To help us expand and improve our online services, from our main website to sharing holograms on the internet, we're seeking a talented senior full-stack engineer to support the development effort.
Why we need you
We are working to build a future that is more Star Trek and less Ready Player One. To accomplish this mission, we're building a diverse team of people from different backgrounds and experiences. As such, we encourage women, people of color, and others from historically marginalized groups to apply.
Lastly, given that we are iterating on products using custom hardware, we prefer candidates local to New York, but a fully remote position is an option for highly qualified candidates.
The ideal candidate...Can delegate tasks to team members and review their PRsWill work closely with our marketers, designers, and customer support staff to iterate on our web platformHas a track record of building products end-to-end in environments of high ambiguity. You're known as someone who owns problems and outcomesPrioritizes product over process - shipping beautiful products is more important than checking all the boxesShows bias for action. We like learning as quickly as possible, so we embrace failing fast to refine our code, systems, and processes rapidlyIs pragmatic and can see the bigger picture; you're able to reason about prioritization and scopeHas experience building great quality user experiences for customersOur stack:
Blocks is a modern serverless stack: Next.js + Vercel, Postgres + Prisma, React + GraphQL, Bull, Modal, and AWS S3.We're using Auth0 for authentication, Sentry for log aggregation, and Axiom for real-time log analysisOur marketing sites use Webflow and ShopifyRequirements
You'll need these qualifications:
Experience delivering web development projects from start to finishExperience with serverless frameworks and infrastructure (e.g. Next.js, Vercel, TypeScript, React)Experience managing production databases and ORMsExperience with building and maintaining user authentication systems and securityExperience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems and APIsExperience working with stakeholders to understand, document, develop, and explain systems and APIs that meet their requirementsExperience deploying custom, containerized systems to cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)Experience writing stable, testable, and scalable code to ensure high-quality services to our usersAs a small, ambitious team, we're looking for someone flexible and multidisciplinary. Here are some other skills that are nice to have, but not required:
Experience managing a web product, or experience managing a full-stack web development teamExperience with three.js/react-three-fiber or similar WebGL frameworks and WebXRExperience with Electron.jsExperience with Webflow or ShopifySome knowledge of graphics rendering principles and conceptsExperience with other backend languages like PHP, Python, Ruby, Java, .NET, etc.Benefits
Salary Range: $130k-$165kHealth care stipendStock options401(k) plan with employer matching benefitThree weeks of paid vacation per yearPaid sick leave days
Hi! We're Looking Glass - a company based out of Brooklyn & Hong Kong - and we make holograms.
We are a small (and growing!) passionate team of artists, inventors, and engineers building a completely new interface paradigm - one that is three-dimensional, shared, and magical. To help us expand and improve our online services, from our main website to sharing holograms on the internet, we're seeking a talented senior full-stack engineer to support the development effort.
Why we need you
We are working to build a future that is more Star Trek and less Ready Player One. To accomplish this mission, we're building a diverse team of people from different backgrounds and experiences. As such, we encourage women, people of color, and others from historically marginalized groups to apply.
Lastly, given that we are iterating on products using custom hardware, we prefer candidates local to New York, but a fully remote position is an option for highly qualified candidates.
The ideal candidate...Can delegate tasks to team members and review their PRsWill work closely with our marketers, designers, and customer support staff to iterate on our web platformHas a track record of building products end-to-end in environments of high ambiguity. You're known as someone who owns problems and outcomesPrioritizes product over process - shipping beautiful products is more important than checking all the boxesShows bias for action. We like learning as quickly as possible, so we embrace failing fast to refine our code, systems, and processes rapidlyIs pragmatic and can see the bigger picture; you're able to reason about prioritization and scopeHas experience building great quality user experiences for customersOur stack:
Blocks is a modern serverless stack: Next.js + Vercel, Postgres + Prisma, React + GraphQL, Bull, Modal, and AWS S3.We're using Auth0 for authentication, Sentry for log aggregation, and Axiom for real-time log analysisOur marketing sites use Webflow and ShopifyRequirements
You'll need these qualifications:
Experience delivering web development projects from start to finishExperience with serverless frameworks and infrastructure (e.g. Next.js, Vercel, TypeScript, React)Experience managing production databases and ORMsExperience with building and maintaining user authentication systems and securityExperience designing, developing, and maintaining scalable backend systems and APIsExperience working with stakeholders to understand, document, develop, and explain systems and APIs that meet their requirementsExperience deploying custom, containerized systems to cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)Experience writing stable, testable, and scalable code to ensure high-quality services to our usersAs a small, ambitious team, we're looking for someone flexible and multidisciplinary. Here are some other skills that are nice to have, but not required:
Experience managing a web product, or experience managing a full-stack web development teamExperience with three.js/react-three-fiber or similar WebGL frameworks and WebXRExperience with Electron.jsExperience with Webflow or ShopifySome knowledge of graphics rendering principles and conceptsExperience with other backend languages like PHP, Python, Ruby, Java, .NET, etc.Benefits
Salary Range: $130k-$165kHealth care stipendStock options401(k) plan with employer matching benefitThree weeks of paid vacation per yearPaid sick leave days