minware
Back End Engineer
minware, Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60290
minware provides engineering business metrics that show the true cost of engineering impediments. This helps organizations make better decisions with stronger alignment between engineers and executives.Kevin Borders
founded minware after bootstrapping his previous company to $86m in revenue and selling in 2021, with the idea of helping others benefit from lessons learned growing an engineering team from 0 to 40.minware is a self-funded seed-stage company. After promising initial customer traction, we are looking for people who share our values
to help bring minware to a larger audience.The Role
As an early engineer, you will have the unique opportunity to work directly with minware’s founders to build the product from the ground up. We are looking for someone who enjoys designing, developing, and maintaining back-end applications.We are seeking an ambitious and nice engineer who has experience independently executing complex projects and building scalable, maintainable software. As a purveyor of developer productivity analytics, we are diligent about process efficiency and code quality. Though we are small, we try to avoid unnecessarily creating technical debt and are looking for someone who can lead us toward this goal.Primary Responsibilities
Independently design, develop, and maintain server-side applications, ensuring the optimal performance, security, and scalability of our serviceWork closely with product managers and customers to define minware’s capabilitiesDesign and architect new system componentsManage a backlog of tech debt reduction and internal efficiency improvementsQualifications
Experience building and maintaining a complex back end applicationFamiliarity with principles of high-quality code, including continuous integration, declarative and functional programmingStrong communication skills for interfacing with non-technical stakeholders and occasionally with customersWell-versed in agile or lean planning and project management processesExperience with the core stack (Postgres, Next.js, Apollo GraphQL) or similar technologies is preferredProficiency with infrastructure (AWS, Terraform) is optional, but nice to haveBenefits and Perks
Competitive base salary, bonus, and seed-stage equity compensation100% remote work, flexible hours, and unlimited vacation policy. (Read here
about how we built trust in our previous all-remote company.)Full health care premium coverage for you and your familyUnique career development guidance reporting directly to the founder/CEOWe offer competitive compensation packages along with stock options based on industry benchmarks for function, and level. Offer amounts are determined by multiple factors such as a candidate's experience and expertise.Are you authorized to work in the U.S.?
*--Which engineering analytics systems (e.g., Jellyfish, LinearB, Pluralsight Flow), if any, did your previous employers use? Please list the name of the system and the employer for each one, or put N/A if you were not aware of any.
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founded minware after bootstrapping his previous company to $86m in revenue and selling in 2021, with the idea of helping others benefit from lessons learned growing an engineering team from 0 to 40.minware is a self-funded seed-stage company. After promising initial customer traction, we are looking for people who share our values
to help bring minware to a larger audience.The Role
As an early engineer, you will have the unique opportunity to work directly with minware’s founders to build the product from the ground up. We are looking for someone who enjoys designing, developing, and maintaining back-end applications.We are seeking an ambitious and nice engineer who has experience independently executing complex projects and building scalable, maintainable software. As a purveyor of developer productivity analytics, we are diligent about process efficiency and code quality. Though we are small, we try to avoid unnecessarily creating technical debt and are looking for someone who can lead us toward this goal.Primary Responsibilities
Independently design, develop, and maintain server-side applications, ensuring the optimal performance, security, and scalability of our serviceWork closely with product managers and customers to define minware’s capabilitiesDesign and architect new system componentsManage a backlog of tech debt reduction and internal efficiency improvementsQualifications
Experience building and maintaining a complex back end applicationFamiliarity with principles of high-quality code, including continuous integration, declarative and functional programmingStrong communication skills for interfacing with non-technical stakeholders and occasionally with customersWell-versed in agile or lean planning and project management processesExperience with the core stack (Postgres, Next.js, Apollo GraphQL) or similar technologies is preferredProficiency with infrastructure (AWS, Terraform) is optional, but nice to haveBenefits and Perks
Competitive base salary, bonus, and seed-stage equity compensation100% remote work, flexible hours, and unlimited vacation policy. (Read here
about how we built trust in our previous all-remote company.)Full health care premium coverage for you and your familyUnique career development guidance reporting directly to the founder/CEOWe offer competitive compensation packages along with stock options based on industry benchmarks for function, and level. Offer amounts are determined by multiple factors such as a candidate's experience and expertise.Are you authorized to work in the U.S.?
*--Which engineering analytics systems (e.g., Jellyfish, LinearB, Pluralsight Flow), if any, did your previous employers use? Please list the name of the system and the employer for each one, or put N/A if you were not aware of any.
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