SOCKET
Staff Software Engineer
SOCKET, Little Ferry, New Jersey, us, 07643
We're looking for a product-minded staff software engineer who enjoys solving complex problems with a seamless, delightful end user experience.Who We AreSocket's mission is to help developers and security teams to ship faster and spend less time on security busywork. Thousands of organizations use Socket to safely discover, audit, and manage their open source code. Our customers – from Figma to Vercel – absolutely love Socket (just
read their tweets
to see for yourself!)The company was founded by
Feross Aboukhadijeh , who has worked in open source software for 10+ years writing software that receives more than a billion downloads per month. We have raised
$25M in funding
from the best angel investors, operators, and security leaders in the industry.The RoleBuild product: This role will require you to move fast, prioritize ruthlessly, and be focused on the end user. Your voice will be essential in shaping the product and the roadmap, and your decisions will have immediate and far-reaching impact. You will work in collaboration with the engineering and design teams.Grow the team and culture: As an early member of the team, you will form the defining DNA for the company's culture and our future team. Our ability to build a market-defining product is solely dependent on the culture we foster.Set up foundational frameworks: You'll join at the genesis of something totally new and come into a fast-paced environment. We value process-driven systems that enable us to work smarter as we scale, and you'll build out design systems that will serve as guide rails for the engineering team.ResponsibilitiesContribute to the development of the Socket web application end-to-endWork with the design team to develop interfaces that abstract away complexities and delivers an elegant and delightful user experienceWrite APIs to deliver data from multiple data sourcesExtract and transform data from 3rd party APIsHelp shape the roadmap and plan sprints that allow us to quickly deliver features and be agile to user feedbackBe a key part of hiring, including interviewing and providing input into team growth decisions.What We Are Looking ForYou've worked on an early stage team in a 0-1 role and would like to get back to building the foundations againExperience with designing and implementing production web applicationsExperience with building and integrating APIs and relational databases like PostgresProficiency with Node.js, JavaScript, React, and TypeScriptNot bound to a particular tech stack and can learn new technologies on-the-goBonus points for experience with any of the following technologies: GraphQL, ElasticSearch, Headless browsers, data pipelines.At Socket, wePursue Excellence: We set ourselves apart by consistently delivering work of exceptional quality and distinction.Move with urgency and focus: We prioritize swift, decisive action.Think rigorously: We care about being right and it often takes reasoning from first principles to get there. We value alternative perspectives and have constructive discussions.Trust and amplify: We overtrust, always assume good intent, and give specific feedback to help each other improve.Feel a strong sense of ownership: We wear many hats and feel a strong sense of overall ownership of the company and we're non-territorial regarding our nominal domains.Are customer obsessed: We relentlessly prioritize the needs of our customers, striving to exceed their expectations and delight them at every interaction.
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read their tweets
to see for yourself!)The company was founded by
Feross Aboukhadijeh , who has worked in open source software for 10+ years writing software that receives more than a billion downloads per month. We have raised
$25M in funding
from the best angel investors, operators, and security leaders in the industry.The RoleBuild product: This role will require you to move fast, prioritize ruthlessly, and be focused on the end user. Your voice will be essential in shaping the product and the roadmap, and your decisions will have immediate and far-reaching impact. You will work in collaboration with the engineering and design teams.Grow the team and culture: As an early member of the team, you will form the defining DNA for the company's culture and our future team. Our ability to build a market-defining product is solely dependent on the culture we foster.Set up foundational frameworks: You'll join at the genesis of something totally new and come into a fast-paced environment. We value process-driven systems that enable us to work smarter as we scale, and you'll build out design systems that will serve as guide rails for the engineering team.ResponsibilitiesContribute to the development of the Socket web application end-to-endWork with the design team to develop interfaces that abstract away complexities and delivers an elegant and delightful user experienceWrite APIs to deliver data from multiple data sourcesExtract and transform data from 3rd party APIsHelp shape the roadmap and plan sprints that allow us to quickly deliver features and be agile to user feedbackBe a key part of hiring, including interviewing and providing input into team growth decisions.What We Are Looking ForYou've worked on an early stage team in a 0-1 role and would like to get back to building the foundations againExperience with designing and implementing production web applicationsExperience with building and integrating APIs and relational databases like PostgresProficiency with Node.js, JavaScript, React, and TypeScriptNot bound to a particular tech stack and can learn new technologies on-the-goBonus points for experience with any of the following technologies: GraphQL, ElasticSearch, Headless browsers, data pipelines.At Socket, wePursue Excellence: We set ourselves apart by consistently delivering work of exceptional quality and distinction.Move with urgency and focus: We prioritize swift, decisive action.Think rigorously: We care about being right and it often takes reasoning from first principles to get there. We value alternative perspectives and have constructive discussions.Trust and amplify: We overtrust, always assume good intent, and give specific feedback to help each other improve.Feel a strong sense of ownership: We wear many hats and feel a strong sense of overall ownership of the company and we're non-territorial regarding our nominal domains.Are customer obsessed: We relentlessly prioritize the needs of our customers, striving to exceed their expectations and delight them at every interaction.
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