In order to maximize the velocity of our engineering team, we are hiring in NYC and the tri-state area only. Our office is located in the heart of Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood, benefiting from its vibrant creative energy.
The Foundations team at Coast is responsible for the essential services that allow our customers to transact with confidence. Whether it is ensuring we are processing payments, the authorization engine that we use to decide whether to approve transactions, or the SMS flows that drivers rely on to provide essential information about how and why they are spending, the Foundations team keeps the engine running that allows the rest of engineering to provide a delightful experience to our customers. Whoever we hire for this job will get visibility not just across engineering, but the full business, including our risk and underwriting team as well as finance, product, and design. This is a high-agency role that suits engineers who are looking for a large amount of autonomy and responsibility. Anyone who joins the team needs to be able to work in a cross-functional team, meet the velocity needs of a growing organization, and own the outcome across the whole technology stack. We iterate quickly, prioritize learning from our clients, build quality in, and remain ruthlessly pragmatic.
The Full-Stack Engineer will:- build product features end-to-end, from web UI to distributed services back end;
- work to evaluate and integrate critical third-party software and infrastructure including the payments stack;
- challenge the team to automate, improve process, simplify, raise the bar for quality;
- help shape the engineering culture of the company;
- have a voice in early technology and implementation choices.
The Full-Stack Engineer must:- have 4-10+ years experience working with first-class engineering teams with a proven track record of frequent delivery of quality software to production;
- be experienced working on business-critical services;
- Have owned the full lifecycle of solutions from ideation, to delivery, to iteration;
- have substantial experience with server-side programming, variety of databases (Postgres, DynamoDB), messaging, REST and APIs in general, distributed systems;
- have experience with modern web development, in TypeScript;
- have extensive experience working in cross-functional agile teams in collaboration with product and design;
- have hands-on knowledge developing applications in the cloud (preferably AWS);
- have a proven history of delivering complex, highly available and scalable distributed systems;
- be pragmatic and get stuff done;
- be passionate about building amazing products for customers;
- be able to work independently with little oversight or management in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with high-energy and mission-driven colleagues.
CompensationOur salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of our total compensation package that also includes benefits, signing bonus, and equity. Pay decisions are based on a number of factors, including scope and qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to other Coast employees. We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at Coast to fall healthily within the range based on these factors.
- Salary range: $160,000 - $215,000 annually
- Interview process will determine Engineer vs Senior Engineer leveling
- Signing bonus
- Equity grant: commensurate with level determined at the discretion of the company, with meaningful potential upside given the company's early stage
- Benefits overview:
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Flexible paid time off (vacation, personal well being, paid holidays)
- Tools to help manage your financial wellness, including webinars, access to an equity tax advisory service, and company-sponsored 401(k)
- Paid parental leave
- $400 accessories allowance (a keyboard, mouse, headphones, etc.)
- Education stipend
- Free lunch every Friday
