🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll shape technology, product experience, and engineering culture as one of the earliest engineers at Short Story. You will design and scale full-stack applications and drive technical direction to power growth. This high-impact role lets you tackle end-to-end challenges across customer and internal platforms.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Design, build, and scale full-stack applications with Next.js and PostgreSQL.
• Drive technical direction and establish engineering standards.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Mentor engineers and raise the technical bar.

📋 Requirements

• 5+ years professional front-end development experience.
• Fluent in TypeScript and CSS with extensive Next.js and React experience.
• Hands-on with React Query, Tailwind CSS, and front-end tooling.
• Proven ability to translate Figma designs into accessible interfaces.

✨ Nice to Have

• Experience in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Leading or building a front-end engineering team.
• Contributions to open-source or strong portfolio.

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• 🏥 Comprehensive health, vision, and dental care
• 💰 401k with company match
• 🏖️ Generous paid time off
• 🚀 Y-Combinator backed startup with experienced founding team
• 🎉 Company-wide and team events