Full-Stack Engineer

Dragon Mandarin; Mission (KS); Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a full-stack engineer to help build a web-based graded reading tool. This role offers the chance to work fully remote with flexible hours and the freedom to choose your tools and tech stack. As an early hire, you'll have a direct impact on product direction and user experience from day one. You'll design features, integrate AI functionalities, and contribute to a growing startup environment. If you are self-motivated and adaptable, this opportunity allows you to shape the future of language learning with cutting-edge technology.

Benefits

Fully remote work

Flexible hours

Freedom to choose tools

Opportunity to use AI

Learning about startup growth

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in full-stack development.
• Fluency in both English and Chinese is required.

Responsibilities

• Designing new features with a strong focus on UI/UX.
• Integrating AI features into the product.

Skills

Full-stack development

UI/UX design

Self-motivation

Fluency in English

Fluency in Chinese

Tools

Django

React

Tailwind

Docker

Git

Recent LLM APIs

Job description

Location: Remote in Taiwan
(Must be available for occasional face-to-face meetings in Taipei)

Hours: Full-time, hours flexible

Experience: 3+ years of professional full-stack experience

Compensation: NTD 90k-140k/month depending on experience

Benefits: NHI, labor insurance, pension, annual bonus, and paid leave

Mission

Dragon Mandarin is using AI to make Chinese language learning more intuitive and effective. Our mission is to provide unlimited learning material tailored precisely to our users' interests and level.

About this role

We are hiring a full-stack engineer to help build our MVP (a web-based graded reading tool). As our third hire, you will have a unique opportunity to shape the direction of the product and have a direct impact from day one. You will be working directly with me (Andrew, the founder) as well as our growing team.

What you'll get

• Fully remote work - set your own hours
• A lot of freedom to choose your tools and tech stack
• Opportunity to ship directly to real users
• A chance to use AI in a production setting
• Learn how to grow an early-stage startup

What you'll be doing

• Designing new features with a strong focus on UI/UX
• Integrating AI features into our product
• Other work according to your skills (DevOps, mobile dev, etc)

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Who we're looking for

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in fullstack development
• You should be a self-motivated, fast worker (you'll be working independently and have a lot of freedom).

Experience in the following is beneficial, but not essential if you learn fast:

• Django
• React, Tailwind
• Recent LLM APIs
• Docker, git

Note that in general we are looking for someone adaptable who is not tied to any particular technology.

• You must be reasonably fluent in both English and Chinese.

If you have any questions about the role or your suitability, please email [e-mail].