Full-Stack Engineer @ CueBox, Performing Arts Software Startup

CueBox; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary range of $145-185k

Equity package

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k plan

Job summary

CueBox, a performing arts software startup in New York, is seeking a Full-Stack Engineer to enhance its backend systems and lead new product development. You will work closely with the Head of Engineering in a hybrid environment, building products that serve cultural organizations.

The role requires 4+ years of experience in software engineering, particularly in complex domains, and entails collaboration on various upcoming projects aimed at improving user experiences and expanding product capabilities.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, especially at a startup.
• Proven track record of building data-intensive applications using strongly typed languages.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of problem areas.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and scale backend systems as the company grows.
• Pioneer new features and influence technical direction.
• Contribute to engineering culture through design discussions and code review.

Skills

Software engineering experience

API design

Database schema/query design

TypeScript/React integration

Strong product sense

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Golang

Postgres

React

Next.js

Chakra UI

Job description

Full-Stack Engineer @ CueBox, Performing Arts Software Startup

New York, NY

About CueBox

CueBox is an early-stage startup building all-in-one software for performing arts and cultural organizations. These organizations inspire, connect and delight us; yet, they’ve been underserved by technology providers. Our product saves them time and grows their revenue by streamlining fundraising, ticketing, marketing, education and more, which is why we have such a fast-growing and happy customer base!

We are quickly expanding into more segments across the country, and we’re looking for a talented and driven engineer to help our small team.

Location

CueBox is headquartered in New York City, and we are a hybrid workplace. Our team is in the office 3 days a week, Tuesday–Thursday.

About You

We are looking for backend-leaning full-stack engineers who love building delightful and performant products, are excited to work hard at a mission-oriented startup, and want to collaborate with us in shaping the culture of a growing team!

Requirements

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, including prior experience at an early or mid stage startup.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Proven track record of building performant, data-intensive applications using a strongly typed backend language in a complex domain.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong product sense and high customer empathy; genuine desire to build the best possible product for our users.
• Excels at thoughtful API design and database schema/query design.
• Experience with integrating Backend APIs with a TypeScript/React frontend.
• Ability to work independently and successfully own large or ambiguous problem areas.
• Effective verbal and written communication for both technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Experience with online payments, consumer facing flows, or reporting/analytics for large datasets.
• (Nice-to-Have) Experience building AI-enabled features in SaaS products.

About the Role

This role reports directly to the Head of Engineering. You will:

• Build, maintain and scale our backend systems as we grow.
• Pioneer new features and product areas.
• Meaningfully influence technical direction as the product evolves.
• Contribute to a culture of engineering excellence through technical design discussion, code review, and documentation.
• Work in our current tech stack: Golang/Protobuf/Postgres backend; React/Next.js/Chakra UI frontend; Python data pipelines; hosted on GCP.

Current and Upcoming Projects include:

• Building brand new products such as educational/youth-programming modules and data-driven pricing.
• Improving performance, user experience and accessibility of consumer-facing checkout flows.
• Scaling up and rearchitecting our backend systems to handle more user traffic and heavier analytics workloads.
• Building features to facilitate bulk adding and updating records.
• Continuing to enhance our payments processing functionality, including split payments, Pay Later, and Fraud Prevention.

Summary of Benefits

• Base salary ~$145–185k
• Competitive equity package
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Complimentary one-medical membership
• 401k

Note: We do not offer visa sponsorship at this time.