Senior Software Engineer

Beacons AI; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 185,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity grant

4 weeks off plus federal holidays

Platinum level medical, vision, and dental insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Gym and professional development stipends

Home office setup reimbursement

Job summary

Beacons AI is seeking a Senior Fullstack Engineer to lead significant parts of product development from ideation to implementation. The role focuses on a balanced front-end (React) and back-end (Python) development while working in a hybrid model from San Francisco or New York offices.

The ideal candidate will have strong Javascript and Python skills, a customer-centric mindset, and thrive in a fast-paced startup environment. This position offers a competitive salary, benefits including premium medical insurance, and 4 weeks off annually.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Javascript for the React app.
• Strong with Python for the backend.
• Familiar with SQL and Postgres.

Responsibilities

• Lead frontend development with delightful UI/UX.
• Build products that scale to billions of page views.

Skills

Proficient in Javascript

Strong with Python

Familiarity with SQL and Postgres

Experience with design software like Figma

Customer-centric mindset

Experience in small, fast-paced startups

Tools

React

Firebase

Flask

Job description

What We Do

Beacons is the easiest way to build a website that your fans will love! We help creators centralize their online brand presences, connect with their audiences and partners in a streamlined way, and better understand how to build and improve their businesses. We’re excited to tackle the rapidly growing, $200 billion creator economy. There’s a huge opportunity to help creators build the businesses of tomorrow, and we’re positioned to build the defining solution.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Sr. Fullstack Engineer who will work in React to build out our web app. As one of our senior engineers, you’ll play a key role in building out our engineering function and scaling our product to billions of page views per day. You’ll work closely with our CTO and our other co‑founders with tons of autonomy and room for growth.

Tldr

• We’re looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer to lead and own large parts of the product, from ideation to implementation
• Balanced front‑end (React) and back‑end (Python)
• SF and NY offices are hybrid, 3 days in office!

About You

• You are proficient in Javascript to power our frontend React app. Familiarity with Firebase is a plus
• You are strong with Python to power our backend. Familiarity with Flask is a plus
• Possess a customer‑centric mindset and have strong empathy for creators
• Have familiarity with SQL and Postgres
• Enjoy and have experience working at small, fast‑paced startups
• Thrive in ambiguity and enjoy scoping solutions with your teammates
• Have some experience with design software like Figma
• Play for the front of the jersey, love to learn and bias toward action!

What You’d Be Working On

• Building products that get millions of page views a day and scaling it to billions per day; leading frontend development with delightful UI/UX
• Creating systems and seeing how all the moving pieces interact

What We Can Offer

• Competitive salary and equity grant. We have a standard four‑year vesting schedule with one year cliff
• We give 4 weeks off total and we want you to use them! This is on top of federal holidays
• Platinum level medical, vision, and dental insurance with 99% employer‑paid premiums for employees and coverage for eligible dependents
• 401(k) retirement savings and investing plan
• Gym and professional development stipends
• Computer, monitor, and home office setup reimbursement. We will get you what you need to do your best work! The salary range is 185k-205k base for this role

If you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying. No matter what you come in knowing, you'll be learning new things all the time and we'll be here to help! Our team still has a lot to learn and if you join us, we would love for you to learn and grow with us!