Junior Software Engineer

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New York, NY0–2 yrs18h agovia LinkedIn

About the Role

  • You'll ship production code from your first week, not toy features, but real systems.
  • You'll have access to mentorship by senior engineers.
  • You will work directly with the co-founders, CTO Huy Huynh & CEO Matthew Levin plus another senior engineer.
  • The role is on-site at 221 Canal St, NYC.

Key Responsibilities

  • Build and ship features end to end with AI agents.
  • Contribute to the full-stack (backend, frontend, infrastructure, deployment).
  • Write production-grade code with tests.
  • Handle edge cases.
  • Own what you ship.
  • Pair with senior engineers and founders, learning by doing.

Requirements & Tech Stack

  • Ruby on Rails 8.1, Hotwire (Turbo + Stimulus), Postgres, and AWS.
  • Experience with Rails is not required.
  • You use AI tools to write code and are intentional about how you work.
  • Effective cross-disciplinary communicator.

Qualifications

  • You've built and shipped something real (e.g., a side project, an open-source tool).
  • Strong CS fundamentals: data structures, systems design, ability to reason about how things work under the hood.
  • Formal CS education is not required but first principles knowledge is.
  • Nice to have: familiarity with any OOP language, open-source contributions, or publicly visible work.

Benefits

  • $80k-110k/yr base + equity.
  • 20 days PTO.
  • Medical, dental, vision.
  • 401k.
  • Paid parental leave.

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