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Software Engineer (Frontend leaning)

United StatesRemoteFull TimeEntry-level (exp-based)Posted 2 months agoHidden Gem · YC Startup

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Role summary

Velt is seeking a passionate Frontend Engineer to build 0-1 products on their platform, which is trusted by industry leaders. The role requires at least 3 years of overall SWE experience and 1 year of experience in specific areas like real-time web apps, scalable component libraries, design systems, creative/drawing/editing web apps, or audio/video tools. The ideal candidate thrives in independent, ambiguous startup environments, prioritizes delivery, and has a deep understanding of modern web languages, APIs, and frameworks. This is a fast-paced, demanding role with significant impact, offering equity and the opportunity to shape the company's future.

[Velt’s platform](https://velt.dev/) is trusted by industry leaders including Pendo, Runway, Classwallet and is shaping the way users collaborate and work together online.

We are looking for a passionate Frontend Engineer to build 0-1 products. Your work will power critical experiences on world-class products and brands.

## **What you need to succeed:**

* Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
* Overall SWE experience of atleast 3 years
* Deep understanding of modern web languages, API & frameworks
* Relevant experience of atleast 1 year building one of these:
* Real-time web apps
* scalable component libraries, design systems and tools using JavaScript or TypeScript
* Web apps that enables experiences like creating, drawing or editing
* Audio/Video tools

## **What you will do**

Build beautiful experiences & features for Superflow and Velt that scales to millions of users.

## **We are looking for the following four fits:**

### **1. Startup stage fit:**

* You have experience working independently with abstract problem statements.
* You have experience thriving in unstructured and ambiguous environment.
* You get excited about just delivering - whether it’s a juicy challenging problem or a dry boring problem.
* You have the ambition to be the best in your craft.

### **2. Problem fit:**

* You are excited about the problem we are working on and have an opinion about the problem/solution.

### **3. Experience fit:**

* You have overall SWE experience of atleast 3 years.
* You have worked at atleast one company for >2 years.
* You have deep understanding of modern web languages, API & frameworks.
* You have prior relevant experience of atleast 1 year building one of these:
* Real-time web apps.
* scalable component libraries, design systems and tools using JavaScript or TypeScript.
* Web apps that enables experiences like creating, drawing or editing.

### **4. Culture fit:**

* You prioritize speed over perfection.
* You can explain difficult concepts to a 5 yr old.
* You are kind and can find common ground in difficult scenarios.
* You are hungry to learn and grow extremely fast.

## **Why you should join us**

We are looking for someone who can hustle and is excited to go all in. This is not a 9-5 job. It's fast paced and demanding. We are working on very high impact products. This requires high velocity, low ego & lots of hunger. At Velt:

1. You will be one of the **first 10 employees** & shape our engineering practices, products, company culture & business.
2. You will **get equity** and participate in success of the company.
3. You will **work with an outstanding team**.
4. You will **learn and grow at an accelerated pace**.
5. You will **create your best work & shape the future of every shared experience** on the web.
6. Your **code will get shipped to end users as soon as daily.**
7. **Your work will matter.** You will have a direct large impact on the company and our customers.

## **Submit the following when you apply:**

* Why are you looking for a change right now?
* What excites you about the problem space and what is your point of view on that?
* Why are you the right fit?
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