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Software Engineer (Backend 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 Fullstack Engineer to build 0-1 products, powering critical experiences for industry leaders. The role requires strong engineering fundamentals, autonomy, and at least 3 years of overall SWE experience, with 1+ year in areas like microservice architecture, usage analytics, APIs, integrations, webhooks, or AI systems. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment, prioritizing delivery and learning. This is a demanding, high-impact role with significant opportunities for growth and contribution to the company's trajectory.

[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 Fullstack 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
* Strong engineering fundamentals
* Thrive with autonomy, own the details and project manage your own work
* Overall SWE experience of atleast 3 years

## **What you will do**

* Own projects like microservice architecture, usage analytics, APIs, integrations, webhooks, AI systems etc.

## **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 prior relevant experience of atleast 1 year building one of these:
* microservice architecture, usage analytics, APIs, integrations, webhooks, AI systems etc.

### **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 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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