What You'll Do

• Contribute to the development of the Socket web application end-to-end
• Work with the design team to develop interfaces that abstract away complexities and delivers an elegant and delightful user experience
• Write APIs to deliver data from multiple data sources
• Extract and transform data from 3rd party APIs
• Help shape the roadmap and plan sprints that allow us to quickly deliver features and be agile to user feedback
• Be a key part of hiring, including interviewing and providing input into team growth decisions

What You'll Bring

• You've worked on an early stage team in a 0-1 role and would like to get back to building the foundations again
• Experience with designing and implementing production web applications
• Experience with building and integrating APIs and relational databases like Postgres
• Proficiency with Node.js, JavaScript, React, and TypeScript
• Not bound to a particular tech stack and can learn new technologies on-the-go
• Bonus points for experience with any of the following technologies GraphQL, ElasticSearch, Headless browsers, data pipelines

Our Interview Process

• Informational with a member from our Talent Team

• Hiring Manager Interview

• Take-home problem

• Internal review of take-home

• Live review of take-home: system level design and code (you + two of our tech leads)

• Debrief

• Final Interview with Feross

• References

• Decision/Offer

We know how important clarity is when looking for a new role, so we've put together a read-me about the Interview Process at Socket.

Benefits: Our benefits are crafted to support you and your family, so you can take care of what matters most and thrive in and outside of work. We offer:

• Market competitive salary bands
• Meaningful equity program
• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family
• Flexible time-off, holidays, and winter shutdown to rest & recharge
• Paid parental leave
• Remote-first, with quarterly team off-sites

At Socket, we

• Pursue Excellence: We set ourselves apart by consistently delivering work of exceptional quality and distinction.
• Move with urgency and focus: We prioritize swift, decisive action.
• Think rigorously: We care about being right and it often takes reasoning from first principles to get there. We value alternative perspectives and have constructive discussions.
• Trust and amplify: We overtrust, always assume good intent, and give specific feedback to help each other improve.
• Feel a strong sense of ownership: We wear many hats and feel a strong sense of overall ownership of the company and we're non-territorial regarding our nominal domains.
• Are customer obsessed: We relentlessly prioritize the needs of our customers, striving to exceed their expectations and delight them at every interaction.