Pear VC

Founding Product Engineer

Pear VC

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

JavaScriptKubernetesNext.jsPostgresPythonReactTerraform

About the role

  • Get onboarded, set up your dev environment, and dive into our systems.
  • Ship a small update or bug fix to get familiar with the codebase.
  • Use the product to understand how it works and identify areas for improvement.
  • Ship two major features.
  • Ship product updates daily/weekly with a strong focus on quality.
  • Collaborate closely with the team and our customers to shape the future of the product.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in full-stack development, ideally with startups or fast-moving teams.
  • Strong expertise in Next.js, React, and Tailwind for frontend development.
  • Familiarity in Python for backend/API development.
  • Familiarity with Terraform, Kubernetes (K8s), and Postgres for infrastructure and data management.
  • Experience optimizing web performance and improving frontend UX.
  • A bias for action: You ship fast and iterate based on feedback.
  • Strong product and design sense: You think beyond the code and care about delivering an exceptional user experience.
  • Extreme ownership: You're excited to make a mark and you make sure balls don't get dropped.
Benefits
  • Impact: Your work will directly shape the product and the future of the company.
  • Growth: High ownership, deep collaboration with company and technical leadership.
  • Speed: We move fast, ship often, and value autonomy.
  • Culture: Our team is kind, collaborative, inquisitive, and inclusive – and we want to keep it that way. We have high standards for quality and ethics, and help each other learn in order to reach our objectives. We think technology is best built by teams with a diversity of background, thought, and experience.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
full-stack developmentNext.jsReactTailwindPythonTerraformKubernetesPostgresweb performance optimizationfrontend UX improvement
Soft skills
bias for actionproduct sensedesign senseextreme ownershipcollaborationiteration based on feedback