Substack

Software Engineer, Video

Substack

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Salary

💰 $175,000 - $215,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

FFmpegJavaScriptNode.jsPostgresPythonReactTypeScript

About the role

  • Develop the core Substack product for readers and writers across APIs, low-level services, databases, frontend UI, and testing.
  • Work on live streaming, video recording, uploading, clipping, and all video product experiences.
  • Support and collaborate with engineers, designers, writers, support staff, and others.
  • Own work from product concept through implementation, experimentation, and measurement.
  • Work directly with customers to solve their problems and participate in customer support.
  • Use TypeScript, Node/Express, React, and Postgres; learn or apply these technologies.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of non-internship professional full stack web software development using Node.js.
  • Have a degree in Computer Science or have the equivalent industry experience.
  • Independent and autonomous; ability to own work and be a leader.
  • Proficiency with video processing frameworks and libraries such as FFmpeg.
  • Proficiency with Python.
  • Experience with workflow systems such as Temporal is an advantage.
  • Take pride in building elegant and delightful product experiences.
  • Enjoy collaboration with a diverse group of thinkers while bringing our own unique experience and background to the team.
  • Believe in Substack’s mission to build a better business model for writing.