Job Description
General
What We Do Our mission is to empower building materials suppliers with great technology. There are over $1,000,000,000,000 of building materials bought in the US every year, and many of these transactions happen in on-prem point-of-sale systems. We want to bring these transactions online, enabling better experiences for contractors and homeowners alike.
This Role
What You'll Achieve With Us - You'll make significant individual contributions that get used instantly & heavily by our clients who depend on our software to run their businesses.
- You'll leverage your orthogonal expertise to introduce abstractions and systems that improve the team's velocity.
- You'll raise the bar for engineering quality by setting and enforcing standards.
- You'll mentor teammates to help them grow as architects & engineers.
- You'll work closely with product & design teammates and our clients to collectively define what we're building.
Requirements - You collaborate well with engineering teammates and cross-functionally—especially working through natural tension with designers and product managers.
- You give positive & constructive in-the-moment feedback to your teammates and enjoy receiving the same.
- You're excited to work at least a couple days a week in-person at our office in Redwood City.
- You have worked as a software engineer for 3+ years.
- You have written production software with TypeScript & React.
Icing on the cake - You have worked in a fast-paced startup environment.
- You have familiarity with construction or building materials.
Interview process - Intro Call (15 min): Getting to know each other and aligning on expectations for the role with Nick.
- Technical Screen (1 hour): Working through debugging and coding challenges with Andrew.
- System Design Screen (45 min): Designing a system to address an abstract problem with Santi & Brian.
- Onsite @ Redwood City HQ (~5 hours):
- Walk (45 min): Diving into the business with Nick.
- System Design (1 hour): Walking through the design of one of your past systems.
- Lunch (45 min): Breaking bread with the team.
- Product Collaboration (1 hour): Going back & forth on a PRD with Vidhan.
- Culture (30 min): Reflecting on past experiences with George.
- Coding Skills (1 hour): Tackling algorithmic challenges with Boxuan.
Who We Are In alphabetical order:
- Adam (Territory Account Executive): studied Communications at UConn (Go Huskies!) and worked as an AE at a large cloud software company (Box); a frequent at concerts around the greater NYC area in his spare time
- Amanda (Head of Finance & Operations): studied Marketing Management at De La Salle University; worked in recruiting & operations at a few Bay Area startups; loves building teams, scuba diving, & hiking!
- Andrew (CTO): studied computer science & humanities at Stanford; worked as a software engineer and head of engineering at Apple & Anova; danced with the SF ballet (where he met his wife)!
- Gemma (Andrew's Bernedoodle): *fiercely protecting Andrew*
- Andy (Territory Account Executive): studied Business Management at Oklahoma State University (Go Pokes); worked as an AE for large tech like Cisco System and small startups BeckTech and TrackStreet; do you need a 4th?
- Boxuan (Engineering): studied computer science at the Ohio State University; worked as an engineer at Bytedance, jd.com, Shape security and A10networks. I like hiking in spare time.
- Brian (Engineering): studied computer science & applied math at NJIT and UC Davis; worked as an engineer at Google, Snap, and Common Networks; LoL player and Earthquakes fan
- Luna (Brian's chocolate lab): *looking longingly at YB*
- Claire (Head of Client Success): studied History at Dartmouth College; worked in Account Management and Customer Success at Yahoo, Outlier AI, and Persona; loves following women's sports and studying architecture
- Clara (Territory Account Executive): studied Literature at University College London; worked in GTM strategy for a feminine health tech startup in Paris and then came to the bay to work in sales for Verkada; often seen doing a headstand
- Daniel (Territory Account Executive): studied Biology at University of Washington, worked in sales in pharmaceuticals at Eli Lilly and in FinTech at PitchBook; often found playing volleyball
- Emmie (Engineering): studied math & computer science at Stanford; worked as a software engineer at Flexport; loves confetti cake and almond croissants
- Erin (Territory Account Executive): studied Communications and Biology at Union University; worked in SaaS sales at Cisco and Bloomerang; avid traveler to Kenya since 2009
- George (Engineering): studied computer science at Stanford; worked as a software engineer at Facebook; exclusively reacts on Slack with the shaka!
- Jackson (Engineering): studied computer science at Stanford; worked as an engineer at Palo Alto Networks and startup SafeStop. Avid runner and raising my two cats Walter and Jesse.
- Jonathan (Territory Account Executive): studied Linguistics at Cedarville University; worked in SaaS implementation for startup Tekion; has flown over 100k miles in the last year
- Jordan (Engineering): studied computer engineering at the University of Waterloo; interned at Rivian, IBM, and here before joining full-time; played the saxophone professionally
- Kyle (Territory Account Executive): Studied Anthropology and History at UNCW; Has been a seller for companies big and small, mostly in the Software space. Is self-taught in catching snakes barehanded
- Mango (Kyle's corgi): *demanding pets from everyone he meets*
- Lej (Client Success) working directly in the field of software for the last three years helping entrepreneurs and start-ups alike. Aspires to create a smart home environment similar to the one depicted in the 1999 Disney movie "Smart House."
- Matt (Head of Sales): studied history at Northwestern; taught middle school in Chicago (hardest job ever), more recently worked in sales and general management at a fishing tackle company (Catch Co.); former competitive angler in college (bass fishing )
- Nick (CEO): studied math & computer science at Stanford; worked as a trader at Bridgewater & Citadel and as a PM at Google & Enigma; distantly related to the founder of the Hershey company
- YB (Nick's Belgian Malinois): *looking longingly at Luna*
- Noah (Product Designer): studied Art Practice at Stanford; worked as a Product Designer at several startups in consumer social; has too many hobbies including volleyball, pool, painting, gamedev, birdwatching, music, cooking, trivia, and sumo.
- Rae (Sales Development Rep): Studied Business Management at University of Colorado; Worked as an account executive at Sumup; likely the only Colorado native who doesn't ski or snowboard.
- Santiago (Engineering): studied computer engineering at University of Waterloo; worked as SWE intern at The Cooperators, Inflight, BitBakery, Replicant; played lots of soccer, loves rap and r&b
- Tyler (Data and Client Success): studied general education and tech at Cabrillo College; worked as a system administrator for a short time and at a paint store (Kings paint!!!) for eight years, manager for two; likes to play most video games, currently playing Diablo 4.
- Umer (Engineering): studied computer science at National University of Singapore; worked as a SWE intern at Visa and an NLP chatbot startup; has an identical twin!
- Vidhan (Product): studied Biomedical Engineering and Econ at Duke; Worked as a PM at Hinge Health and BuildZoom. Previously at Zenefits. Founder Urova Medical;
- Waffle (Vidhan's Labradoodle): Stealing whatever food can be found
- Zach (Design): studied product design at Stanford; worked in design at a few startups; currently wearing socks with cocktails on them!
What We Stand For ️ The values we hold most dear are learning through feedback and experimentation, enjoying our time together, truly empathizing with clients (we've worked at paint stores & lumber yards!), building a diverse team, and driving to achieve as fast as we can.
How We've Fundraised We've raised $18m across three rounds:
- A $2m pre-seed led by Kent Bennett at Bessemer with participation from Plug & Play, Quiet Capital, and Sequoia.
- A $5m seed led by Caitlin Bolnick Rellas at CRV.
- An $11m series A led again by Bessemer and CRV.
Benefits - Medical, vision, and dental insurance with 100% premiums covered for you, 50% for dependents (~$5-6k/yr)
- Daily lunch (~$4k/yr)
- Learning materials and Coursera courses (~$1k/yr)
- Unlimited audiobooks via our team subscription to Libro ($500/yr)
- Gym membership! (~$1200/yr)
- Unlimited PTO
- Betterment 401k
- Dog-friendly office
- And more! If you have ideas, let us know
Compensation Range: $218K
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