Staff Software Engineer, Flow Builder

Trusted by more than 18,000 Shopify and Shopify Plus stores—like Brooklinen, Ruggable, True Classic and Dr. Squatch—Postscript gives ecommerce brands the tools they need to run a world-class SMS marketing program. 

We’re on a mission to make SMS the number-one revenue channel for ecommerce merchants by delivering an easy-to-use platform where they can grow their subscriber list, develop and test their messaging strategy, deliver excellent customer service, and drive sales and loyalty—all in one place. We believe SMS is the most important marketing and sales channel of the decade, and that vision drives everything we do.

Postscript was founded in 2018 as a 100% remote organization. With more than 250 employees (and counting!), we’re backed by Greylock, Y Combinator, and other top investors.

Postscript Description

Postscript is redefining marketing for ecommerce companies. By introducing SMS as an entirely new channel for ecommerce stores to engage, retain, and convert their customer base, brands are seeing huge ROI with Postscript. Backed by Greylock, Y Combinator and other top investors, Postscript is growing fast and looking for remarkable people to help build a world class organization. 

Job Description

The Flow Builder team is responsible for designing, developing, and supporting Postscript’s message orchestration platform. We are constantly improving on the current platform and adding new features that empower merchants to run their entire SMS business through Postscript. The Flow Builder product is experiencing fast growth and adoption leading to a number of new and exciting challenges to solve. Currently we are in the process of migrating some of our python codebase into Go microservices to elevate our platform to the next level.  We are looking for a motivated software engineer with an interest in building scalable and extensible products to join our growing team. 

This is a fully remote position.

Primary Duties

Our future Staff Software Engineer will design and implement  microservices in Go, utilizing SQL and NoSQL datastores within an AWS environment. They will also mentor more junior engineers on the design patterns and architecture of the new platform and contribute code in the product lane where necessary. Experience with modern SDLC including Agile methodologies is helpful, as well as a penchant for building systems that scale and are flexible enough to accommodate an ever-evolving business strategy.

What We’ll Love About You

• Minimum 8+ years professional software development experience, at least 5+ years of which is in Go
• Experience leading projects and delivering end to end on a backend solution successfully
• AWS experience a plus
• Experience with NoSQL databases a plus
• Experience with Python, React (Typescript) a plus
• Experience working in fast-paced development environments
• Experience working in low latency, high throughput applications
• Good communication skills and a team player
• Willingness to learn new technologies and a flexible mindset

What You’ll Love About Us

• Salary range of USD $205,000-$234,000 base plus significant equity (we do not have geo based salaries)
• High growth startup - plenty of room for you to directly impact the company and grow your career!
• Work from home (or wherever)
• Fun - We’re passionate and enjoy what we do
• Competitive compensation and opportunity for equity
• Flexible paid time off
• Health, dental, vision insurance

What to expect from our hiring process :

• Intro Call: You’ll hop on a quick call with the Recruiter so we can get to know you better — and you can learn a little more about the role and Postscript. 
• Homework Assignment: We will send over an exercise that challenges you to solve a problem & come up with a creative solution, or outline how you've solved a problem in the past. Get a feel for what you’ll be doing on a daily basis!
• Day 1 Interviews:
  • You’ll be meeting with 2-3 team members on a series of video calls. This is your chance to ask questions and see who this role interacts with on a daily basis.
• Day 2 Interviews:
  • Hiring Manager Screen:  You’ll hop on a quick call with the Hiring Manager so your future Manager can get to know you better. This is a great time to learn more about the team & position.
  • Final FEACH Interview:  This is our interview to assess your ability to represent how you work via our FEACH values. As we build the #1 team in Ecommerce, we look for individuals who embody FEACH professionally and personally. We want to hear about this in your final interview!
• Reference Checks: We ask to speak with at least two references who have previously worked with you, at least one should be someone who has previously managed your work.
• Offer:  We send over an offer and you (hopefully) accept! Welcome to Postscript!

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• Intro Call: You’ll hop on a quick call with the Recruiter so we can get to know you better — and you can learn a little more about the role and Postscript.
• Homework Assignment: We will send over an exercise that challenges you to solve a problem & come up with a creative solution, or outline how you've solved a problem in the past. Get a feel for what you’ll be doing on a daily basis!
• Day 1 Interviews:
  • You’ll be meeting with 2-3 team members on a series of video calls. This is your chance to ask questions and see who this role interacts with on a daily basis.
• Day 2 Interviews:
  • Hiring Manager Screen:  You’ll hop on a quick call with the Hiring Manager so your future Manager can get to know you better. This is a great time to learn more about the team & position.
  • Final FEACH Interview:  This is our interview to assess your ability to represent how you work via our FEACH values. As we build the #1 team in Ecommerce, we look for individuals who embody FEACH professionally and personally. We want to hear about this in your final interview!
• Reference Checks: We ask to speak with at least two references who have previously worked with you, at least one should be someone who has previously managed your work.
• Offer:  We send over an offer and you (hopefully) accept! Welcome to Postscript!