What are the responsibilities and job description for the FullStack Software Engineer position at AidKit, Inc.?
Hi! I’m Justin, AidKit’s Engineering Manager. We are looking for a software engineer to join our team who is passionate about building high-leverage solutions to drive impact at scale. At AidKit, we are driven by our company values - being accountable to the people we serve.
AidKit is a social impact startup born from the pandemic that aims to 100x the leverage of organizations helping people in need. Today, we run the largest guaranteed income programs in the country. Looking forward, we aim to be the platform for delivering assistance to anyone, anywhere, efficiently, at scale, and with dignity.
We believe that the best technology shouldn’t be limited to big tech and, to that end, we’re committed to responsibly adapting the latest advances in abstraction and machine learning to enhance the leverage of those around us.
We got our start as volunteers delivering relief to undocumented workers left behind amidst the early days of COVID and have since grown into a fully bootstrapped platform that has disbursed over $170 million directly into hard to reach communities.
We are a team of 24 and we’re profitable — we’ve raised $0 from investors so that we can chase building the future we want to exist rather than chase a return for outside investors.
About the Role
As a salaried software engineer, your role will consist of building our no / low-code platform that allows organizations doing good to build a bespoke experience without bespoke software.
Our stack looks roughly as follows :
- Typescript, React & Tailwind on the front-end
- Typescript, Postgres and DynamoDB on the backend (with some Python we’re slowly deprecating).
- Pulumi for Infrastructure as Code deployments on AWS.
Your responsibilities would include :
About You
Experience in building full-stack web applications (Typescript preferred, but not a requirement)
Willing to jump in and do right by those we serve, whatever it takes.
Eager to tackle complex problems and comfortable working with ambiguity.
Not required but bonus points if have done any of the following :
Experience managing large scale web infrastructure serving hundreds of thousands of users (or more!). Why? We run the largest guaranteed income pilots in the country, scaling from 1 to 1000 requests per second over the course of minutes.
You care deeply about the mission of direct aid and supporting anyone who needs help, no matter where they come from.
About the Hiring Manager
As in any job, your happiness and fulfillment will be a function of your manager. Isn’t it wild that in most jobs you have no idea who you’d actually work for?
The hiring manager for this role is Justin Cajayon. Quick bio for him : before joining AidKit, he led multiple teams at a fintech startup and oversaw key initiatives for their series B funding round. Previously, he joined a full-stack consulting shop as the 3rd full-time employee and led their expansion to 10 employees. Today, he is very grateful to have the opportunity to serve the social sector and find ways for technology to drive positive impact at scale.
Interview Process
Interview Screen
30 Minutes
You will speak with Justin and discuss your background, what’s important to you in your next role and any questions you might have about the role.
Code Interview
60 Minutes
We’ll send you a small full-stack Typescript app to check out locally and get familiar with (if you haven’t done full-stack work recently). We’ll then jump on a zoom call and incrementally add features until we exhaust 60 minutes. You’re welcome to use Google / StackOverflow / ChatGPT as you would normally while working.
Deep Dive
60 Minutes
You’ll pick a project that you’ve had some-level of responsibility for in the past and walk us through the “story” behind that project. What motivated it? What were the major engineering decisions and how were they decided? What was the resulting architecture? What would you do the same or differently, knowing what you know now? We recommend either preparing or being ready to draw an architecture diagram on the call.
Reference Check
As part of our hiring policies we ask you to provide a reference who we can contact who can speak towards your work. Ideally, this is a past manager who we can speak to to understand how to best set you up for success at AidKit.
Compensation and Location
For this full-time position, you can work from anywhere in the United States. We currently have team members in Colorado, Connecticut, California, Washington State, Washington DC and New York. The salary for this role is $140,000. We also provide equity which varies by position and experience and a comprehensive benefits package including 401K matching, health benefits, flexible schedule, and unlimited paid time off.
Salary : $140,000
