Sr. Software Engineer (Remote - USA/Canada)

About Us

At Shortcut, we’re dedicated to helping teams focus on building their products instead of managing the work around it. We create tools to empower teams to move faster, collaborate effortlessly, and deliver meaningful progress. The result? Happier, more productive teams building incredible products.

Shortcut was founded to make project management simple and enjoyable. Based in New York with a fully remote team, we’re trusted by thousands of fast-growing software companies, including Dataiku, Vanta, and Chronosphere, to plan and build their products.

The Role

Currently, we are growing our engineering team and looking for someone with deep expertise in backend engineering with a foundational understanding across the stack. You’ll play a critical role in shaping our infrastructure and application experience for our technical audience. So if you’re passionate about building and collaborating with a smart, thoughtful, and impact-oriented team, we’d love to have you.

What You’ll do

• Own and deliver some of our most important initiatives
• Design and build reliable and maintainable features that our customers rely on
• Contribute to scalable and stable internal and external APIs and platforms
• Troubleshoot bottlenecks and improve application performance
• Coach peers, conduct code reviews, and share best practices
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and engineers across the stack
• Present demos and own status updates on your projects
• Write documents for technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Advocate for work that will have the greatest impact

The Successful Candidate

• Has 5 years of professional experience, ideally building SaaS application back ends (or full stack with a backend focus), working on an application with thousands of (or more) end users
• Is experienced in leading technical and architectural decisions
• Has experience writing Clojure, Datomic, Postgres, and AWS
• Is experienced working with the JVM stack, a LISP-based programming language, and/or Functional Programming patterns
• Has experience consistently with focusing on high-priority work and both keeping your team in the loop and asking good questions that help others improve
• Has experience collaborating effectively across product, design, and other engineering teams
• Has a track record of sharing ideas, being challenged, and working collaboratively and experimentally to reach shared company goals
• Is experienced and has eagerness to mentor others and improve our organization as a whole
• Has a practice of staying up-to-date with emerging technologies and trends

 Extra Credit if You

• Have experience working in a distributed team
• Have expertise building APIs
• Have experience with Datomic or related database technologies like DataScript, Datalevin, Datahike, XTDB, etc.
• Have experience with Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning applications including Large Language Models and Agents

What We Offer

• Compensation: A competitive salary in addition to meaningful equity in the company - you should be able to take ownership of what you’re helping to build. 
  
  
• Competitive Benefits: Health, Dental, and Vision insurance, FSA, OneMedical, Teladoc, Health Advocate, 401(k), commuter benefits.
  
  
• Work-life balance: A flexible open vacation policy, in addition to 10 company holidays, 10 sick days, 5 community (volunteer) PTO, a generous Parental leave policy. We also observe 40 hour work weeks without the expectation of after-hours or weekend work.
  
  
• Learning and development: A $2,000 annual stipend to use toward conferences, educational courses, books, membership fees, and more
  

• Work-From-Home: We are a fully remote company, and we provide all the equipment you need to work from home in addition to an annual WFH stipend. Starting with a $750 WFH stipend. 

Even if you don't meet all of the requirements listed, we still encourage you to apply. Job requirements are a wishlist, not a checklist, and we're happy to help the right candidate grow into this role - if you're excited about Shortcut, we're excited about you! The team offers strong mentorship in a collaborative and supportive environment. We also offer a generous educational stipend to help you continue to develop your skills.

Sounds like an exciting opportunity to you? We can’t wait to speak with you! 

NOTE: The salary range shown applies to anyone hired within the United States. It will be adjusted according to our compensation guidelines for anyone outside the United States.

At Shortcut, we embrace the different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences our team members bring to the table.  As a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome all applicants and teammates regardless of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or other characteristics protected by applicable law. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at recruiting@shortcut.com.

Salary : $165,000 - $175,000