Short Story
Senior Software Engineer, Back-End (San Francisco)
San Francisco · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 62 days ago
PythonDistributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentData StructuresAlgorithmsCode ReviewSQLPostgreSQLDockerCI/CDLogisticsCommunication
About the role
- We value engineers who take ownership, move quickly, and are comfortable figuring things out as they go.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain backend services that power core business workflows
- Own projects end-to-end, from early design through production and iteration
- Design APIs and data models that are clear, stable, and easy to work with
- You'll get to work at an early stage start-up, to build the culture, and to have an outsized impact on our company
Requirements
- 5+ years of software development experience, 2+ Years of Python experience
- 5+ years of experience with data structures and algorithms
Nice to have
- Test-driven development (TDD) experience
- Proven track record running large-scale distributed systems
- Worked in sprint-based environments
Skills
- A Python web framework
- Testing frameworks
- Containerized workloads (Docker)
- Relational database (Postgres preferred) and SQL
- Focus on communication and documentation
- Experience designing stable, scalable, and well-documented APIs
Compensation
- Compensation & Benefits:
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Comprehensive health, vision, and dental care
- We are a successful, fast-growing startup solving problems that have not been solved before and reinventing fashion for an underserved segment
Company info
- ✨ Transform Lives. We're customer-first. Everything we create exists to give her confidence.
- ⚡️ Demand Excellence. We deliver only our best work, in Fit and Finish. We obsess about details others overlook.
- 💪 Embrace Challenges. We see obstacles as opportunities to invent better solutions.
- 💡 Think Differently. We get a thrill from finding better solutions others haven't seen.
- Short Story is an award winning, technology powered retailer dedicated to petite women 5'4" and under.
- Our mission is to create a seamless shopping experience for millions of petite women so they can dress with effortless confidence.
- As a fast-growing startup, we're revolutionizing retail with a data driven learning system that leverages customer feedback to create tailored products.
- We've been recognized by top publications like Forbes, Fortune and are backed by leading investors who share our vision of building the world's next great consumer brand.
- We're building a company with intention and purpose.
- Our culture thrives on data insights, exceptional commitment to fit, and the urgency to move quickly on what matters.
- Senior Software Engineer, Backend
- What happens when your business model breaks the assumptions most e-commerce platforms were built on?
- You build your own.
- At Short Story, we're rethinking how online shopping works: from inventory and logistics to personalization and fit, because the standard playbook doesn't work for our customers.
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