Blackbird Labs

Senior/Staff Fullstack Engineer

New York · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$180k-$240kDetected 160 days ago

TypeScriptReactNext.jsBackend DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentDatadogWebSockets

About the role

We make others better - taking initiative to elevate others, giving and receiving feedback, and championing a culture of growth.
This is a Next.js/TypeScript monorepo powering multiple apps across payments, loyalty, and restaurant operations.
Disclosure in accordance with New York City's Pay Transparency Law.

Own end-to-end development of Flycar - UI, API integration, WebSocket flows, and fallback handling when things go wrong
Build interfaces that work reliably across FSR and QSR environments with inconsistent hardware, spotty networks, and dozens of POS configurations
Drive frontend architecture decisions - you'll shape how we build, not just what we build
Comfort working across the stack: reading API contracts, debugging queries, reasoning about system design
Blackbird is looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer to own Flycar, our restaurant payments terminal used by thousands of restaurants.
You'll build the software servers and managers rely on during every service, where downtime means a dining room that can't close checks.
Own end-to-end development of Flycar

6+ years with React and TypeScript
Experience with real-time data (WebSockets, polling) and graceful degradation on unreliable networks
Track record shipping software where failure has immediate, visible consequences - payments, POS, fintech, or similar
Experience with payments infrastructure, POS systems, or restaurant/hospitality tech
Experience with Datadog, Amplitude, or similar observability/analytics platforms

Depending on your work location and experience the target annual salary for this position can range from: $180,000-$240,000 USD.
This range does not include the equity component of the overall compensation package.
Disclosure in accordance with New York City's Pay Transparency Law.
Blackbird will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.
For US applicants, you may view the Know Your Rights notice here https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf.
Additionally, Blackbird participates in the E-Verify program https://static-assets.coinbase.com/e-verify.pdf.

This range does not include the equity component of the overall compensation package.

Blackbird Labs is a loyalty and payments platform establishing meaningful connections between the world's best restaurants and their customers.
Served up in 2022 by Ben Leventhal, co-founder of Eater and Resy, Blackbird offers a fully customizable loyalty programming platform for restaurants and a consumer app designed to make every guest feel like a bonafide VIP no matter where they dine.
Backed by Union Square Ventures, a16z, Amex Ventures, Variant Fund, and other forward-thinking investors, Blackbird is out to revolutionize the restaurant industry.
At Blackbird, our values guide everything we do and our talent principles define the key traits we seek in our employees.
We have passion for our product - committed to our mission and instinctively think like and go the extra mile for our customers.
We are elite performers - striving for excellence, going above and beyond to achieve exceptional results, and learning quickly with horsepower, drive, and grit.
We hold one another accountable to living out our talent principles as we march together to achieving our mission.

Blackbird Labs is committed to diversity in its workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Equal Opportunity Employer.

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