UPDATE: We've just filled this role, but Storytell is growing fast and we expect to be re-opening it as we grow. Please apply if you're interested and we'll reach out to you once we're in an active hiring mode again.
Which OKR(s) is this role tied to:
We drive alignment and focus via our Vision, Mission, Strategy and OKRs. Learn more.
Create a top-notch product that users love.
About the role:
Our Full Stack Software Engineer will work on building our software system and improving it to deliver a better user experience. As a small team, we’re all generalists who work together and jump in wherever needed. The candidate should be extremely capable, willing to get their hands dirty, excited about joining an early-stage company, and thrives off of the pressures and challenges of working in an unstructured environment.
This role reports into: Jing Conan Wang, our CTO
Job responsibilities:
This is the scope of work the job entails — although we are all Crew, so we help each other succeed outside of these core responsibilities
Design and implement exciting new features
We trust you to work largely independently, so you can own every part of a service from top to bottom
Improve the performance of existing features
Iterate quickly on our existing code base
Obsessively taking user feedback into account
Make improvements as you see them, taking initiative to improve the product in a rapidly changing environment
Work closely with the founding team to make key decisions around the direction of the product based on real data and user feedback
Talk to users!
Requirements for this role:
These are the minimum requirements we are looking for in this role
3+ years of experience in full-stack development
Familiarity with JavaScript/Typescript and React
Familiarity with the Python backend (our backend codebase is largely built in Python)
Knowledge of how to build great user experiences across platforms
Be passionate and open-minded about productivity tools and information discovery
The ideal candidate also has:
The ideal candidate will also have these skills in addition to the minimums above
6+ years of experience in full-stack development
Has experience working with Chrome Extensions
Has experience mentoring other full-stack engineers or building a team
What does "Great" look like for this role?
This is how you'll know you're performing this job at a level of excellence
Lives our Shared Values
Be able to deliver and execute with minimal guidance
Operate with a growth mindset
Ability to balance speed with long-term thinking
Proactively thinking about system improvement and unblocking fellow team members
Has adaptability & change agility — this is an ever-changing role with many surprises in store!
Life at Storytell
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We are here to Distill Signal from Noise and we'd love to have you join our Crew.
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Storytell is an early-stage venture-backed startup with some incredible investors including Eric Ries and Brian McClendon. We are looking for incredible people who share our values, including:
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Everyone is Crew: We are here to build an impactful company together while supporting each other in our personal and professional journeys.
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The Power of Now: “There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One Is called Yesterday and the other Is called Tomorrow” - Dalai Lama
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We Prioritize Clean Communication in our Interactions: We communicate with each other in “Clean” ways. We create a safe environment for feedback and define ARCI in our interactions to drive clarity.
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We follow the three levels of clean communication in the workplace.
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Market Signal is our North Star: We are a company that values external data over our internal beliefs because our truth comes from our users.
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We Default to Transparency: We “flip the bit” and justify opacity instead of defaulting to it.
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We are a Learning Organization: We know the only failure is a failure to learn.
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Meet the Founders
We are building a remote-friendly company. The Founders are based in the San Francisco Bay area and we work in a distributed manner across several US time zones.
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Learn about our Vision, Mission and Strategy:
Storytell is distilling signal from noise by creating and recommending Story Tiles™.
We are building AI-driven platform that converts any content into Story Tiles™ and uses AI & ML to create useful knowledge — “stories” — to break down organizational silos internally, and fuel go-to-market and recruiting efforts externally.
Dig into our Vision, Mission and Strategy here.
Our Shared Values:
We believe that being aligned on our shared values is the foundation of how we build, belong, and how we show up for each other and to the broader ecosystem. You can find our shared values here.
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Don't Meet Every Single Requirement?
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Storytell we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
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We offer you an opportunity to:
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Work directly with our C-level executive team
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Exercise your problem-solving skills
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Learn the fundamentals of a startup
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Grow in your career journey through support on many dimensions, such as:
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1:1s
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Regular trainings
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Learning and practicing clean communication
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Build our systems and processes
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Make a huge contribution to the future of Storytell, AI – and the world!
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We will support you if you want to become a Founder someday
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The Founders at the very beginning of Storytell
