Full Stack Software Engineer (Enterprise)

• Our team’s goal is to make Substack the default platform for the world’s most ambitious founders to build the media empires of tomorrow
• We build features that help creators express their identity and brand, grow and understand their audiences, and run their businesses
• We work closely with creators to understand their needs and turn those insights into features and reusable capabilities for the broader platform
• Our work includes website customization, email automations, audience segmentation, analytics, external APIs, and more
• You’ll take ownership of meaningful features while working closely with experienced engineers, designers, and product partners
• Develop features that help ambitious creators grow their audiences and businesses on Substack
• Build custom websites and reusable tools that help publications express their identity and make customization faster and easier
• Build audience tools that help publishers reach the right readers and understand what’s working
• Collaborate with designers, other engineers, and external customers. From product concept and research to implementation and deployment, we expect you to own your work, with support and feedback from your teammates
• We work with TypeScript, especially Node/Express and React, and Postgres. It’s helpful if you know these technologies already; if not, we’ll be excited to help you learn

Benefits

• Remote work support - All employees receive a generous allowance to customize their home offices
• Comprehensive health care - Substack covers 100% of premiums for employees and their dependents, and fully funds HRA plans
• Parental leave - We want employees to be fully present for the new members of their family, so we offer generous parental leave
• Flexible vacation and paid time off - You’re the best person to decide when you need a day—or a week—off to travel or decompress. Our flexible vacation policy puts you in control
• Company holidays and Winter shutdown - In addition to flexible time off, we honor 12 paid holidays annually on average. And we close the office between Christmas Eve and New Year’s day to recharge each year
• Phone & internet stipends - Many of our employees work from home or on the go. So we offer full time employees a monthly stipend to cover for phone and internet costs

• 3–6 years of professional software engineering experience, including building and shipping web applications
• Take initiative and ownership of your work, communicate clearly about progress and blockers, and know when to work independently and when to ask for help
• Take pride in building elegant and delightful product experiences. Substack works best when it gets out of the way so writers can focus on writing and connecting with their readers
• Believe in Substack’s mission to build a better business model for writing
• Enjoy collaboration with a diverse group of thinkers while bringing your own unique experience and background to the team
• Hold yourself and others to a high standard when working on production systems