Staff Engineer, Full Stack (US, Canada, SF)
Short Story8 months ago
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and scale full-stack applications using Next.js, React Query, Tailwind CSS, Node.js, and PostgreSQL.
- Drive architectural direction, technical trade-offs, engineering standards, performance, security, accessibility, and scalability.
- Collaborate with design, product, and operations to deliver solutions from UI through backend services.
- Translate Figma designs into seamless, accessible, and responsive experiences across devices and browsers.
- Use A/B testing, instrumentation, and iteration to improve user experience and business outcomes.
- Mentor engineers, lead design reviews, and improve team effectiveness and technical quality.
- Establish testing and automation practices across the stack using Cypress, Jest, React Testing Library, and integration tests.
- Manage deployments and operations on Netlify, AWS, or equivalent platforms and build CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
Requirements
- Passion for improving user experience and experience launching high-quality user-facing products.
- Fluency in TypeScript and CSS, with extensive experience building scalable applications using Next.js and React.js.
- Hands-on experience with React Query, Tailwind CSS, Webpack, and Yarn.
- Experience with collaborative development using Git and GitHub.
- Ability to establish testing practices and methodologies for a team.
- Understanding of frontend performance optimization and scalable application development.
- Strong documentation, communication, team enablement, ownership, and problem-solving skills.
- Preferred: 5+ years of professional frontend development experience.
- Preferred: startup experience, component systems and libraries, server-side rendering, static site generation, open-source contributions, or a strong personal project portfolio.
- Preferred: experience leading or building a frontend engineering team and working remotely with global teams.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, vision, and dental care.
- 401(k) with company match for US employees.
- Generous paid time off.
- Fully remote work in the US, including San Francisco, and Canada.
- Opportunity to work at a Y Combinator-backed early-stage startup with an experienced founding team.
- Company-wide and team events.
Tech Stack
AWSCSSCypressGitGitHub ActionsJestNetlifyNext.jsNode.jsPostgreSQLReactTailwind CSSTypeScriptWebpackYarn
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About Short Story
Short Story is the premiere personal styling service for petite women 5’4” and under. The industry forgot about petites. We didn’t. We’re an award-winning, tech-powered retailer on a mission to deliver standout style, perfect fits, and magical moments of discovery without endless try-ons or hemming drama. Powered by data and rapid feedback loops, built with heart, and curated by humans, we’re flipping retail on its head. We move fast, test relentlessly, and build with empathy—obsessing over fit, quality, and what customers actually want. We’re not just selling clothes—we’re engineering a better retail model. At Short Story, fit isn’t an afterthought. It’s the whole story.