8 months ago
Austin, TX, USAMid Level
Responsibilities
- Own features end to end, from defining scope and sketching UX through deployment.
- Build and iterate on applications using Next.js, TypeScript, Postgres, Drizzle, and Vercel.
- Collaborate with the CEO, company partners, and candidate users to shape product requirements.
- Propose experiments, prioritize scope, and use data and feedback to guide product decisions.
- Instrument analytics and telemetry, write tests, review pull requests, improve performance, and enhance developer ergonomics.
Requirements
- Meaningful experience building production web applications with TypeScript, React, Next.js, and Postgres.
- Ability to design clean database schemas, write performant queries, and reason about cost.
- Product mindset with an interest in clarifying problems and delivering polished user experiences.
- Strong written and asynchronous communication skills with a bias toward action and ownership.
- Experience with real-time video or proctoring technology, AI/LLM pipelines, or large-scale assessment platforms is preferred but not required.
- Passion for meritocracy and products that broaden access to opportunity is preferred.
Benefits
- In-person work in Austin, Texas.
- High autonomy with substantial ownership and scope in a rapidly growing company.
- Opportunity to work on real-time assessments, AI workflows, and merit-based hiring products.
- Objective, skills-based hiring process using work samples and assessments.
- Completed assessments create a verified profile in the MeritFirst Talent Network.
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About 8VC
8VC is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies at the seed through growth stages, primarily in the U.S. It raises and manages venture funds and invests across sectors such as enterprise software, healthcare/biotech, logistics, and national security. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the partnership also supports company formation through hands-on work with founders.