Job Posting for Software Engineer III at Column Software, PBC
Column is looking to hire a Software Engineer III to lead high-impact technical projects. They will be responsible for executing against our product roadmap, leading large-scale architectural changes, and strengthening the quality of our engineering organization as a whole. The role will report directly to Teresa Tseng.
What You'll Do
First Week: Learn about Column's mission and vision and seek to understand our existing product. You will have set initial 1:1s with teammates who will inform your understanding of our market, customers, and current projects. We're a small company that's growing quickly, so interpersonal rapport matters.
First Month: Participate in your first project cycle and make your first commits to our codebase.
First Six Months: Act as a contributing engineer in our project cycles. Start participating in our oncall rotation and contribute to incident response efforts.
First Year: Help shape engineering culture via formal processes like code review and knowledge sharing sessions and informally as a respected member of the team.
Our Ideal Candidate
You're looking for a remote-first role working with wildly talented people who care about their impact on local communities. You should be based in North America or South America (EST to PCT time zone)
You have experience as a. Web app full stack generalist, experience and thoughtfulness about performance, accessibility, codebase patterns, and high quality web apps
You are a project shaper and expediter, has lead squads / teams of engineers to define projects, organize work, and expedite toward finish lines
You have 2 years of writing production react code as a SWE at a company with less than 100 software engineers
You are opinionated about NoSQL data model patterns, Node / Typescript standards, and testing strategies
You are passionate about expanding areas of expertise, learning new ways to do things, and understanding why things are the way they are - you love to get to the root of the problem, no matter where the problem leads. Resourceful and creative when executing solutions
You enjoy mentorship (incl. providing regular feedback, code reviewing, and career advice)
You have a strong desire to exemplify our operating principles — be worthy of trust, do work that matters, never stop learning, intentionally build community, and tell a better story
You have grit and really want to work with us — if you do not resemble our ideal candidate, tell us why you'd still be a great fit for this role in an optional cover letter
Compensation and Benefits Column is built on the belief that important information should be accessible to the public. As such, we work hard to model this behavior for potential Columnists by including our base compensation in all job descriptions and making our full benefits accessible online.
For US-based candidates, we offer a base salary of $150,000, plus a meaningful equity stake and 401k plan with a 5% match
For candidates outside of the US, we use a market multiplier and 12-month trailing conversion rate to convert on-target earnings into local currency. We also offer a meaningful equity stake and retirement plans relevant to the country (e.g., a pension plan in UK).
In addition, all Columnists receive healthcare, vision, & dental coverage for them and their dependents
Unlimited (and encouraged) paid time off with a suggested 15-day minimum and 16-weeks paid parental leave
Multiple stipends for you to invest in a home office setup and pursue wellness activities that make you feel healthy and whole
About Column Column is the first collaborative public notice platform helping publishers, governments, and legal services work together to inform their communities. We are a remote-first public benefit corporation with annual in-person retreats.
To us, people are everything. Our current Columnists are wildly talented people from around the globe. We support and challenge each other. We address real problems that people face in their communities. We believe that we have the potential to be a generational company that will change the world as we know it. Will you join us?
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