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Stainless · 1 day ago

Software Engineer, Generalist

Stainless is a fast-growing tech startup building the future of APIs, with notable customers including OpenAI and Cloudflare. The role involves joining as a generalist engineer, focusing on building core systems and contributing to various aspects of the company in a collaborative environment.

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Responsibilities

Build the core systems that form the foundation of the company for years
Pitch in on every aspect of the company and act with a high degree of ownership
Think deeply on foundational architecture

Qualification

TypeScriptAPI designOpen-source project experienceGraphQLAST experienceDeveloper empathyQuick learnerProduct sensePolyglot programming

Required

Experience level to build anything you can imagine, with great design and sound architecture
Built and/or maintained a popular open-source project
Alternatively, maintained internal abstractions used across an engineering org
Experience consuming APIs you didn't control, produced APIs you didn't consume, and been the sole consumer of an API you built and could iterate on
Location: onsite in our physical office location in Manhattan, New York
Experience both designing and stewarding APIs at scale, whether internal or external
Ability to build great abstractions that stand the test of time when used by other engineers of varying skill levels, beginner to formidable
A true passion for developer experience and empathy for developers from all backgrounds (junior, non-traditional etc)
Quick learner, self-motivated, and able to execute quickly whilst maintaining high quality
Great product sense
Programming languages: Expertise with TypeScript, our language of choice
Broad polyglot interest/experience – comfort working across multiple programming languages

Preferred

Have used GraphQL and appreciate its benefits and drawbacks
Experience / interest working with ASTs (eg, lint rules, rich codemods, compilers, etc)
Experience and/or interest in writing blogs, speaking at conferences and engaging with developer communities

Benefits

Competitive salary and generous equity grants
Great healthcare coverage options (e.g., fully covered platinum plans)
Paid commuter benefits & similar
Paid team lunch/meals during workdays
Flexible PTO plus 3 weeks of company-wide vacation a year (2 weeks in December, 1 week at the end of the summer)
Flexible WFH and 1 month fully remote per year ("remote February")

Company

Stainless

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Stainless is a company that specializes in generating software development kits for APIs.

H1B Sponsorship

Stainless has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2020 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$28.5M
Key Investors
Andreessen HorowitzSequoia Capital
2024-12-10Series A· $25M
2022-12-21Seed· $3.5M
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