Agave · 4 months ago
(New Grad) Software Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad, Entry Level
$120K/yr - $160K/yrAgave is an early-stage startup focused on simplifying complex systems in the construction industry. They are seeking a world-class full-stack/backend engineer who is passionate about building high-scale systems and unifying fragmented data, with a strong emphasis on in-person collaboration.
B2BConstructionDeveloper APIsSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Exceptional college grads with strong intern/co-op experience, ideally from a top undergraduate university
Self-motivated, high ownership, low ego; desire to work on a fast-paced, intense, fun team. Passion for building a world-class engineering culture
Pumped to work in-person with us in SF 5 days/week
Unification: we’re unifying dozens-to-hundreds of fragmented systems under a single standard that we define. Our unification covers data objects, data models, authentication, account-linking UX, and features like filters and pagination. When designing any new feature, we have to do it in a scalable way. For example, when adding filters, we have to research each system we support (and plan to support) and create a generic, system-agnostic solution
On-prem: we’re connecting with many types of on-prem systems (SQL-based, DLL-based, API-based), many built 20-40 years ago. We provide tremendous value to customers allowing them to interface with these systems in a secure, fast, reliable way, as if they’re modern, cloud-based products. We need to support real-time communication and webhooks when they don’t exist (e.g., using web-sockets)
Scale & speed: we’re handling millions of API requests per day, and growing daily. For our products that we power with our own API (e.g. Analytics), we need to store and retrieve large amounts of data in an efficient way, building elegant caching layers to reduce latency. We ship code daily and iterate quickly based on actual feedback from paying customers (they share tons!)
Operational excellence: we’re creating a reliable API layer on top of many old systems that don’t have APIs. It’s like building a skyscraper on quicksand, enforced by SLAs. We need to innovate in expanding the depth and breadth of our integrations while simultaneously increasing our development velocity. We need to be very creative in how to continually test our code and integrations, creating scalable testing frameworks that can catch edge cases and bugs across 1k+ endpoints
Mix of back-end and front-end: we’re building front-end apps that dog-food our own APIs (e.g. Sync, Analytics). This helps us build world-class APIs because we suffer any pain present in our API. We’re building both the lego blocks and the higher-level lego models: we see what kinds of APIs our SaaS customers want, then also look at the kinds of API niceties we want for our own applications (like a caching layer, advanced filtering) and implement a combination of the two
Variety: without knowing, you might assume adding a new integration is low-ambiguity and routine. But each integration we launch is special, completely different and posing unique challenges. This requires researching that system and its nuances in great depth before building on top of it. It’s part engineering, part archeology
Qualification
Required
Exceptional college grads with strong intern/co-op experience, ideally from a top undergraduate university
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Self-motivated, high ownership, low ego; desire to work on a fast-paced, intense, fun team. Passion for building a world-class engineering culture
Pumped to work in-person with us in SF 5 days/week
Must be a new grad, graduating in winter 2025 or spring 2026
Preferred
No need to have prior experience with our tech stack or at B2B SaaS/API company
Benefits
Healthcare: we cover 90% of your healthcare costs with several plan options.
401k: we match 100% of your contributions, up to 4% of annual salary.
Relocation: sizable relocation bonus for folks currently located outside of the Bay Area, and a bonus for anyone (even within the Bay Area) who moves within a 15-minute walk of our office.
Gym: on-site gym with Peloton, squat rack, Tempo, Yoga setup, and more.
Visa: we sponsor Visas (H1B, TN, etc.) for candidates who are a good fit!
Commuter Benefits: employees can make pre-tax contributions toward commuting costs, and we’ll cover the full cost of a Muni pass for those using public transit.
Company
Agave
Agave provides a unified API for data access across various construction software platforms.
Founded in 2021
11-50 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$3.4MKey Investors
AccelY Combinator
2023-08-30Seed· $2.9M
2022-01-18Pre Seed· $0.5M
Leadership Team
John Zucchi
Co-Founder
Pooria Azimi
Co-Founder
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