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Apply at: http://tinyurl.com/careers-at-Chronicle What is Chronicle ? Chronicle is a fast and interactive alternative to presentations, changing the way people craft and tell compelling stories every day at work. Chronicle will enable teams to communicate, capture thoughts, ideas and decisions without spending hours designing slides. As a result, Chronicle will help millions of people save time and not just create a bearable but an enjoyable presentation experience. Chronicle is not trying to make presentation software that makes slides better or faster, but rather trying to reimagine the format completely. We are doing to slides what Notion did to docs. Remember the last time you were making a presentation and it took hours? We are solving a problem that has plagued workplaces since the '80s: presentations! We are asking the question - what would be the ideal format of communication in context of 2021 if slides didn't exist? If you are looking to work for a company that is building the future of work - welcome to Chronicle. This is a full time role that can be held from anywhere in the world. We are fully remote and distributed from day one. About the role We are looking for a talented Backend Engineer to join the founding team of Chronicle. We are changing the way people craft and tell compelling stories every day at work. This requires us to innovate, think big and design a purpose-built product thoughtfully with a vision for the future. We are looking for an experienced backend engineer leader who will build the right foundations for the product. As a backend engineer joining the founding team, you will get complete autonomy to shape a product that will impact millions of users. You will play a critical role in building the culture at Chronicle. ✏️ What you will do • You'll write code that will impact millions of presentation makers/viewers across the globe • Lead the build and management of the backend infrastructure for the platform including potential integrations in the future • Leverage existing open source frameworks and write high quality code to build custom software where required • Support the implementation of the platform's data strategy • Implement new features in a highly collaborative environment with product managers, designers and engineers • Contribute to a maintainable, high quality, and performant codebase • Effectively communicate your technical solutions and product ideas with the team • Mentor other engineering team members • Contribute in the product process: thinking through UX, brainstorming features, connecting with customers to solve their problems and guiding decisions based on your knowledge of the codebase • Take full ownership of the product starting from architectural decisions to shipping and testing • You'll grow with the company — whether as a product leader, an engineering manager, or an individual contributor, we'll invest in you You will be a good fit if you • Have 3+ years of working full-time as a software engineer with in-depth experience in backend technologies • We're looking for people who are excited about what we're doing — if you believe that presentations are up for a radical disruption are motivated to build a meaningful, delightful solution - this is the role for you • Experience working with latest technologies (including but not limited Memcached, Elasticsearch, Docker, Postgres, React, TypeScript, Node.js and others) • Demonstrated fluency with one or more general purpose programming languages, including but not limited to: C/C++, Swift, JavaScript, Java, Python, or Ruby • Strong analytical & problem-solving skills • Have opinions but are not ideological tied to specific technologies, open to challenges and learning new things as you go • Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills: empathy, listening, teamwork, and a great sense of responsibility • Prior experience as DevOps is huge plus! ‍ Why join us • We are solving a real problem and addressing an opportunity to impact how millions of people tell stories everyday - it excites us a lot. • You will work with some of the brightest, talented and most diverse set of individuals • As a member of the founding team, we will invest in you to help you grow and achieve your career goals • We offer competitive salaries, ESOPs and perks. Chronicle focuses on Productivity Software and Future Of Work. Their company has offices in Delaware. They have a small team that's between 1-10 employees. To date, Chronicle has raised $7.451M of funding; their latest round was closed on February 2023. You can view their website at https://www.chroniclehq.com/ or find them on LinkedIn.