Founding Lead Full Stack Software Engineer

About the role

We are looking for a talented, motivated and self-starting backend/full-stack engineer to join the Pigeon team and work with us out of our beautiful Midtown office. You will be the first engineering hire, which means you will help shape our stack, processes and culture. If you are driven, take pride in your work and want to be part of building the next innovative SaaS product, Pigeon would love to chat with you!

Why you should join our team:

Impact: Your work will directly impact our customers. You will be building the core features for our users that will help shape their business processes.

Culture: You will help shape how we work on a day-to-day basis and inform core values as we grow.

Leadership: You will be placed in a key leadership position as our company continues growing.

Learning: You will be encouraged to experiment with new methods and technologies to enable new experiences for customers.

Vision: You will help design and implement Pigeon’s vision.

Qualifications:

5+ years experience as a full stack or backend developer

Experience with REST API development

Able to work in a fast paced early startup environment

Able to take full ownership of projects including scoping, system design, implementation, QA, deployment, and maintenance

Strong communication and collaboration skills

Nice to have:

Prior startup and/or SaaS experience

Experience with encryption and transfer of data

Experience with any part our stack

Our stack:

AWS, Kubernetes, Vercel

Python, Flask, SqlAlchemy

NextJS, Javascript/Typescript, React, CSS, Tailwind

Benefits:

Healthcare (Medical, Vision, and Dental)

OneMedical

401(k)

Unlimited PTO

Fully-stocked Kitchen

16” Macbook Pro (M2 Chip)

Free Pigeon Merchandise (shop.pigeondocuments.com)

About the Interview:

30 minute conversation with a founder

Take home assessment

Interview with full team

About Pigeon:

We are a fast-growing, tight-knit company enabling businesses and professionals to securely collect information from their clients in an easy and intuitive manner. We provide an end-to-end document transfer solution that streamlines the document transfer workflow for businesses in every industry.

Team:

We are a team of 4 who previously worked at Google, Deloitte and Kirkland and Ellis.

Funding Status:

We closed a $3.5M Seed round that will enable us to scale our team and provide 3+ years of runway. Prior to this, we received Pre-Seed funding from Y Combinator as part of the Winter 2023 batch.