Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. MeritFirst is a curated talent network for high-growth startups, connecting early-career engineers with companies that are hiring right now. The role involves writing code that solves real problems and shipping to production fast, with a focus on building systems and features for various applications.
Responsibilities
- Building backend systems that power a SaaS platform
- Working on frontend interfaces that real users interact with daily
- Solving infrastructure challenges that help the company scale
- Debugging production issues and shipping the fix
- Owning features from design through deployment
Skills
- You can code. You know at least one language well enough to actually build things
- You understand the fundamentals: data structures, how code runs, how to debug when it breaks
- You write code that works, not just code that's fast to write
- You're curious about how systems work and why decisions get made
- You take feedback without ego and get better every week
- You can explain your work and ask good questions
Benefits
- Competitive comp, real growth as an engineer
- Direct introductions to companies that hire on merit, not credentials
- Standing in a curated network: if one role isn't the right fit, we put your work in front of other companies hiring through our platform. One application, many shots.
- Real craft. You'll learn to design systems, write clean code, and solve hard problems alongside talented engineers.
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